Lists! End of 2009 and end of the 2000s!
Last week we talked about Time magazine's Man of the Year and I made a list of the Top Ten News Stories of 2009 (it's on Hulu!) - but I felt like I would be remiss without making a round-up of all the good year-end and decade-end lists out there. I've just got a few here so post your favorites in the comments.
One of our favorite blogs of the year, Big Picture, posted its best photos of the year in three parts. (One / Two / Three) Then, just to rub our noses in how awesome they are, they posted a best of the decade.
Foreign Policy magazine has a list of the top 10 stories you missed in 2009 - my favorite kind of list. Included are a new hotline between China and India's leaders and the opening of the Northeast Passage.
The New York Times Magazine has their ninth annual year in ideas. One of my favorites is "Social Networks as Foreign Policy" - talking about Twitter's role in the Iran election protests.
Current's team has put together some of our best of the year: The Rotten Tomatoes show had their Year Endies, Brett Erlich recalled the best Viral Videos of 2009, Current Music picked their top virals of the year, as did Current Comedy, and plenty more.
If the scope of just this year is too small for you, don't worry, The Onion has the Top Ten Stories of the Last 4.5 Billion Years.
And finally, the blog Fimoculous has tirelessly catalogued a 2009 List of Lists. You'll need look no further for a more meta, more comprehensive 2009 list.
So what else is out there? What's your favorite year-end or decade-end list?
Recently on the Current News Blog:
- Iranian spirital leader Montazeri dies; Opposition protests at his funeral
- Malnutrition and education in Guatemala - Global Citizen Year
- Arturo Beltran Levya, Mexican drug lord killed - Graphic Photos
- WTF Iran? Twitter hacked and oil well seized
- Is there a coup coming in Pakistan?
One of our favorite blogs of the year, Big Picture, posted its best photos of the year in three parts. (One / Two / Three) Then, just to rub our noses in how awesome they are, they posted a best of the decade.
Foreign Policy magazine has a list of the top 10 stories you missed in 2009 - my favorite kind of list. Included are a new hotline between China and India's leaders and the opening of the Northeast Passage.
The New York Times Magazine has their ninth annual year in ideas. One of my favorites is "Social Networks as Foreign Policy" - talking about Twitter's role in the Iran election protests.
Current's team has put together some of our best of the year: The Rotten Tomatoes show had their Year Endies, Brett Erlich recalled the best Viral Videos of 2009, Current Music picked their top virals of the year, as did Current Comedy, and plenty more.
If the scope of just this year is too small for you, don't worry, The Onion has the Top Ten Stories of the Last 4.5 Billion Years.
And finally, the blog Fimoculous has tirelessly catalogued a 2009 List of Lists. You'll need look no further for a more meta, more comprehensive 2009 list.
So what else is out there? What's your favorite year-end or decade-end list?
Recently on the Current News Blog:
- Iranian spirital leader Montazeri dies; Opposition protests at his funeral
- Malnutrition and education in Guatemala - Global Citizen Year
- Arturo Beltran Levya, Mexican drug lord killed - Graphic Photos
- WTF Iran? Twitter hacked and oil well seized
- Is there a coup coming in Pakistan?
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