Year End Awards 2009 (k3nshi)

The Kenshi Institute’s Year End awards 2009:

• Man of the Year: Simon Cowell


• Woman of the Year: Penelope Cruz


• Dead King of Pop of the Year: Michael Jackson


• Film of the Year: Moon


• Food of the Year: Scrambled Eggs and Baked Beans


• Feeling of the Year: Resignation


• Supporting Character most deserving to be the Main Character of the Year: Damian Wayne (Batman comics)


• Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham Asylum (on Xbox 360)


• Book of the Year: Founders at Work


• Drink of the Year: Water


• Website of the Year: Tumblr.com


• Technology of the Year: iPhone OS


• Anti-Technology of the Year: The Web Browser


• Blog of the Year: Rikdad’s Comic Thoughts - this guy is Grant Morrison right? Right?!


• TV Show of the Year: Smallville


• Application of the Year: Choice by Choice


• Workout of the Year: Jungle Circuit - at Wild Fitness


• Personal Trainers of the Year: Summit Personal Training


• Shape of the Year: Circle


• Place of the Year: Watamu, Kenya


• Colour of the Year: Green


• Year of the Year: 2009

Year End Awards 2008 (k3nshi)

The Kenshi Institute’s Year End awards 2008:

• Man of the Year: Vladimir Putin


• Woman of the Year: Tina Fey


• Hockey Mom/Pitbull of the Year: Sarah Palin


• Film of the Year: Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)


• Food of the Year: CHIPS


• Investment Bank of the Year: Bear Sterns


• Game of the Year: Fable 2


• Book of the Year: ‘Masters of Doom’ by David Kushner


• Banker of the Year: Dr Josef Ackermann


• Superhero of the Year: The Batman (Damian Wayne)


• Supervillain of the Year: Grant Morrison


• Feeling of the Year: Impending Doom


• Website of the Year: Twitter


• Agent of Change of the Year: Corpsicle


• Technology of the Year: HDTV


• Anti-Technology of the Year: Internet Explorer 6


• Blog of the Year: Robert Peston’s Business blog


• TV Show of the Year: The Wire


• Application of the Year: Google Earth


• Credit Crunch of the Year: The Credit Crunch


• Shape of the Year: Madelbrot Set


• Financial Instrument of the Year: CDOs


• Place of the Year: Kenshi HQ


• Colour of the Year: Charcoal


• Global Financial Crisis of the Year: The Global Financial Crisis


• Year of the Year: 2008

Year End Awards 2007 (k3nshi)

The Kenshi Institute's Year End Awards 2007

• Man of the Year: Steve Jobs


• Woman of the Year: Megan Fox


• Film of the Year: The Bourne Ultimatum


• Game of the Year: Halo 3 (Xbox 360)


• Book of the Year: Batman & Son by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert


• Food of the Year: Cake


• Feeling of the Year: Apathy


• Website of the Year: facebook.com


• Technology of the Year: iPhone


• Move of the Year: DOWN + PUNCH


• Imbecile of the Year: Schnibble


• Anti-Technology of the Year: CSS


• Blog of the Year: Scans Daily


• TV Show of the Year: 30 Rock


• Application of the Year: Quicksilver


• Shape of the Year: Villarceau circles


• Place of the Year: Checkpoint Charlie


• Colour of the Year: Rust


• Year of the Year: 2005

Year End Awards 2006 (k3nshi)

The Kenshi Institute's Year End Awards 2006

• Man of the Year: James Bond


• Woman of the Year: Lara Croft


• Film of the Year: Mission Impossible 3


• Game of the Year: Tomb Raider: Legend (Xbox 360)


• Food of the Year: Biscuits


• Book of the Year: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman


• Poison of the Year: Polonium


• Website of the Year: youtube.com


• Technology of the Year: Nintendo Wii


• Anti-Technology of the Year: Java


• Blog of the Year: Kotaku


• TV Channel of the Year: E! TV


• TV Show of the Year: Entourage


• Application of the Year: Entourage (Mac OS)


• Shape of the Year: Trapezium


• Place of the Year: The Lounge - Ritz Carlton Dubai


• Colour of the Year: Grey


• Year of the Year: 2005

Year End Awards 2005 (k3nshi)

The Kenshi Institute's Year End Awards 2005

Celebrating the sublime and the ridiculous:

• Man of the Year: Alan Kay


• Woman of the Year: Angelina Jolie


• Film of the Year: Batman Begins


• Game of the Year: God of War


• Book of the Year: "Freakonomics" by Levitt & Dubner


• Website of the Year: flickr


• Undead Website of the Year: smilingkenshi.net


• Technology of the Year: Paper


• Promised Legal Action of the Year: MPA vs Song Lyrics sites


• Anti-Technology of the Year: CSS + Web browsers (all of them)


• Phone of the Year: imate JAM


• Blog of the Year: What would Tyler Durden Do


• Application of the Year: Preview (Mac)


• Shape of the Year: Arch


• Place of the Year: Regents Park, London, UK


• Colour of the Year: Ruby red (##990000)


• Year of the Year: 2005