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It’s almost 2010 (wow!), and here’s my links you need to click for the day. Enjoy!

• Congrats to Ben and Abbi Wagner on the news of Abbi’s pregnancy. Of course, Ben writes it up in his news-guy style, keeping you waiting until the end, even if you did look at the photo first.
• After Dave busted on me for my top 25-played tracks that were born in the year of our lord 2009, I just had to link to this. Rex points to what last.fm sez are the most unwanted scrobbles – that is, the ones most deleted from last.fm users’ scrobble lists – for 2009. Let’s just say you’re probably not going to be surprised.
• For those of you that aren’t so into the cult of the blog, this post from Wil Wheaton is a perfect example of why it’s awesome that they exist in the first place. Just replace Mr. Wheaton (or don’t, if TNG does it for you) with a musician, actor, politician of your choice, and imagine that they were side-commenting their own career or history, and you’ll see what I mean.
• A couple of weeks back, Twitter released a list of the Top Twitter Trends of 2009. Those of you who get annoyed at my non-100% support of hashtags for all things on Twitter will note that beyond the hashtag-specific category, only 7 made the charts, overall, with real-text taking the cake for the most part. Again, this isn’t to say that they don’t work, only that the “average” user tends to stick to talking in actual words. Just sayin’.
• Check out Brand New’s Best and Worst Identities for 2009 here.
• Did you know that you could use multiple aliases for a given email address on your iPhone? But yes, you can. Here’s the solution for this very request, via Gruber.

Here’s today’s batch of links you need to click, including some I’ve sat on for a little bit.

• Over at bats:both, I shared some thoughts on the passing of sportscaster George Michael.
• Time Out New York published some link bait for the entire universe by publishing their list of top movies of the decade. I’ll save the wrath of pen (or keyboard) for some of my blogger colleagues, but there’s some brutal choices on there. The “Donnie Darko” fan club will not be happy.
• If they had Facebook in the “Star Wars” universe, it might look something like this.
• I must admit, I spent a ton of time looking over these pager messages from 9/11/01. [via reddit]

In today’s links, we’ve got food groups, new music, pizza box improvements, new Apple products, and what your email address and credit score together say about you.

• There’s a new Young Jeezy track. Go listen.
• There’s a new Rihanna single out. Buzzworthy compares it to “mid-period Massive Attack.” Go listen.
• Could it be that someone has, in 2009, created the next great pizza box?
• Apple releases new Magic Mouse. Coincidentally, $69 leaves the pockets of thousands and thousands of Americans.
• The Milwaukee Brewers have named Rick Peterson their new pitching coach. In related news, the New York Mets still suck and wonder what happened to their pitching staff. Willie Randolph just laughs.
• Delaware is getting a state park! In other news, it still only takes 15 minutes to drive through the state on I-95 if you have EZPass.
• Your tax dollars at work. Kids need to eat more vegetables and take in less calories. Hey, does this mean that ketchup will finally become a vegetable?
• This comparison of credit scores and their respective owners’ email address domains is more than amusing, and proves that there is indeed a statistic for everything.

Here’s today’s short list of links that are of interest. I’ve got more links, but a lack of time to share. More later this week.

• For the ad lovers out there, check out today’s Q&A w/ Stuart Elliott in the NYT.
• The Yanks are out playing the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California, USA, North America today, but you can still go to Yankee Stadium, if you were so inclined, to watch the game. I remember doing this during the New York Rangers’ 1994 run to the Stanley Cup, while the team was out in Vancouver. Kind of fun, but it wasn’t like 42 degrees in Madison Square Garden.
• Andy Beal writes about the news that social networking via mobiles has doubled in the last six months. Wow. [via Chris Thilk]
• Dave shared a solid Friday Heh this past week, with the payoff of a Facebook conversation having its way with the “Fresh Prince” theme song and balloon boy.
• Ben Wagner shares some personal perspective and a great way of spelling out what the film adaptation of “Where The Wild Things Are” means to a lot of people.
• This is awesome. That is all.
• Broadband is a privilege, not a right, right? Wrong, if you’re in Finland.

• On Monday, Derek Powazek said a thing or two about SEO and the people who provide it as a service, professionally and otherwise. On Tuesday afternoon, Danny Sullivan responded with an open letter to Powazek. Since then, Powazek’s published a FAQ on the subject, and Sullivan has responded in kind, and not without a little snark (make sure you read the title). If you’re into search and Web design, etc., this is probably worth your time to check out.
• Polaroid’s back! Well, sort of.
• For those of you interested in cool stories about sports and sports leagues, with a tinge of economics and “what if,” then check out Costa’s recap what ALMOST happened in the NHL almost three decades ago. He’s got more here.
• You tell ‘em, Wil!
• If you haven’t seen the super awesome video floating around social media circles (and beyond), “The Social Media Guru,” I suggest you go watch it.
• Apple has something to say about the reporter $10,000 fee it supposedly cost to create iTunes LPs. [via Engadget]
• Wood IS BACK! Am I the only one sensing a trend in this list?
• I got a 4 out of 10 in this quiz about inventing things we currently take for granted in our day and age. What did you get? [via Kottke]

In today’s links, we’ve got iPhone apps galore, some food news, some music, and Twitter news (shocker!).

• Check it, Zipcar fans. Remember the Zipcar app you might have heard about from a bit back? Well, it’s out [iTunes link]. Gizmodo has more.
• Kottke’s got more on making your own BLTs. From scratch.
• Mashable’s got a rumor about the supposedly-coming-soon tablet from Apple – that it’s essentially an iPhone with a bigger screen. Or something like that.
• A fantastic guest post from Matt Douglas on CenterNetworks about getting your startup going – though probably not the type of post you’re expecting.
• Joy points to a new spin on Phoenix’s “Rome” if you’re into that sort of thing.
• Paramore’s “brand new eyes” is out, and it’s only $3.99 at Amazon right now. And it’s good.
• Okay, I’ll bite, with a caveat. 100 people you’re suggested to follow on Twitter if you’re into the PR thing, from Conversation Agent.
• For those of you in the Weight Watchers tribe, there’s an iPhone app if you’re in that subsegment of our population. More here. It’s pretty darn good.
• The Dolphins have just acquired Tyler Thigpen from the Chiefs. At least one of those two teams is looking to not go down in flames, I guess.
• Rex informs that if you’re into Karen O or “Where The Wild Things Are” that the soundtrack is now streaming on Imeem.
• If you haven’t already heard about this disgusting Facebook poll asking whether the president should be killed, you’re probably better off for it. Hope you didn’t vote in it, as the Secret Service is looking into anyone who might have.
• Yesterday it was Texas Tech banning Twitter for football players, today it’s news that NY Jets’ WR David Clowney was benched for comments about playing time on Twitter. Nice.

These are links. You should click them. Here are some reasons why.

• In this week’s edition of “What Exactly Is Gawker’s “beat” These Days” news, I point to their recap of last night’s “Mad Men” and turn my head like an RCA dog.
• How fast is Usain Bolt, really? Some ESPN staffers found out.
• In case you missed this one, check out some fun that the New Yorker had with a recent NYT review of The Beatles: Rock Band.
• Could the “Tribute in Light” that graces lower Manhattan every year around September go dark in 2010?
• Gruber points to William Safire’s favorite New Yorker cartoon.
• If you were a digital Robin Hood, apparently you’d start at Facebook and head back to MySpace with whatever you’ve got. Or something like that. Or maybe you’d just sit on MySpace all day and post updates to Twitter.
• The amusing thing about this computer tumor is that it’s probably totally representative of the RAM bloat that your applications are chomping on, and will give you a good idea when you need to reboot.
• Trash your coach on Twitter, no Twitter for you, says Texas Tech coach Mike Leach.
• No coverage, no problem, say the Los Angeles Kings.
• OMG “Star Wars” bathrobes! [via Gizmodo]
• Dabitch seems to feel the same way that I do about the latest Windows 7 commercial.

Yep, another edition of links that I’m pretty sure you should click through to.

• Did you hear the one about the Chicago Cubs player who left a game after being slapped in the head in a celebratory manner by a fellow teammate?
• Yay, MMS for the land of iPhone users is live!
• Gruber’s certainly got this right re: the Gmail user who a judge ORDERED TO HAVE HIS/HER GMAIL ACCOUNT DISABLED after a bank mailed information to the wrong email address. Sorry, no. That’s bogus.
• I guess we should look at these stats that Chris Thilk points to from eMarketer about social media measurement as a good place to start, right?
• Wil Wheaton points to an exceptional spoof ad starring none other than Cthulhu. That’s awesome.
• You know that time that you flew halfway across the country to make it to the U2 concert and just made it? Ben Wagner does.
• I think it’s funny that the first thing I noticed when downloading the Flickr app for my iPhone was the “from Yahoo!” page-turn at the bottom of the screen, and was just like “oh yeah, forgot about that.” Seems like some Flickr fans aren’t so amused with the “from Yahoo!” branding on Flickr’s site, either. I say go back to gamma. Also, Dave Coustan.
• Gothamist has a good interview with Brian Lehrer of WNYC, whom you media heads will probably be familiar with for one reason or another.
• Great move by the Nintendo folks for adding a second MotionPlus to the Wii Sports Resort package. As someone who didn’t buy the game the first time because of this, this might make me pick it up one of these days.
• Joy wished us all a Happy Thursday this week with a funny.
• I love Dopplr. Not sure I really care one way or another about Nokia purchasing it though. Just don’t screw it up. [via Kottke]

Here’s today’s batch of Links You Need To Click…

• Gothamist points to some news in the NY Post about Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to “shoeprint” all footwear. Hello, CSI and L&O land!
• Congrats to Allison for finally getting to see Moby in NYC! It’s kinda nice to get to do things that you’ve wanted to for years and years.
• Plax goes to jail. Wonder if he’ll spike the ball on the field after not being touched when his knee was down on his first play in the prison yard.
• Hey look, it’s Microsoft’s Guru Bar!
• You see, I feel all cool as I’m coming to a close of Year 1 for the 365 Days Project on Flickr, and the damn stormtroopers have go to and one-up us all with Stormtroopers 365. [via Kottke]
• Look! Over there! It’s sponsored tweets from celebrities, courtesy of Ad.ly.
• Over at the Voce Nation blog, Chris Thilk asks what marketers would have to do if (shudder!) social media tools weren’t available for their programs, and he wants to hear from you.
• Speaking of Chris Thilk, wonder if he’s seen this juiced-up WALL-E.
• For those of you up for a challenge, Fred Wilson has one for you – as Tumblr.

• The New York Times has added something kind of fun to its Gadgetwise blog – a new column, “Internet Protocol” – that is, in its own words, set up “to help you gracefully navigate the murky waters of a hyper-connected world.” Check out the inaugural posting by Jenna Wortham, which covers IMs at work and email signatures. Will definitely have to keep an eye on this and see how it goes.
• Wow, Jack Daniels is out for the RCR-owned 07 car in NASCAR’s top series for 2010. Let’s step it up, Jagermeister.
• Further proving that no one has any idea what Gawker is actually covering, I submit you this piece. I love you Gawker, but you’ve quickly become “the site that covers everything I have seen on every other site I read, plus the stuff Gawker originally did.”
• I think any news involving Milton Bradley being suspended for the remainder of ‘09 by the Cubbies should have to read “Milton Bradley Out Of The Game” or something amusing like that. Just saying.
• Forgot about this news, but as David pointed out last week, I can’t believe it took this long for Flickr to crank out an iPhone app. It’s certainly pretty, though. I almost never want to step off the front page of it after opening. You can download it here.