Film critic Jim Emerson is collecting great
Film critic Jim Emerson is collecting great opening shots from movies, including Star Wars, Primer, and Annie Hall. Do you have any favorites that Emerson hasn’t covered yet?
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Just started: a list of the 10,000 reasons
Just started: a list of the 10,000 reasons civilization is doomed.
Update: Shortly after I posted this link, someone added “kottke.org” as Reason #185. (thx, connor)
What’s the greatest software ever written? Google,
What’s the greatest software ever written? Google, Mosaic, Sabre, and the Apollo guidence system make the top 12.
This Wikipedia article is keeping track of
This Wikipedia article is keeping track of the largest photographs in the world. Currently, that record is held by a group who turned a jet hanger into a giant camera, producing a single-shot image 32 feet high and 111 feet wide. See also Ian Albert’s collection of colossal images.
The Observer lists 15 web sites that changed
The Observer lists 15 web sites that changed the world, including Google, Wikipedia, Blogger, and Amazon. (thx, dylan)
Top 50 movies (by gross) that were never
Top 50 movies (by gross) that were never in wide release in the US. Top 3: Rocky Horror, Boyz n the Hood, and Royal Tenenbaums.
The top 50 movie endings of all time. “
The top 50 movie endings of all time. “We’re not talking about the last half hour. We mean the last minute of movie. You know, the ending.” Needless to say, spoilers. (via cyn-c)
List of easily mispronouncable domain names. I’ve
List of easily mispronouncable domain names. I’ve always beeen partial to WhoRepresents.com (or whorepresents.com).
The IHT compiles a list of the
The IHT compiles a list of the best and worst moments and memories from the 2006 World Cup.
Zidane won the Golden Ball award, awarded
Zidane won the Golden Ball award, awarded by journalists to the best player of the tournament. Most of the voting for the award came before halftime of the final. Miroslav Klose’s five goals gave him the Golden Boot as the tournament’s top scorer.
List of the top 5 most popular blogs
List of the top 5 most popular blogs written by scientists. Here’s the top 50 and a list of popular science blogs written by non-scientists. What’s clear is that the blog reading public doesn’t care that much for science…more people probably read Engadget than all of the top 50 science blogs combined.
List of the 10 most beautiful OS X
List of the 10 most beautiful OS X apps. Newsfire is a well-deserved second.
The 10 greatest years in gaming. I’ll always be partial to 1986.
The 10 greatest years in gaming. I’ll always be partial to 1986.
ESPN writer Bill Simmons lists his YouTube
ESPN writer Bill Simmons lists his YouTube Hall of Fame videos.
New York City named the most courteous
New York City named the most courteous city in the world. Since I’ve lived here, I’ve noticed that New Yorkers aren’t rude, they’re just busy and dislike having their time wasted. (via mr)
List of the 25 most popular nouns (by
List of the 25 most popular nouns (by usage) according to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary: “time, person, year, way, day, thing, man, world, life, hand, part, child, eye, woman, place, work, week, case, point, government, company, number, group, problem, fact”
The Chicago Tribune has published their list
The Chicago Tribune has published their list of the 50 best magazines of 2006. Top fiving it for you: The Economist, Dwell, Wired, The New Yorker, and ESPN the Magazine.
The AFI’s list of the 100 most inspiring
The AFI’s list of the 100 most inspiring films of all time. Top 5: It’s a Wonderful Life, To Kill a Mockingbird, Schindler’s List, Rocky, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
Press Photographers Year awards for the outstanding
Press Photographers Year awards for the outstanding press photography of 2005. (thx joshua)
A list of the 100 best corporate citizens
A list of the 100 best corporate citizens for 2006 from Business Ethics Magazine. Nike is at #13, Whole Foods at #47. (via rp)
The worst band names (along with the
The worst band names (along with the best worst band names) of 2006 (so far). Mariospeedwagon!
Short list of hot dog places in
Short list of hot dog places in NYC. What, no Crif Dogs? That’s unpossible.
What’s the most offensive show on television?
What’s the most offensive show on television? MTV’s My Super Sweet 16. “Marissa created an exclusive guest list and announced it at school. If you weren’t on the list, well, sorry. When a few kids begged to get an invitation, she made them have a ‘dance-off’ in front of her. Watching her get off on that was like watching the Emperor zap Luke Skywalker with those fingertip lightning bolts in Return Of The Jedi.”
Re: Jim Emerson’s list of films you
Re: Jim Emerson’s list of films you should see to consider yourself movie literate, what are the essential gay/queer movies?
Playboy lists the 25 sexiest novels ever written.
Playboy lists the 25 sexiest novels ever written. I’ve read only 2 of the 25: Lolita and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. Probably a little NSFW.
Top science book prize goes to David
Top science book prize goes to David Bodanis’s Electric Universe, a book about electricity. An odd choice…I read the book and it was good but not great.
A list of the 100 most influential persons
A list of the 100 most influential persons in the world and what religion each practiced. The list should more properly be called the 100 most influential men in the world + Queens Elizabeth I and Isabella I. (via rb)
What Is the best work of American
What Is the best work of American fiction of the last 25 years? Toni Morrison’s Beloved. In a companion piece, A.O. Scott writes: “I was surprised at how few of the highly praised, boldly ambitious books by younger writers - by which I mean writers under 50 - were mentioned. One vote each for ‘The Corrections’ and ‘The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,’ none for ‘Infinite Jest’ or ‘The Fortress of Solitude,’ a single vote for Richard Powers, none for William T. Vollmann, and so on.” (via, sps)
New York magazine does its version of
New York magazine does its version of the power issue for NYC: The Influentials, “the people whose ideas, power, and sheer will are changing New York”. No offense to anyone who made the list, but NYC is unsurprisingly light on technology.
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