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Danny MacAskill’s Competition Is Here. Meet Andrew Dickey [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
Regular readers will be aware that we’ve been ardent fans of Danny MacAskill here at 2oceansVibe for years. We are now however proud to present to you an Australian, Andrew Dickey, who could arguably be as good as Danny. You’ll enjoy his skills.
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Google Launches Incredible Nelson Mandela Digital Archive
28 Mar 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to launch what will arguably become the most extensive online archive of Nelson Mandela’s life. The free global access to photos, videos, letters and personal documents about his life and times will continue to expand as people across the world add their memorabilia to the archive.
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Smashing Pumpkins To Release “Album Within An Album” In June [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has spent the last three years slaving away at a massively insane internet-only, 44-song concept record, called Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. That album now includes an “album within an album” called Oceania, which will be released via traditional record-label channels, with EMI on June 19. Check out the epic title track below.
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Marshall Is Selling Mini-Fridges That Look Like Guitar Amps [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
Iconic amplifier company Marshall has expanded into selling people drums and headphones over the past couple of years – and now they’ve announced a mini-fridge that looks like an amp on the outside, but has an inside made to hold dozens of cold beverages. Shut up and take my money.
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Human Kite Pulled Through The Desert By A Mini JCW Countryman [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Ever since the first person flung themselves from a life-threatening height only to be saved by a stretchy cord or a makeshift parachute, thrillseekers have constantly sought to push the limits of extreme sports. A new promotional video for the Mini JCW Countryman takes things to the next level. Think car + human kite. Click through for the video.
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Deadmau5 Calls Madonna A “Fucking Idiot” For Talking About Drugs
27 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Toronto’s Deadmau5 has been blasting Madonna on his Facebook page for asking folks at the Miami Ultra Music Festival if they’ve seen “molly,” which is young-person speak for MDMA. Deadmau5 moved from slating Madonna’s embarrassing use of drug slang to a spiel about equating electro with drug use – with a couple of tasteful expletives thrown in.
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“Braaiday” Songsters Strike Again! The Car Guard Song [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2012 by Albi P / 2 Comments
From the creators of the awesome Braaiday parody comes another cult hit. Offering a rare glimpse into the daily experiences of the brave souls who put their lives on the line to protect our cars, Derick Watts and The Sunday Blues pay tribute to car guards everywhere. Click through for the video.
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World’s Large Paper Aeroplane Launched In Arizona [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tuscon, Arizona recently launched a 14-metre long paper aeroplane, in world record attempt. Because that’s the kind of stuff you have to do to get press when you’re an Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Check the launch after the jump.
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Miss Universe Canada Finalist Disqualified For Being Transgender
26 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / 4 Comments
6’1′ bombshell, Jenna Talackova of Vancouver was disqualified from the Donald Trump-owned Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant for “not meeting the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form,” according to competition officials. By which they mean she was disqualified for being born with male genitalia.
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Nokia Develops World’s First Vibrating Tattoo
23 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
So! Nokia filed a patent for the world’s first vibrating tattoo, to alert users about call, text message or email alerts. Because that’s something people would want. The idea being that Nokia’s haptic tattoo would transmit “a perceivable impulse” through the skin whenever it receives magnetic signals from a phone. The future is gross.
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Hilarious Parody Of WOTE’s Somebody That I Used To Know Cover [VIDEO]
23 Mar 2012 by Albi P / 1 Comment
Just over two months ago the internet exploded with joy when Walk Off The Earth brilliantly covered Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know. At the beginning of last month, parody ensemble The Key Of Awesome covered Gotye’s cover with spectacular results. Click through for the video.
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Samsung To Provide Free Satellite TV Services
23 Mar 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Samsung has partnered with SES satellite services to drive digitalisation in Africa. The free service will be available on selected Samsung LED TV’s, and will provide access to 60 free-to-air TV channels that do not require a separate decoder.
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“The Hobbit” Pub Saved By Stephen Fry & Ian McKellen
23 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
There’s an old Southampton pub called The Hobbit under threat from the company that controls Lord of the Rings licensing. The company eventually agreed to sell the pub a license to keep using the name it has had for decades. Stephen Fry and Ian McKellan decided this was stupid, so they paid the fee themselves.
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Google Street View In The Amazon Basin [VIDEO]
22 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Last year, Google announced that it was sending its Street View team to the Amazon basin – and images from that trip are are now being made available on Google Maps. You probably won’t end up using it for directions, but there are some awesome panoramic images on display.
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Amazing Time Lapse Shot From The ISS [VIDEO]
22 Mar 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Ease back into the remainder of the week with this gorgeous time lapse video shot from the ISS in low orbit over earth. Bask in the beauty of our planet from a point of view that preciously few of us will ever get to experience in real life.
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Obama Answers Deaf Student In Sign Language [VIDEO]
22 Mar 2012 by Steyn du Toit / No Comments
Here is a great example of how easy it is to ensure yourself a long, celebrated career in politics. After attending a conference in Washington recently, Barack Obama greeted some audience members. A deaf student in the crowd signed to him: “I am proud of you.” Not missing a beat, Obama signed back: “Thank you.” Video after the jump.
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Soccer’s Richest Stars Revealed
22 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
France Football magazine has released this year’s list of the world’s highest-earning soccer players – Rooney earned $32,6 million for a single goal, and Samuel Eto’o got $37 million for moving to Russia. And to everybody’s surprise, Beckham isn’t the biggest earner anymore; see who’s taken the lead after the jump.
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Walk Off The Earth Return With New Viral Video [VIDEO]
20 Mar 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 2 Comments
Remember when we all freaked out over that video of five people playing and singing on one guitar? The band’s name is Walk off the Earth, and they’ve just uploaded a new video onto YouTube. This time they cover the song, “Little boxes” from the TV show “Weeds”. Expect loads of cardboard box awesomeness – after the jump!
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This Week In Unnecessary But Inevitable Reboots: “Leprechaun”
20 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
Hey, you remember the Leprechaun horror franchise? No? Well don’t worry, somebody at Lionsgate did, and they’re totally rebooting the idea that maybe the tiny green-clad people are in fact vindictive, murderous drunks. Because that’s the sort of fresh injection of ideas that Hollywood needs right after a St. Patrick’s day weekend.
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Jeb Corliss Says This Lady Will Be A Better B.A.S.E. Jumper Than Him [VIDEO]
20 Mar 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
By now, most of you would be aware of what wingsuit flying is, thanks to Jeb Corliss. But, quietly over the years, others have joined in on the rather crazy hobby too. Take Roberta Mancino, for instance. She’s an Italian model and has skydived naked a few times. Then she met Jeb. She absolutely kills it in this video.
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The Pirate Bay To Launch Airborne Servers
20 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / 1 Comment
Popular torrent hosting site, The Pirate Bay has released plans to host their server database in the clouds. Literally in the clouds, I mean; they want to fit flying micro-drones with super-small computers and connect them with long-range radio transmitters, maintaining a network of “Low-Orbit Server Stations.” Which would make police raids a little more tricky.
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How One Crazy Girl Hitchhiked Across China, And Then Got Her Dream Job [PICS]
20 Mar 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
During the first six months of 2011 Rachel Katz, a 23-year old American girl, needed to do some research on the trucking industry in China. She started at the most logical place, by hopping in a truck and taking a small journey. And then she did it again, with another truck, and then another until she had covered the better part of the third largest country in the world.
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Take A Peek Inside America’s First Private Spaceship [PICS]
19 Mar 2012 by Albi P / No Comments
Ever since NASA cancelled their Space Shuttle Program two years ago, the Americans have been searching for an alternative option for space travel to save them from teaming up with their cosmic nemesis Russia. On 16 March, the first viable option presented itself and blew the competition away.
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First Commercial Spaceship To Launch To Space Station April 30
16 Mar 2012 by liam kruger / No Comments
NASA officials have announced that the first launch of a commercially built space capsule to the International Space Station is scheduled for the end of April. California-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) are the dudes responsible for the capsule in question, the unmanned Dragon spacecraft.
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