It is that time of the year where every news source out there gets so lax in creating content, they can only muster up the strength to put together a year in review for this, that or the other.  Never to be one to disappoint, I thought now would be the perfect time to join the masses and share with you your favorite things I have posted.

Here are the ten most popular stories, tips, articles and tutorials I published in 2009 on Mitchelaneous.com.

#10 – Instant Drama Sound Effect

My new favorite web site, when you need that instant sound effect action is DramaButton.com.  Once pushed, you get that duh duh DUHHHH that has always been a favorite for the old dramatic moments on your favorite old TV shows and movies.

• More Sound Effect Fun: Six and a Half Instant Sound Effect Sites to Keep Handy

#9 – Top 10 Horror Movie Villains

Since it is October, time to look at even more things that go bump in the night.  Growing up in the 80s to early 90s era, I had a lot of great horror villains to fighting me.  We might not have had Dracula or Frankenstein, but we did have Freddy and Jason.  So, to keep with the holiday spirit of the month, I decided to take a look at my top 10 horror villains of all time.

• More Top 10 – Top 10 Favorite Red Dwarf Moments

#8 – 10 Free Ways to Search for Files Online

Need to find a file fast?  Over the years, I have collected some of the best (and maybe not so best) free file search web sites out there.  Here are the ten best resources to search for a file online.

• More Free Stuff – Hundreds of Free Online Tools I’ve Reviewed

#7 – Ninja Entry Traffic Sign Rocks

When is a No Entry sign not a No Entry sign?  When it has dropped the smoke bomb and turned into a Ninja Entry traffic sign.

• More Oddness: The Green Ranger Morphed into a MMA Fighter

#6 – Need a Wiki? Top Alternatives to MediaWiki!

Looking to setup a new wiki, but don’t know which script you should pick up to do the dirty work?  Many might say that MediaWiki is the best and the most popular, since it is what is used to run Wikipedia.  However, there are some great alternative wiki scripts you might have (or might not have) even seen before.

• More CMS Help – 9 WordPress Alternatives

#5 – EMFF – Easily the Best Audio Player via Flash

The Easy Musicplayer For Flash, or otherwise known as EMFF, is in my opinion easily the best free audio player, built in flash.  I have been using it to provide a player on up to six of my latest shows on webhostingshow.com.

• More Web Dev Help – Best of the Blogging Scripts

#4 – Down Right Creepy Mario Wallpaper

Why is it that we are all kind of amused by making Nintendo’s favorite plumber, Mario, so darn creepy looking?  There have been some real oddities posted out there in the past that have put a new light on the overall wearing hero,  but this one might take the cake on being the creepiest thus far.

• More Desktop Decoration – All My Favorite Wallpapers I’ve Blogged About!

#3 – Decorate Your Desktop with Mushroom Icons!

Time to do another free desktop icon release!  This time around, I figured I would focus on Mario’s favorite treat, the mushrooms of the Mushroom kingdom.  It always kind of freaked me out that a power up was a decapitated head of one of the Mushroom Kingdom citizens.  What do you think Toad would say if he saw Mario eat a mushroom?  Would he be shocked?  Could be they are all cannibals anyways.

• Level Up! – Free Mega Man Desktop Icons!

#2 – Charge PS3 Controller on Your PC

As I shared with you yesterday, I purchased myself a PlayStation 3.  One of the first questions I had after taking it out of the box was, “How do I charge the controllers?”.  With my Wii, it uses rechargeable batteries, so that solution was a ‘bit easier.  it looks like the PS3 controllers though have no option to do that.

• More Video Game Fun – Free Video Game Based Desktop Icons!

#1 – Best of the Free Zombie Flash Games

Nothing can get better than beating up a few mindless zombies, right?  Put that together with some of the creative and cool flash games out there, and you my friend have a good time.  Here is my collection of some of the best free “zombie-related” flash games.

• More Flash Games – Best of the Free Ninja Flash Games

I hope you have enjoyed this year of Mitchelaneous fun, and hope 2010 brings in even more readers, visits, fun stories and more.  Happy New Year to you all!

EXTRA – Best Firefox Facts Posts of 2009!

There is no doubt in my mind that Red Dwarf was one of the greatest television sitcoms of all time. Originating from a recurring radio sketch, Dave Hollins: Space Cadet, this show about an odd band of misfits traveling through space, was beyond awesome. With that said, I thought I would share with you my top ten Red Dwarf moments, from it’s eight seasons.

The Comeback of Talkie Toaster

The Light Switch

Wilma Flintstone

April Fools?

Poor Whinny the Poo

Crew Impersonations

The Holo-Virus

Ace Rimmer, What a Guy!

Dog Food and Book Burning

Rimmer’s Morale Meeting

There you have it.  Of course these are in no particular order because that would take me another few days of internal debate and deliberation to figure out.  If your new to the Red Dwarf universe, and you want to check out more – you can pick up all eight seasons, and the Back to Earth movie all online.

Cinemassacre Productions

I got my first taste of the awesome content that Cinemassacre delivers by finding (and then later watching) a few episodes of the Angry Video Game Nerd.  By far, it is probably my favorite series from the web site – but some of the miscellaneous content like Board James and You Know Whats Bull Sh*t is just as funny and entertaining to watch.

Be sure to watch…

• NES Accessories
• Chronologically Confused About Zelda
• The Bad Things About DVD Packaging

ScrewAttack

How could a web site named after the famous Metroid attack go wrong?  It can’t.  Looking at both new and old school games, ScrewAttack has your classic reviews, top ten lists and even submissions from their fans that make it onto the site.  If you’ve grown up as an 80’s child, and still have a love for both new and old games – this site is definitely one worth checking out.

Be sure to watch…

• Top 10 SNES Games
• VGV – Zombies Ate My Neighbors
• Top 10 Fighting Games

That Guy with Glasses

This is the most recent one I have stumbled upon and started watching.  Once again, we kind of go to all of our loves of watching something old, with the most popular series from the site being the Nostalgia Critic.  The entire web sit though is filled with videos that are well thought out, well produced and will leave you wanting to watch more.

Be sure to watch…

• TMNT Making of Coming Out of Their Shells
• Super Mario Brothers Super Show
• Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Might also be a good idea for me to point out that not all of these are family friendly “G” rated entertainment, so please keep that in mind. 

Ridley’s Theme from Super Smash Bros Brawl (and Metroid)

Pit’s Theme from Kid Icarus

M. Bison’s Theme from Street Fighter

Dark World Theme from The Legend of Zelda: a Link to the Past

The Fanfare Music from Final Fantasy

The Super Mario Bros Theme (Well, DUH!)

Simon Belmont’s Theme from Super Castlevania IV

Samus’s Theme from ANY of the Metroid Games

Setzer’s Theme from Final Fantasy VI

The Overworld Theme from The Legend of Zelda

Did I miss an obvious choice?  Let me know!  Also, I want to point you towards SupraDarky’s YouTube page where he has tons of themes for you to listen to and enjoy.

+ Listen to the Web Hosting Show, Podcast 72!

The first thing I did was I searched multiple search engines for multiple Web hosting top ten lists. I wanted my subject lists to be totally random, so nobody could claim as much favor. This mixes real lists in with the fake ones, I know. To defend the paid-placement lists though, I have this to say. If a Web host is financially stable enough to pay for advertising, then they must be doing something right.

So now I am left with ten different top ten lists. From there, I took each one and averaged out the scores and number of times a Web host was mentioned. What was I left with? Here is your top ten of ten Web hosts out there today:

1. IPower
2. Bluehost
3. StartLogic
4. Lunarpages
5. Dot5 Hosting
6. Yahoo
7. XI Web Hosting
8. Apollo Hosting
9. Peer1
10. GoDaddy

This might not be the perfect way of organizing the best of the best out there, but at least it is something a little less biased to do your research from. If you have a comment about any of these hosts, feel free to share!