Grab A Copy Of This Month’s Car Mag
Why? Because, amongst a gaggle of other awesome features is an interview with German Wunderkind and youngest ever F1 Weltmeister (that’s World Champion to you, Englishman), Sebastian Vettel. Sweet looking kid, hey? Well, he can get pretty pumped up. Wow, slow down there, Sebastian. We know you’ve just claimed the World Championship for the second […]
Re-make Mondays: There Goes The Neighbourhood – Shameless
As America staggered from one recession into another, shedding jobs like a dog’s corpse sheds fleas, the viewing public were looking for a new type of entertainment to console them. Enter cable channel Showtime, and their re-make of UK hit, Shameless.
Mom Banned From Internet After Sexting Son’s Friend
A brand new contender for Mom Of The Year has emerged. Meet Lori David, 38 years old, from Texas. She was recently banned by court order from using the internet, after she was caught sending naughty pics to her son’s friend.
Former Springbok Solly Tyibilika Killed
Rugby star, Solly Tyibilika was shot dead in a Gugulethu tavern over the weekend. Police say two men entered the premises at around 02h00 on Saturday and started shooting randomly, injuring two other patrons and killing Tyibilika, 32.
19 Criminals Tricked Into Arrest With Free Beer
How do you capture wanted criminals that keep avoiding arrest? You lure them with free beer, of course. Derbyshire police managed to snag 19 wanted criminals after they managed to trick them into meeting officers by baiting them with a free crate of beer.
Cricket Journalist Committed Suicide After Police Questioning
Up until now, motives for Peter Roebuck’s apparent suicide have remained a mystery. Apart from his journalism career, Roebuck was also involved with the cricket coaching of teenage boys. The incident happened immediately after two policemen came see him about a case of sexual assault.
American Universities Purchasing ‘.XXX’ Porn Domain Names
The .xxx domain, set to launch by the end of the year, is meant to be the domain of choice for porn sites. Which is dandy, but means that opportunists could register ‘google.xxx,’ for instance, and capitalize on Google’s popularity – so American universities are purchasing .xxx domains to keep people from making porn sites with their names in them.
Book Review: Cape Town: Up Close & Personal by Mia Feinstein
Who would want this book? It appears to me the perfect book for Capetonians living far away from home. They will page through and go, “oh ya, check this, I used to live there.” “There’s my house.” ‘I use to go running right there.” It’s perfect for an expat’s coffee-table; they can say to their dinner guests, “While I go and baste the chicken, take a look at that book, it’s where I used to live.” And then wonder why they are basting a chicken in a small London flat instead of living in Cape Town.
The Physics Of Angry Birds
It’s 08h00 on a Monday morning, so how better to welcome the week than with some complex physical graphs and equations explaining the world’s most popular mobile gaming app, Angry Birds. Ready? Let’s go! (Ka-kaaw!)
Be A Patriot – Drink A Sauvignon Blanc
I remember growing up with this notion that things were always better “over the seas”. Finding myself amongst winos later in life, there is still a remnant of that idea. There’s almost a measure of disbelief when a South African wine is preferred to a French wine of similar style. It feels as though there is a lack of confidence in our own wines, one that’s only bolstered briefly when a foreign critic gives us a high score. The point – which is quickly becoming a bush around which I am beating – is that South African Sauvignon Blanc is world class.
EXCLUSIVE: Alan Knott-Craig Discusses The Future Of MXit
In this week’s episode of Tech Vibe, MXit’s newest owner, Alan Knott-Craig discusses his future plans for MXit, and tells us exactly when we can expect to see big changes for one of Africa’s most successful social platforms. We also review the Tivoli Cappellini Model One internet radio, and bring you the top tech stories […]
Waste Not, Want Not: New House Designs In Nigeria
Here’s a novel idea that might help put a dent in the massive backlog of new homes our government has promised to the millions without adequate shelter, plus it’s great for the environment!
The Roof Is On Fire
The Euro Centres English Language School on the corner of Bree and Wale Streets in Cape Town, is on fire. Plumes of smoke could be seen from the high slopes of the City Bowl just after 13h00 on Friday. Paul Snodgrass, who was passing by at the time, submitted this photo.
Even Superman Wants A Piece Of Julius
I think it’s safe to say that hatin’ on Julius has now officially saved more conversations than the weather. Having said that, after a good rant most of us move on. Most of us. One Eastern Cape man, however, decided to put on a cape, jump on some cars and claim that he is a superman from the clouds, sent to kill Malema.
James Murdoch’s Evidence Yesterday Was “Disingenuous”
As reported in morning spice earlier today, James Murdoch claimed yesterday that two of his former senior News of the World executives had failed to tell him the truth about the scale of phone hacking at the News of the World, and that they had misled parliament. They’ve both since issued statements and called his new evidence “disingenuous at best”.
Heart 104.9fm Presenter Calls Cape Times Journalist A “Cockroach”
Yesterday the Cape Times reported that the New Seven Wonders of Nature campaign’s organisers stood to make millions of dollars from the global voting. But Heart 104.9fm’s Phat Joe felt that the story was too negative, phoned the journalist who wrote it live on-air, and called her “a cockroach that needs to be sprayed with Doom.”
South Africa’s Internet Turns 20 Tomorrow!
Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of South Africa’s usage of the World Wide Web!
Mininum Wage Increase In China: Everything Is Going To Get More Expensive Next Year.
Effective January 1, 2012, the minimum wage is going to increase by as much as 20% in Guangdong, the industrial province in China where most of the stuff you’ve bought in the past decade was produced. Which means you’ve got yourself a significant rise in consumer good prices worldwide incoming.
Got Siri Envy? There’s An App For That
A lot of us are currently using the iPhone 4 are only now coming to terms with Apple’s reluctance to allow Siri to run on our hardware. There’s probably even a bunch of us using Android that wish we could have something similar. Well, iHave good news. There’s an app for that.
Chinese Couples Race To The Altar On Lucky 11/11/11
Today’s date – 11/11/11 – is an auspicious one. Particularly so for many Chinese couples, who have adopted ‘the day of six ones’ as an exceptionally lucky wedding date, ignoring the fact that 11 November is usually celebrated as an unoffical singles day in China. Once a century, those extra two ones make this an excellent day to leave the single life behind.
Robert Mugabe The Pop Star
Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, has collaborated with an Afropop group, ironically called the Born Free Crew, to release a single that is getting some airplay on national television and radio stations. Keeping things in the family, the album’s executive producer is Mugabe’s Minister of Information, and of course, it’s about colonialism.
Disturbing Anti-Tik Adverts By Acclaimed Filmmaker [NSFW Video]
Darren Aronofsky is the well-known film director behind Requiem for a Dream, and more recently, Black Swan. He has made a series of shocking adverts – each stressing the horrible consequences of abusing methamphetamine, or Tik as it is known here. Be warned however, even though these are must-see material, some of them are very disturbing and probably NSFW.
Nokia’s New Flexible Phone [VIDEO]
Nokia has released a concept video for their new HumanForm phone – which isn’t so much human-shaped as it is oblong. What’s interesting about it is that the casing is meant to be flexible, and the entire surface is meant to run off of touch recognition, which is fairly rad.
International Energy Agency: Climate Change May Become Irreversible In Five Years
In the most thorough analysis yet of world energy infrastructure and carbon emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warns that we are likely to build so many new fossil-fueled power stations in the next five years that it won’t be possible to hold global warming at safe levels.
Moscow, Ve Have A Problem: Russians Lose Control Of Probe
A 13-ton, US$ 170 million Russian space probe that was launched on Wednesday, due for a rendezvous with one of Mars’ moons, has had a system fail before it even left earth orbit, and now threatens to do what asteroid YU55 didn’t. провалить!
Robot Revolution With A Friendly Face
Robots have been the subject of countless science fiction tales and blockbuster movies, most often portrayed as malicious machines that have become independent of their creators and use their inherent advantages to rise to the top of the food chain. Until very recently, this type of scenario could only ever exist in fiction.
Black Rhino Declared Extinct In West Africa
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which compiles The Red List, and which is widely recognised as the most comprehensive method for evaluating the conservation status of animal and plant species around the world, has declared the subspecies, the western black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes), as extinct.
#malema – The Twitter Highlights Package
Julius Malema’s hearing today has pretty much brought all productivity to a halt, with most of us holding our breath to hear the result. Twitter was abuzz with activity, and stressed to all of us the importance of putting your iPad on silent before a big speech.
Russian Newsreader Caught Masturbating Live On Air [Video]
A Russian news bulletin recently aired a segment on strippers. They then cut back to the news anchor live in studio – only to reveal him masturbating to the footage! Obviously realising he is on air, he quickly composes himself and continues to read the news as if nothing is wrong. But keep an eye on his “guilty” hand and what he does with it.
EXCLUSIVE: Zille And Mazibuko Comment On Malema
Helen Zille texted the following to 2oceansVibe following the outcome of Julius Malema’s disciplinary hearing.