Best Of 2004

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Best Movies Seen 2004

• Big Fish
• Cidade de Deus
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Mystic River

Best Albums Heard 2004

• Joss Stone – The Soul Sessions
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Abbatoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus
• Tom Waits – Real Gone
• Tool – Salival
• Wilco – A Ghost is Born

Best Games

• Doom 3 (best overall experience; I was scared shitless)
• Half Life 2 (incredible story, sound, action and scenery)

Best Gadgets

• iRiver iHP-120 MP3 Player
• Nikon D70 Digital SLR Camera Kit

Last But Certainly Not Least

• Subversion replacing CVS as my SCM tool.
• The bloody pensionists downstairs moving out.