Google has already released country-wise lists of the most searched for items on the search engine. Time magazine has filled an entire magazine full of lists. By this time tomorrow, your newspapers will have delivered the top ten-this, the top ten-that of everything under the sun in circa 2007. Well not quite.
Below are a set of 30 links that might help you make better sense of the year gone by.
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NEWS STORIES: Top ten stories you missed in 2007
UNDERREPORTED STORIES: Ten most underreported stories of 2007
WEIRD NEWS: Top eleven weird stories of 2007
SCAMS: The top ten scams of 2007
JOBS: The ten hottest jobs of 2007
HEALTH: The top 12 strangest health stories of 2007
ARCHAEOLOGY: Top 10 archaeology stories of 2007
CRIME: The ten stupid criminals of 2007
SCIENCE: Top 10 scientific breakthroughs of 2007
INVENTIONS: 10 most brilliant inventions of 2007
ENVIRONMENT: The top ten trends of 2007
TECHNOLOGY: The ten underreported tech stories of 2007
TECH FLOPS: The 15 big tech disappointments of 2007
TRAIN WRECKS: Top ten train wrecks of 2007
GADGETS: The ten worst gadgets of 2007
USB DRIVES: The top 10 weirdest USB drives
CAR ACCIDENTS: The ten freakiest car accidents of 2007
MARKETING BLUNDERS: Top ten marketing blunders of 2007
VIDEOS: Top ten hottest videos of 2007
VIRAL VIDEOS: The top ten viral videos of 2007
CELEBS: Top ten celebrity arrests of 2007
CAR COMMERCIALS: The top ten car commercials of 2007
SEXIEST WIVES: The 20 sexiest athletes’ wives of 2007
UNSEXIEST MEN: The 100 unsexiest men of 2007
WORDS: Top ten words, phrases, buzzwords, smileys of 2007
IMAGES: Ten top funny, odd and/or interesting images of 2007
ASTRONOMY: Top ten astronomy pictures of 2007
TOP TEN TOP TEN: The top ten top ten lists of 2007
UNUSUAL TOP TEN: Ten most unusual ‘Top 10′ lists
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Photograph: courtesy coedmagazine.com
31 December 2007 at 1:21 am
The post could have done without the hedonistic poster girl.
31 December 2007 at 6:51 am
The poster girl is very distracting in a good way.
31 December 2007 at 7:23 am
For a change there is no Modi bashing!
31 December 2007 at 10:18 am
Top Ten Scams in Karnataka:
1. H. D. Devegowda
2. H. D. Kumaraswamy
3. H. D. Revanna
4. Y. S. V. Datta
5. B. S. Yediurappa and his Party
6. M. P. Prakash and the Rest of the Rebels
7. Ambareesh, M. P.
8. The Congress Party
9. The Vidhana Saba Speaker Krishna
10. All the Rest of Us
31 December 2007 at 10:39 am
Most of the Top 10 articles are written when there is nothing else to write about or when a person has no clue about the subject he or she is writing about.
15 February 2008 at 4:38 am
Sweet!