The Top Ten Top Ten Lists (As of January 2008)

As you all may know, no blog is a proper blog without a top ten list, so here is mine. I've scoured the first few pages of goog- I mean the web, and I can now present to you the top ten top ten lists. Not of all time, and not over a particular time period, but top and ten of them.


#10: Top ten Apple rumours of all time

This is only tenth because in all the years of the universes existence, this is the best they could come up with. Also half of them are true, and none are any good like "Steve Jobs lives in a house with 40 cats" or "If you fold the iPod packaging right it says KKK". However this made the list because it's funny reading them say "yeah right" to the iPhone.


#9: Top 10 IT Disasters of all time

This one didn't rank any higher because disasters are a bit of a negative read, but it's still informative. They appear to give away the best first too.


#8: Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations

This one is a good read, except that I don't think they're all entirely made of lego, which marks this one down. I shouldn't focus on marking them down; it made the list because lego is pretty interesting even without a top ten list.


#7: Top 10 Most Common Passwords

This list is handy for all you trendies who need to think of a password but can't get anyone to tell you theirs. All you have to do is decide which one truly defines your identity and all that. If you still can't decide, you're one of those rare unique 123456's.


#6: Top 10 Incredible Recordings

Some lists have pictures, but this one has sounds, which gives it a good score. Also, if you're Deaf or at work and everyone's like "sssshhh", the text is still a good read.


#5: Top 10 tips for driving traffic AWAY from your website

This is my favourite of all the blogging and web related ones, as it's often good advice. Note however that robots.txt should also be used so that you don't get any hits back from Google. Runners up for this spot included Top Ten Blog Stories of 2007, Top Ten Blog Designs, Top Ten Blog Design Mistakes, How To Write A Successful Blog: Top Ten Tips, Usability: Top Ten Design Mistakes and Top Ten Reasons To Blog Or Not.


#4: The top 10 hand gestures you'd better get right

This is about swearing, and how you might accidentally do it to someone abroad inadvertantly. Don't read it if you're going abroad in case you dwell on it and start to act nervously while still at the airport, and then get pulled away for some extra searching. Also scores for the picture of Tony Blair (British Prime Minister 1997-2007) behaving like an ordinary student.


#3: Top Ten Black Hat Hackers

I like reading about hackers, especially the older ones. It's the swashbuckling of the information age. The technical details are interesting, and the jail time reminds you not to try anything stupid. Mostly out of personal bias, this list makes number three.


#2: Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2007

This scores because not only are the pictures all good, but they're just the ones from 2007. Also I like space.


#1: Top Ten Top Ten Lists (As of January 2008)

Yes, this top ten list is better than all of the other top ten lists because it links to them all, which makes sense if you think about it.

The great SNES kerfuffle.

Many of you may remember the release of the Sega SNES back in the 1990s. The Motorola 80868K powered sequel to the Sega Nintendo rocked the gaming world with titles like Manic Minor, Sonic R and Grand Theft Auto 3.

But now, Keith Stuart asks "Is SNES The Greatest?"

Don Reisinger replies "The SNES is The Greatest Console Of All Time."

And Will Greenard is all like "The Greatest Game Console Of All Time?"

But is it though? That is the point: Is it though? Related posts from among the top blogs in the whole entire blogosphere, but not one iota of conclusiveness. While it is true that the SNES mouse can be wired up to the PC, one has to ask, "but what does that really mean?"

Fortunately, Blogowogo tells us how Digg tells us how retromaniac lists for us the top 25 SNES games, on RetroJunk. Rock & Roll Racing is twenty-fifth.

"#25 - Rock 'N Roll Racing"

The stage is set, the green flag drops!

Just In: VSNetwork Reports on Slashdot Thinkpad Thing

Just a few moments earlier this past two days, VSNetwork user Gizmondo reports how Slashdot have reported on Gizmodo's leaking of specs for Apple's new Dell Thinkpad X3100 ultralight laptop. The unit features a 13.3 inch LED screen, weighs 2.5 kilos and contains a 64 GB Symantec Secure Digital drive. More of the story can be read at Slashdot.

"Read more of this story at Slashdot."

It looks to be competition for the Kindle Macbook Air, should the information prove to be true.

Breaking News: Scoble Agrees With Microsoft Guy's Post

Just eleven hours ago, Rob Scoble of scobleizer.com, a man whose blog I had never read before, posted to mention that Microsoft PR Guy Frank Shaw posted something or other about Apple. And Rob agrees with his analysis.

"I agree with his analysis"


Also, while I'm on the topic, Jason Bradbury tells us how those guys at Gizmodo have, on their thirty-second attempt, perfected the supersonic motorcycle. Its 340 psi pulse jets can accelerate from 0 to 750 Km/h faster than a "turbocharged Hayabusa."