Category Archives for Year’s Best
Things I liked in 2012
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I had plans to write a big extensive wrapup review of things I really enjoyed in 2012. The specific plan was to write that before the end of 2012. Oops. In the interest of getting it posted in a somewhat … Continue reading
Web services I use, 2012 edition
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Since I last posted this list, a few things have changed. First, here’s the things I used last year but don’t anymore: Simplenote For two weeks in October, Simplenote’s syncing service stopped working entirely. None of my notes propogated across … Continue reading
Web services I use, 2011 edition
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Someone recently asked me about tools I use for my own personal infnormation management. I guess I haven’t posted about that kind of thing in a while, so here’s a list: Simplenote syncs text notes across devices. For example: I … Continue reading
Best of 2009: Video Games
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Nominees: Lego Rock Band Beatles Rock Band Halo 3: ODST Uncharted 2 This award is usually my most difficult to assign. Recent years have been filled with game after game of increasing quality & depth. 2009 was no exception. Lego … Continue reading
Best of 2009: Music
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This’ll be a short one, since like usual I didn’t listen to a lot of brand new complete albums this year. More and more I find myself buying singles or a few tracks instead of the whole set, and in … Continue reading
Best of 2009: Books (fiction)
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I read about 25 fiction novels in 2009, which is pretty average for me. I try to limit my nominations for ‘best of’ awards to books that were actually published for the first time in 2009, which narrows the pool … Continue reading
Best of 2009: Movies
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Kicking off my annual (and no doubt much coveted) ‘best of’ lists, a bit belated this time. Some may actually slip into 2010, but oh well So, movies! Continuing my trend of recent years, I didn’t see very many new … Continue reading
Best of 2008 – Video Game
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Finally, a category where I actually had trouble narrowing down a list of nominations to a reasonable size Here they are: Braid (Xbox 360) Castle Crashers (Xbox 360) Resistance 2 (PS3) Little Big Planet (PS3) Braid is a downloadable game … Continue reading
Best of 2008 – Music
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I discovered a lot of new music this year, but very little was from 2008. That said, here’s my favorites from this year: Snow Patrol – A Hundred Million Suns Frightened Rabbit – The Midnight Organ Flight Flobots – Fight … Continue reading
Best of 2008 – Book
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I loved this book so much that it’s not even worth building a nominee list: Best book of 2008: Anathem Here’s my original review, which I still stand by.