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  • 2010: The Year in Review, Part 2

    by 
    Alexander Sliwinski
    Alexander Sliwinski
    01.14.2011

    Our account of 2010 C.E. continues with a glimpse at the moments that shaped the second half of the year. Sure, you may think they're all still fresh in your mind, but remember when you thought the same thing about those leftovers that turned into fungal monsters in your fridge? You'll find the highlights from July through December after the break. Yes, some of them have turned into fungal monsters while you weren't paying them any mind.

  • 2010: The Year in Review, Part 1

    by 
    Alexander Sliwinski
    Alexander Sliwinski
    01.11.2011

    The speed at which "internet time" takes shape has warped our perception of linear chronographic distance. News is old before it hits the front page, and next month seems so yesterday. This was a particularly disconcerting reality until we went to see the doctor, who explained that time is simply a big ball of "wibbly wobbly timey wimey ... stuff." On the off chance that there is some way to reacquaint ourselves with causal progression, we've plotted the major events of last year on a sequential path. This is what we might have experienced during the first half of 2010 C.E. -- perhaps so old and long forgotten that it's "news" to us for the first time.