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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.)
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.
Five Flickr sets that aren’t driving the long-term traffic you’d hoped for. Merlin brings the funny, you make with the laughing.
A bunch of writers pick their favorite novel -> movie adaptations. (thx, david)
Hot 100 women chosen by lesbians. A nice counterpoint to similar lists from Maxim and People.
The 2007 MacTech 25 “honors the most influential people in the Macintosh community”. Includes a single woman.
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)
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)
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.
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.
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.
100 words every high school graduate should know. Alternate title: 100 mostly useless words.
Twelve tips for travelling across the United States by train. “12. Train Love. I wish you the best of luck in finding a soulmate via subsidized government transportation.”
List of cognitive biases. “Mere exposure effect - the tendency for people to express undue liking for things merely because they are familiar with them.” See how many of these you exhibit while reading things on the web!
100 quotes from 100 movies featuring the numbers 1 through 100. A list of the movies is available here.
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.
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.
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.
Matt Haughey’s seven tips on how to run a successful community, based on his experiences with MetaFilter. “It takes great care and patience to create a space others will share and you have to nurture it and reward your best contributors. It’s a decidedly human endeavor with few, if any, technical shortcuts.”
Michael Bierut’s 13 reasons to choose a particular typeface for a project. “Once I saw a project in a student portfolio that undertook the dubious challenge of redesigning the Tiffany’s identity. I particularly disliked the font that was used, and I politely asked what it was. ‘Oh,’ came the enthusiastic response, ‘that’s the best part! It’s called Tiffany!’”
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”.
A list of plans that worked too well. For instance, a sunscreen campaign in Australia resulted in vitamin D deficiencies.
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?
Colors that have stood for things for a long time, like red for stop, green for money, and white for surrender.
HotelChatter lists their picks for hotels with the best Wifi experiences. (via bb)
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)
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.
60 Things Worth Shortening Your Life For. I’ve done a few of these things…I don’t really drink or smoke enough to have accomplished a lot of them. Surfing Teahupoo in Tahiti is #3…the waves generated there are short lived but insane (photo, more photos, video). (via megnut)
Predictions for the year 2000 made in The Ladies Home Journal in 1900. Two of the really interesting predicitons: “Cities, therefore, will be free from all noises.” and “Automobiles will be cheaper than horses are today. Farmers will own automobile hay-wagons, automobile truck-wagons, plows, harrows and hay-rakes. A one-pound motor in one of these vehicles will do the work of a pair of horses or more. Children will ride in automobile sleighs in winter. Automobiles will have been substituted for every horse vehicle now known. There will be, as already exist today, automobile hearses, automobile police patrols, automobile ambulances, automobile street sweepers. The horse in harness will be as scarce, if, indeed, not even scarcer, then as the yoked ox is today.” (via long now blog)
Publishers Weekly’s summer books preview, with new stuff by DeLillo, Chabon, and William Gibson. (via rebecca blood)
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