My best of 2009

This year is coming to its end and I’m afraid my blog has been somewhat neglected in the last 2 month. As always, I have a valid excuse for this. ;)

In October and November, I had my Form 5 exams; which are considered to be important by quite a lot of people. They were a hectic couple of months and I preferred to do more productive things (like downloading Illegal stuff and designing things that will stay in my ‘Art’ folder, never to be opened again.).

In December, with my exams now in the rear-view mirror, I went on a trip with my parents to the Middle East.

I went to Jordan, Syria, Egypt and Dubai. Find the pictures on Facebook if you’re in my friend list.

Without further ado, let’s come to the subject of my last blog post of 2009. I had absolutely no idea what to blog about and I decided to go with the flow for once. Here are my favorite things from 2K9:

Best Software

I’m not a big fan of Micro$oft but this time I’ll be objective and give credit where it’s due. My favorite software of 2009 is Microsoft Windows 7. The install was amazingly fast (9 minutes) and the system runs like a breeze (this is simply astonishing, it’s Windows after all. Microsoft finally managed to release a product that’s not behind the times. If Microsoft continues at this pace, it might actually surpass Apple in terms of awesomeness by 3009.

Best Gadget

This year, my favorite fruit-named company released the 3rd generation of the best phone ever: The iPhone 3GS.

I hope Apple will release that tablet we’ve all been waiting for in 2010 and also that Steve Jobs realizes how fanatical I am about him and gives me one for free. Amen.

Best Movie

My favorite film of 2009 is Public Enemies.  All the actors fit their role perfectly in that film and Johnny Depp is just awesome. That was a hard choice because I watched so many films this year, particularly on the plane. Honorable mentions: District 9, Inglourious Basterds, Up, Transformers 2.

Best Song

Linkin Park’s New Divide. Seriously, this one didn’t even have serious competitors. Transformers 2 wasn’t well-regarded by the critics, but I can’t say I didn’t enjoy the film. One of the reasons is definitely the awesome all-rock soundtrack. :)

Honorable mentions: Owl City’s Fireflies, Bon Jovi’s We Weren’t Born to Follow, Muse’s Uprising and Green Day’s 21 Guns.

Best Album

I found Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown“ very good. Honorable mentions:  Dead bu Sunrise – Out of Ashes, Owl City – Ocean Eyes, Bon Jovi – The Circle, Bruce Springsteen – Working on a Dream.

Best Blog

Tremendous News! is my favorite blog of 2009. I’ve watched it grow from an amateur rant-blog to an awesome blog which is retweeted by the Twitter Elite. Good luck, Dee Tremendous, may you never leave your parents’ basement so we can continue to read your tremendous posts. ;)

With this one finished, here are some other things I’ve decided to include in this post.

Stats

I’m astounded that 14,543 persons have visited my blog this year. Not bad for a blog with 1 new post per month. ;)

The post with most views -and most comments- is unsurprisingly my article on the awful Mauritius logo. It has even been mentioned in Le Mauricien newspaper.

New Year’s Resolution

My new years resolution for 2010 is 1440×900, here’s the proof:

That’s all for today. I wont say Happy New Year because you should be happy every single day of the year. ;)