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423 Posts Later, It's 2009

Posted by Eric Hess

01/02/2009 01:21 PM

A look back at the geekiest, funniest, and most inspiring posts from 2008

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Happy New Year! 2009 is upon us, leaving 2008 by the wayside. It’s been a busy year, from national attention to cap-and-trade systems to a historic election season to the economic tumble. We thought we’d remember and celebrate the past year by revisiting some of our most memorable posts from 2008 (and there were a lot of them—423 to be precise).

Most popular posts (in order of popularity):

Most outlandish titles:

Most controversial titles:

Most inspiring:

My Grandfather’s Legacy
Living Within Our Means (and the ensuing economic series)

Most applicable to your personal life:

Geekiest (by his own admission):

Inside WCI blog series

Most influential:

Housing Prices: I'm Not Buying It (and it's sequels here and here): for it's rapid and unexpected media coverage.
I-985: Giant Sucking Sound
Oregon's Measure 63 series

Photo courtesy of su-chan , under the Creative Commons license via flickr.

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