10 Best Stories of January 2008

Posted: December 26th, 2008 | Author: ouvyt | Filed under: Aurality | No Comments »

Let us refresh our memory with ten stories from January 2008

Ten: Proof Of The Coming Apocalypse: Kitty Wigs

“Kitty wigs are exactly what they sound like and cost $50 each.  The colors, in case you couldn’t tell, are pink passion, bashful blonde, silver fox, and electric blue.”

via Geekologie

Nine: Student Expelled For Facebook Photo Description

“…his Facebook profile whose accompanying graphic read: “Shoot it. Upload it. Get famous. Project Spotlight is searching for the next big thing. Are you it?” It doesn”t mention that Project Spotlight was an online digital video contest and that “shoot” in that context meant “record.”

via Slashdot

Eight: Copyright Lobbies Threaten Federal College Funding

“The EFF is raising the alarm regarding provisions injected into a bill to renew federal funding for universities. These new provisions call for institutions of higher learning to filter their internet connections and twist student’s arms over ‘approved’ digital media distribution services.”

via Slashdot

Seven: First-ever electronica album released under Creative Commons with collecting society support

“This means that the artist will get paid for radio-play and live performance”

via BoingBoing

Six: Canada restricts gay organ donors

“Canada has imposed sweeping restrictions on who can donate organs for transplant — including a ban on gay men who have been sexually active in the past five years”

via Current

Five: Photos of people who have lived in three centuries

“Photographer Mark Story took photos of people who were born in the 19th century and are still alive in the 21th Century. My own grandmother comes close to making it. She’ll be 107 in April.”

via BoingBoing

Four: Prosthetic-Limbed Runner Disqualified from Olympic Games

“Oscar Pistorius, a world-class sprinter, has been denied a shot at participating in the Olympics this year. He’a double-amputee, but he’s not out because of his handicap; he’s disqualified because he’s faster than most sprinters.”

via Slashdot

Three: Seven dead in Bebo ‘suicide cult’

“Social networking site Bebo is rumoured to be linked to a spout of suicides in the small Welsh town of Bridgend. So far seven deaths have been reported to police”

via Current

Two: Radiohead Tops US Charts: US Tour Announced

“Radiohead have gone straight into the US Billboard charts at number one with their album ‘In Rainbows’ despite early speculation that their digital giveaway of the album would slow sales.”

via Current

One: Last speaker of Alaskan tongue dies

“A US woman believed to be the last native speaker of the Eyak language in Alaska has died at the age of 89.”

via BBC

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