Analog Nation presents the Twenty Best Lists of 2009: 1. Top 10 Reality Show Knife-Fights of 2009 — Access Hollywood 2. Top 10 2009 Corporate Decisions That Came Close to Not Losing Money — BusinessWeek 3. Top 8 2009 Media Trends Your 15-Year-Old Doesn’t Have to Explain to You — TechCrunch 4. Top 2...
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In honor of Independence Day, we present an all-American edition of “Own Words.” “It is wholly fitting that we should celebrate July 4th, 1776. It is the day when the rest of the world’s nations dropped their playthings and said, ‘Uh-oh, Dad’s home.’” -George S. Patton, 1943 “America is a train. A train that...
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Once upon a time, I was the kind of person who made New Year’s resolutions. They were always something vague, like “exercise more,” though I suppose “exercise at all” would have been sufficient. There was never any record of them, even in private. No journal, no notes. No written proof to demonstrate just how...
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Merry Christmas, all you hall-deckers out there. (Click the image to see full-size.)
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• On December 22, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes gave a speech in Philadelphia during which he extolled, at great length, the health values of vinegar. The speech rambled on for some 45 minutes, well beyond its allotted time, and made it vividly clear that Hayes consumed nearly a quart of malt vinegar each...
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Analog Nation is pleased to present our predictions for the last year of the first decade of the third millennium. • Gas prices will plummet after commuters nationwide begin pushing their cars to work. The fall in prices will coincide with a sudden drop in obesity rates. • The digital TV switchover will cause...
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