'This picture is, like the Russian national interest, a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma' - #20things that happened on the Internet in 2010: a puzzle

via syzygy.co.uk

From @syzygy site:

"This picture is, like the Russian national interest, a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. The picture contains 20 ‘things’ that happened on the Internet in 2010. These ‘things’ include industry events, memes and great web projects. We invite you to leave your ontological, semantic and grammatical objections to one side, and guess what these ‘things’ might be. (hi-resolution version)

It’s not a competition, but if you want to e-mail us with your answers, then feel free and we’ll mail you back with the answers in a bit. It's probably worth pointing out that quite a few of the clues refer to specific events, so Angry Birds for example isn't really the right answer for the Angry Bird at the front of the picture. But don't get too hung up on this, we’ll be dropping the odd clue on Twitter and remember. This. Is. Not. A. Competition.

We’re giving away free limited edition prints!
As if that isn’t enough, we’re giving away two of the 100 limited edition A1 prints of this picture each day for the next couple of weeks. All you have to do is follow us on Twitter and tweet a link to the picture using the hashtag #20things. We’ll randomly pick a couple of lucky people each day and send them a poster. We’re also on Facebook if that’s more your bag, though the real action will be on Twitter.

Mad Props
Finally, many thanks to McBess for illustrating this. Besides being a super-talented illustrator, he makes great music, film, animation and books which you should all check out."

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