The Guardian has been collecting the best

The Guardian has been collecting the best interviews from the past century. Interviewees include John Lennon, Marlon Brando, Adolf Hitler, and Marilyn Monroe. An impressive trove.

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A subjective list — is there any

A subjective list — is there any other kind? — of the top 10 issues of McSweeney’s magazine.

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Top 50 designers in the UK.

Top 50 designers in the UK.

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The top 100 greatest beatdowns in history, most

The top 100 greatest beatdowns in history, most of them related to sports. #1 is Secretariat’s 31-length victory at Belmont, the footage of which is well worth a look if you haven’t seen it. That horse so totally pours it on down the stretch that it gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. (thx, david)

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Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills, including

Top 10 dead (or dying) computer skills, including Cobol, PowerBuilder, and cc:Mail. “A rough translation of OS/2 could be ‘wrong horse.’”

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100 blogs they love so much that they’re

100 blogs they love so much that they’re not going to link to a single one.

Update: Several people pointed out that the original list is available with links at PC World. Of course, it’s a pageview-pumping multiple page situation, so you’ll want the print version instead. (Yes, this is me punching a gift horse in the mouth, or whatever that expression is.)

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The American Film Institute has refreshed their

The American Film Institute has refreshed their list of the top 100 movies…here’s a listing comparing the new list with the one from 1998. Godfather Part II at #32 is still a travesty.

Update: Roger Ebert weighs in on the list.

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100 hot women chosen by lesbians

Hot 100 women chosen by lesbians. A nice counterpoint to similar lists from Maxim and People.

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The 2007 MacTech 25 “honors the most influential people

The 2007 MacTech 25 “honors the most influential people in the Macintosh community”. Includes a single woman.

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Top 20 plays of the 2007 NBA playoffs (so

Top 20 plays of the 2007 NBA playoffs (so far). It’s a good list but YouTube sucks for watching sports highlights…the quality is just too low. (via truehoop)

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Tiger Woods tops this year’s list of

Tiger Woods tops this year’s list of top-earning American athletes. He makes $111M a year, more than twice as much as the fellow in second place. A list of the top-earning non-American athletes is available as well. (via cyn-c)

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From a poll in the Guardian: George

From a poll in the Guardian: George Orwell’s 1984 is the definitive book of the 20th century. Gatsby, Grapes, and Brave New World also make the top 10 list.

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Some prominent writers (Eggers, Foer, Nicole Krauss)

Some prominent writers (Eggers, Foer, Nicole Krauss) tell us about what they’ve been reading recently. In other summer reading news, Rebecca Blood is keeping track of various summer book lists that are popping up around the web.

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Another one of those lists you love

Another one of those lists you love to hate: the 25 best movies you’ve never seen. Putting the horrible Boondock Saints on the list is a major boner, especially just ahead of Peter Jackson’s pre-Rings gem Heavenly Creatures.

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Popular names for twins born in 2006. Almost

Popular names for twins born in 2006. Almost all of the top name pairs start with the same letter: Jacob/Joshua, Landon/Logan, Ella/Emma, and the stunningly confusing Taylor/Tyler.

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A list of film’s most impressive and

A list of film’s most impressive and famous long takes, including those from Boogie Nights, Touch of Evil, Children of Men, and The Player. Featuring the now-standard YouTube clips of each long take.

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Technology Review asked several designers to name

Technology Review asked several designers to name their favorite technology products. Worth a look for the photos of pristine Sony Walkmans, Ataris, and Polaroid cameras.

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If you’re writing a song, you probably

If you’re writing a song, you probably don’t want to use any of the following phrases: “serious as cancer”, “Serengeti”, “nuclear war”, or “Aztec priest”.

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The top-ten 8-bit games. Can’t argue with

The top-ten 8-bit games. Can’t argue with the top 5 too much, but the other selections might be a bit off. Whither Metroid? And Tetris?

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HotelChatter lists their picks for hotels with

HotelChatter lists their picks for hotels with the best Wifi experiences. (via bb)

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List of the seven most overrated Hollywood

List of the seven most overrated Hollywood actors, including Ben Kingsley, Kate Hudson, and Ben Stiller, a personal unfavorite of mine. (via house next door)

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In addition to a just-launched redesign, outside.

In addition to a just-launched redesign, outside.in took a look at their data for the past six months and came up with a list of the “bloggiest neightborhoods” in the US. “The results below are based on a number of variables: total number of posts, total number of local bloggers, number of comments and Technorati ranking for the bloggers.” Interestingly (but upon reflection, not surprisingly), most of the places listed are in the process of gentrifying. Disclosure: I am an advisor to outside.in.

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Finalists in Smithsonian magazine’s 2007 photo contest. Some

Finalists in Smithsonian magazine’s 2007 photo contest. Some good stuff in here, but some of it is a little cheesy.

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Results of the Type Directors Club type

Results of the Type Directors Club type design competition for 2007. I really like Subtil. (via quipsologies)

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A photo of a Jewish settler seemingly

A photo of a Jewish settler seemingly fighting about 50 soldiers by herself won a prize in the 2007 World Press Photo contest.

Update: In an earlier iteration of this post, I incorrectly identified the woman in the photo as a Palestinian…she is a Jewish settler. (thx to everyone who wrote in)

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An unusually informative top 10 list: the most

An unusually informative top 10 list: the most magnificent trees in the world. The Quaking Aspen organism and the baobab trees are awesome.

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The top 1000 books owned by libraries around

The top 1000 books owned by libraries around the world. Surprisingly, no Stephen King book appears in the top 1000 but John Grisham appears 13 times. In an interesting use of del.icio.us, the entire list is tagged and categorized on the bookmarking site.

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A group of people who are interested

A group of people who are interested in preserving video games as culturally and historically important artifacts has chosen their list of the top 10 most important video games of all time: Spacewar!, Star Raiders, Zork, Tetris, SimCity, Super Mario Bros. 3, Civilization I/II, Doom, Warcraft series and Sensible World of Soccer. Sensible World of Soccer?

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The top 11 underground transit systems in the

The top 11 underground transit systems in the world. The London Tube is #1, NYC is #7, Hong Kong is #10. (via rob)

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The 51 (smartest, prettiest, coolest, funniest, most influential,

The 51 (smartest, prettiest, coolest, funniest, most influential, most necessary, most important, most essential, etc.) magazines ever.

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