bal.mit.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\nNews feeder of the year – Reuters<\/p>\n
Computer of the year – None (Self-assembled is the best)
\nQuasi-computer of the year – Anything related to Apple Computers
\nMotherboard of the year – ASUS P4G8X
\nProcessor of the year – AMD Athlon
\nVideo card of the year – ATI Radeon 9500 Pro
\nSound card of the year – Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
\nSpeaker of the year – Creative Inspire 6.1
\nMp3 player of the year (hardware) – NOMAD Jukebox Zen
\nOS of the year – MS Window XP
\nProgramming language of the year – C++
\nWeb browser of the year – IE 6
\nFirewall of the year – ZoneAlarm 3.0
\nTracker of the year – VisualCare
\nAV of the year – Norton Anti-Virus 2002
\nDigicam of the year – Fuji FinePix 2650
\nImage editor of the year – Adobe Photoshop 7.0
\nHTML editor of the year – MS Notepad 5.1
\nSearch engine of the year – Google
\nPortal of the year – Yahoo!
\nMessenger of the year – MSN Messenger 4.6
\nMedia player of the year – RealOne
\nMp3 player of the year (software) – Winamp 3
\nGame of the year – Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
\nGamer of the year – Mohd Saiful Mohd Bohari (You wouldn’t believe how many ORIGINAL games he bought)
\nWeblog publisher of the year – Blogger.com
\nWeblog of the year – Samizdata.net<\/p>\n
Fast food of the year – Subway
\nRestaurant of the year – Penang in Chicago
\nCoffee shop of the year – Starbuck
\nPop of the year – Mountain Dew
\nDining Hall of the year – South Quad<\/p>\n
University of the year – University of Michigan
\nCampus of the year – Central Campus
\nZoo of the year (Special Award) – University of Michigan North Campus
\nReshall of the year – West Quad
\nOrganization of the year – Solar Car Team
\nWorkspace of the year – SCT’s workshop in Ypsilanti
\nProfessor of the year – Myron Campbell
\nGSI\/TA of the year – David Winn
\nCourse of the year – EECS 280
\nBuilding of the year – Umich EECS Building
\nHangout place of the year – Underground, Michigan League
\nDay of the year – Tuesday (It was EECS 280’s deadline)
\nSwear word of the year – Mother Fucker<\/p>\n
Planet of the year – Saturn
\nCity of the year – Chicago, Illinois
\nMall of the year – Somerset in Troy, Michigan
\nFreeway of the year – I-90, USA
\nStreet of the year – S. University St. in Ann Arbor, Michigan<\/p>\n
Car of the year – Toyota Celica<\/p>\n
Book of the year – The Turk by Tom Standage
\nMagazine of the year – Computer Shopper
\nText book of the year – Savitch’s Absolute C++<\/p>\n
Football team of the year – AC Milan
\nSport site of the year – uefa.com
\nNCAAF team of the year – Iowa<\/p>\n
Movie of the year – Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
\nDisappointment of the year – Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
\nFlop of the year -Jason X
\nShit of the year – Jason X
\nShort Film of the year – BMWFilms.com’s The Hire
\nCartoon of the year – South Park
\nSitcom of the year – Friends
\nGroup of the year – Tool
\nSong of the year – Broken by 12 Stones<\/p>\n
Well, hope that wrap the year. Next year, I’ll take vote for some entries but this year, to hell with democracy I say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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