After a long and hard year, here’s the best of 2011 in link form.

The best papers of 2011…

Printing 1 to 1000 in C or C# with no loops and no conditionals…

The best leadership books of 2011…

The best blog posts on managing startups in 2011…

The best books you read in 2011…

Ten best tech cars of 2011…

Why programming fits into our brains…

Today’s random Wikipedia entry: dub