Looking back on 2007, part 1

For the next several weeks, I'm going to post my favorite entries from Boing Boing this year. Here are some from January 2007:

• Video of many car crashes on icy Portland road (Welcome to a world without friction.)

• Having low expectations makes you happier (Danes don't expect good things to happen to them, and when something good does happen, they're thrilled.)

• Canadian spy coins a "mistake" (Defense Security Service unable to substantiate the claim that coins had eavesdropping bugs in them.)

• Man tasered for wearing baseball cap at city council meeting (“It means more than just a hat,” he said. “It’s like my crown. It’s like asking a king to remove his crown.”)

• Every issue of MAD on one DVD-ROM (That's over 600 issues -- 17,500 pages)

[#1 posted by Lonin , November 26, 2007 6:17 PM]

Is it wrong to feel a sense of pride about being a Portlander right now?

[#2 posted by Stefan Jones , November 26, 2007 9:10 PM]

The spinning cars video should be turned into a public service announcement. Voiceover: "Do you really think you could do better?"

[#3 posted by Mechalith , November 27, 2007 12:15 PM]

I generally point out, re: the Portland video that it rarely freezes here, and that the bloody city is made up of a large collection of hills. This combination results in well, that video, when the weather gets nasty because you have drivers who are unused to the conditions in extremely touchy terrain.

... and I'm pretty much in the same 'Bizarre sense of pride' camp as you Lonin.

[#4 posted by Ryan , November 27, 2007 12:18 PM]

That first ‘crash’ is just epic.