useless mental tidbits | Year (& Decade!) in Review!

We're into our last couple of days of 2009, and of the 2000s.

(There are, of course, arguments that 2010 is the last year of the decade... but I am going to just go on the fact that I've seen a few "Best of Decade" lists and want to share them.)

Here are some of the Best of 2009 lists I've ran across, and some of the Best of the 2000s lists I've ran across. Enjoy.

CTV BC's Top 10 News Stories of 2009. [ctvbc]
Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2009. [ForeignPolicy]
Great Moments in 2009 World Buffoonery. [ctv]
10 Worst Predicitons for 2009. [ForeignPolicy]

Best Songs of 2009. [SaidTheGramophone]
2009's Best Unheard Music. [wired]
Worst Album Covers of 2009. [pitchfork]
Black List (Movie Scripts) 2009. [deadline]
30 Freakiest Commercials of 2009. [AdFreak]
15 Funniest Local News Reports of 2009. buzzfeed]
Most Watched and Searched-For on YouTube in 2009. [google]
Top 5 Video Games of 2009. [cbc]
Pop Culture's Finest Moments of 2009. [wired]
Best New Blogs of 2009. [BygoneBureau]
Top Internet Memes of 2009. [mashable]
Top 10 Google Sightseeing Posts of 2009. [g.sightseeing]
Top 10 Discoveries of 2009. [NatlGeo]
Top 10 Archaeology Finds of 2009. [NatlGeo]
Top 10 Space Finds of 2009. [NatlGeo]
Top New Species of 2009. [NatlGeo]
Lifehacker's Most Popular DIY Projects of 2009. [lifehacker]

The Noughtie List: the 2000s in Review. [kottke]
Started by Jason Kottke and curated by Jenni Leder, this list is likely to be the most-thorough List of Lists to collect all the lists related to the years 2000-2009.

Top 50 Vancouver Bands of the Decade, 50-31. [discorder]
Top 50 Vancouver Bands of the Decade, 30-11. [discorder]
Top 50 Vancouver Bands of the Decade, 10-1. [discorder]
Best Music of the Millennium... so far... [wired]
The Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings. [npr]
One-Liners of the Decade. [buzzfeed]
Rolling Stone's Best of he Decade. [RollingStone]
50 Best Albums of the Decade. [paste]
25 Best Album Covers of the Decade. [paste]
50 Best Music Videos of the Decade. [paste]
101 Best Music Videos of the Decade. ['ville.2k]
Vimeo's 25 Favourite Videos of 2009. [vimeo]
100 Best Films of the Decade. [times.uk]
Most Unfairly-Overlooked Films of the Decade. [cinemablend]
TV Decade in Review. [wired]
15 Most Influencial Games of the Decade. [wired]
Evolution of the Hipster, 2000-2009. [paste]
10 Best Fashion Designers of the Decade. [paste]
imomus' "Mister Narrative" of the Noughties. [imomus]

And here is Newsweek's "Decade in 7 Minutes."



And finally, The Onion put out their list of the
Top 10 Stories of the Last 4.5 Billion Years. [onion]