I can’t let 2011 leave without a top 10 list.

Here are the 10 posts on AndFarAway that got the most views in 2011:

1. New Starbucks Logo in Saudi Arabia

Post views: 27,665
This post is just an image, so I won’t be giving you an excerpt as to why it was popular ;)
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2. Disney’s Dream Portrait Series by Annie Leibovitz

Post views: 16,665

Obviously, people are really loving Leibovitz’ fantastic “Dream Portrait” series. And why shouldn’t they? It’s BRILLIANT. You can view all of the series in the link.
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3. The Beauty of Arabic Calligraphy

Post views: 13,965
An image post. We all love pictures, don’t we? Especially when they’re beautiful. You can view all images in the link.

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4. My favorite image in a while…

Post views: 14,256
Another image I won’t be giving away :)
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5. Top 10 Reasons Why I Hate Winter

Post views: 8,426
Everyone loves to hate winter.
Some of my reasons, more in the post:
4. Driving with fogged up windows is just awful.
10. Winter clothes suck. They “inhale” all kinds of bad smells and are not as machine-washing friendly as their happy cotton summer counter parts.
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6. My Favorite Firefox 3.6 Config Tweaks

Post views: 8,310
Interesting post to be in the top 10 for 2011, don’t you think? Especially since it’s been quite some time since 3.6. Anyway, most of these Config tweaks still work, and they will make your life so much better. My favorite:

One close button to rule them all:
My favorite setting! Make the close button only appear at the end of the tab bar, rather than at every tab.
browser.tabs.closeButtons
Modified Value: 3

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7. Five Arab Guys You Should Never Date

Post views: 7,982
Yes. Really. Stay away from these guys. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Here’s one of them:
The “We need a 4th” Trix-Master

What’s worse than dating a man whose ultimate idea of fun is lack of sobriety? Dating a man you’ll never see because his utmost loyalty is to his cards mates. Never, and I mean, never will he let them down when they need the 4th player to complete the circle. For that is treason.

Plus, he is a hard-core nicotine addict as all his games are spent smoking the argeeleh. For hours and hours and hours.

What he’s usually wearing: pointy shoes, a lot of gel on his hair, and a Honda Civic.

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8. Ten things that happened in 2011 that make me proud of being Arab

Post views: 5,638

The feel-good post of 2011. Ten things that happened in the Arab world in 2011 that really made me smile:
1. Doctors, nurses, and regular people pooled knowledge and resources together to create a makeshift hospital in Tahrir to help the injured.
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9. The Four Stages of “Getting” Twitter

Post views: 5,128
This infographic went totally viral. It’s so nice seeing your work in top lists :)
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10. AlJazeera and the Egyptian Revolution

Post views: 4,799
Some branding thoughts on the Egyptian revolution.
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And that’s the top 10 :)
What was your favorite post on AndFarAway?

Lack of frickin’ consistency.

I can’t tolerate routine, but I’m a slave to consistency.

I don’t think I can live without one.

It makes EVERYTHING and ANYTHING instantaneously better.

Today, I googled something and found no results.

Today, I didn’t find a forum thread somewhere that made me feel better.

Today, I felt alone on the World Wide Web. A little girl suffering from a rare malady.

Internet, I can’t believe there is no crazy group on Facebook with seven members who share my rage. There are no memes on the topic. There is no Lycos page bitching about how annoying modern web technology can be.

Internet, could it really be that I’m the only person in the world with a raging hate for online videos?

But I do.

I HATE ONLINE VIDEOS. I HATE YOUTUBE. I HATE DAILYMOTION. I HATE VIMEO. I HATE STREAMING. I HATE LITTLE BOXES WITH MOVING FRAMES EMBEDDED IN A WHITE BACKGROUND. I HATE VOICES COMING OUT OF MY HEADPHONES.

I HATE NOT HAVING CONTROL OVER WHEN AND HOW I SWITCH THROUGH MY TABS. I HATE LAGGING. I HATE THAT VIDEOS SO RUDELY DEMAND PRECIOUS MINUTES OF UNF**KING DIVIDED ATTENTION. I HATE HOW PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS SHARING YOUTUBE LINKS WITH ME; I’M SURE THEY’RE COOL LINKS, SO IT MAKES ME FEEL GUILTY.

I HATE HOW VIDEOS EAT UP BANDWIDTH. I HATE HOW THEY SLOW DOWN MY BROWSER. I HATE NOT GETTING THE INFORMATION I’M LOOKING FOR BY SKIMMING. I HATE HOW VIDEOS ARE SO UBIQUITOUS. I HATE THAT THEY START ON THEIR OWN.

I HATE HOW YOU CAN’T JUST GLANCE AT THE PAGE AND INSTANTLY DECIDE THAT THIS SUCKS ASS, THEN CLOSE IT. I HATE THAT THEY DON’T ALLOW YOU TO CONTROL YOUR INTAKE EXPERIENCE. I HATE THAT VIDEOS AREN’T A STILL IMAGE.

There.

Therapy.

I hate online videos. I HATE THEM. Just the transcript, please.

P.S. I’m aware that there’s a YouTube video in the post below. Rest assured, I haven’t seen it.

That’s my childhood right there.

This used to be one of my favorite songs as a teenager. It always makes me happy.