‘Tis the Season of the List #2

The end of the year fast approaches, and with it, a profusion of opinion masquerading as “The Best Of . . . “ lists, anthologies, and collections.  Here are a few amusing (and sometimes profound) ones that I have run across in the last couple of weeks.

1) Best music tracks;

2) Best Excuses to Watch YouTube;

3) Robert Birnbaum’s idiosyncratic Best Books of 2006;

4) Evolution of the National Christmas Tree, with Photos since 1963;

5) Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums of 2006;

6) Slate’s Best Human Nature Stories of 2006;

7) Global Language Monitor’s Top Politically Incorrect Words for 2006:

8) Popular Mechanics’ 10 Tech Concepts You Should Know for 2007;

9) Twelve “Tipping Points” of Global Warming as seen by Mother Jones;

10) 40 Best Celebrity Rumors Ever;

11) Media Errors and Corrections of 2006;

12) Plagiarism Roundup for 2006;

13) Best Jazz Albums of the Last 35 Years;

14) Top 25 Food Preparation Oddities;

15) The Medical Illustrations of Jose Perez;

16) 33 Names for Things You Never Knew Had Names;

17) Worst Album Covers of All Time;

18) NASA’s Top Exploration and Discovery Stories of 2006;

19) Top Ten Literary Websites of 2006;

20) Kuro5hin’s Predictions for 2007;

21) Addictive Online Time Wasters;

22) Time’s 50 Best Websites;

23) Hollywood Reporter’s Top Women in Entertainment;

24) Lip Sticking Announces ItsTop Ten Business Books of 2006;

25) Syntax of Things Lists Underappreciated Writers;

26) 10 Cultural Implications of Social Software;

27) Biggest Technology Disappointments of 2006;

28) BBC News Lists Best Tech for 2006;

29) Ten Top Myths about Iraq and the Iraq War;

30) Sure Bets for 2007;

31) Java Developer’s Journal 2007 IT Predictions;

32) Seven Search Engine Evolutions for 2007;

33) Best and Worst of the Hi-Def Offerings;

34) Top Viruses, Worms, and Malware;

35) Digital Media Winners and Losers;

36) Wired Lists Its Annual Vaporware Awards;

37) Technology Review’s Best Q & A Sites;

38) PC World’s 20 Most Innovative Products

39) Top Ten Apple Rumors of All Time;

40) 100 Things We Didn’t Know Last Year;

41) Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006;

42) BoingBoing’s Most Popular Posts of 2006;

43) Seven Web Philosophers Peer Into the Future of Tech; and

44) Best and Worst Movie Posters of 2006.