looking back on 2004

28th Dec 2004

Quick rundown of my favourite albums, hyperlinks and website of the year.

Favourite albums of 2004

1. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
2. The Knife - Deep Cuts
3. Fabriclive 19 - The Freestylers
4. The Faint - Wet From Birth
5. Michael Mayer - Touch
6. DJ Kicks - Erlend Øye
7. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
8. Interpol - Antics
9. Slam - Year Zero
10. Miss Kitten - I Com
11. Swayzak - Loops from the Bergerie
12. Mylo - Destroy Rock and Roll
13. Fabriclive 18 - Andy C & DJ Hype
14. Fabriclive 13 - Michael Mayer
15. Felix da Housecat - Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever
16. Vector Lovers - Vector Lovers
17. 50 Foot Wave - 50 Foot Wave
18. The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned
19. Green Day - American Idiot
20. Dani Siciliano - Likes

Favourite hyperlinks of 2004

• Cheesy European flavoured Karaoke
• MP3' s
• Quality, atmospheric photography by Scottish photographer Craig Mackay
• Unique and timeless photography by Loretta Lux
• Stupid and real quotes from clients displayed at Clientopia
• How to Create a Favicon using this handy command line program: png2ico
• Brilliant mixed German electronic music at Klubland
• Without a single doubt, the best music video of the year: "Pass It On" by The Knife
• Very handy CSS tips followed up by Tantek, but the best tip of the year was from Andrew Krespanis and his CSS Negotiation and a Sanity Saving Shortcut
• Weird, compelling and strangely comforting journey through the warped mind of H. Hoogerbrugge: Hotel
• Very nice design portfolio of Eduardo Recife: misprinted type
• Universally applicable post at Ultramicroscopic
• Design In-Flight is a PDF magazine targeted to graphic design professionals and web developers
• Create huge, rasterized images from any picture Rasterbator
• The best electronic music being made today: Ellen Allien

Favourite website of the year: The Sneeze

Easily the best weblog around. A nice mix of humour and serious interest. Here's a flavour for you: Secret Symbols (and the follow-ups: The Man Behind the FedEx Logo, More Breaking Logo w/ Arrow News and It's Raining Arrows). Wireless Router Finals. Human Ripeness Chart and my absolute favourite blog entry: Hugo's Christmas in New York. Just check out "Chillin' at the Library" (the title has been recently changed to Comtemplating the Overcommercialization of Christmas).

Any favourites you can recommend?