This Danish Professor Has A Robot Clone, For Some Reason
I mean don’t get me wrong, I’d want a robot clone too, it’s just not totally clear why Henrik Scharfe, professor at Aalborg University, actually got one assembled by the Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute in Japan. It’s ostensibly the first android with a beard, though, so yay science.
Geneva Roundup
There is nothing quite like the excitement generated by a motor show. Especially the Geneva Motor Show, which has opened for its 81st edition. Here is a little taste of what’s been going down over in Geneva.
News Just In: Trevor Manuel Is Apparently A Gangster
As if gangsterism in the Western Cape wasn’t bad enough, I was as shocked as anyone to find out that Planning Minister, and former Minister of Finance, Trevor Manuel is a hardened gangster whose open letter accusing Jimmy Manyi of being a racist, may have unleashed the full wrath of Jacob Zuma’s best friend.
Star Wars Now In 3D
Attention all Star Wars acolytes: your beloved messiah, George Lucas, has decided to milk even more money out of you. Yes, he’s re-releasing the entire series again, but this time in 3D. All of which will make him richer than Rupert Murdoch and Oprah combined.
The Burqa Ban Deadline Is Fast Approaching
The French are preparing to sail themselves into unchartered waters when the ban on wearing the Muslim burqa and other Islamic face coverings in public places comes into effect in just over a month. Racial tensions in that country have already begun to boil with the John Galliano “I love Hitler” incident. This will be interesting.
National Geographic Recreates Flying House From Movie Up!
How is this for Monday awesomeness? That flying house from Up! has been recreated and all it took was three hundred weather balloons full of helium. The house floated about three kilometers into the air for about an hour. More pics inside.
Monday Morning Radvertising: Red Bull Street Art View
Brazilian ad agency Loducca has put together a collection of geo-tagged street art from Google Street View for Red Bull. The site is sweetly designed, with decent Cape Town representation. How exactly this is going to sell Red Bell any caffeinated beverages is beyond me, but whatever.
Julius Malema And Friends Want 60% Of Anglo-American
ANC Youth League President and man of letters, Julius Malema, says that his organisation would like some shares in mining company Anglo American, 60% to be precise. The predicated price of what would be a record take-over, the ANCYL predict, would be about R0.00.
The Story Behind The “Bearded One”
If you, like me, weren’t able to get to a television for whatever reason this weekend, you may have tuned in and listened to the blokes on the couch on 2oceansvibe Radio and their alternative commentary. You may also have heard them speaking in awe about the cult-like properties of the “Bearded One”. Here is his story.
Chaos Computers Tech Paradise Competition – Unleash Your Inner Gamer
Look, we dig the odd spot of gaming here at 2oceansvibe. If you swing by the 2oceansvibe Media Headquarters in Waterkant Street and head upstairs, just past Richard Hardiman’s desk but in front of the boardroom, you may or may not find a little lounge set up there, tastefully furnished, with the odd plasma screen, […]
Album Review: ‘Live On Ten Legs’ By Pearl Jam
When you go and see U2 in concert you expect a religious experience of some kind. And why wouldn’t you? God is on lead vocals after all. And the price of the ticket leads you to believe He’s going to pay you some special attention, forgive you for your sins and send you on your […]
$8 Million Dollar Diamond Stolen In 2008 Recovered, Man Arrested In Sandton
This has Blood Diamond 2 written all over it. In fact I’m going to tweet DiCaprio about this just as soon as I finish writing this piece. Don’t you want to hear more of Danny Archer’s bru’s and boets too? Either way, this is a big diamond we are talking about.
Music Feature: Three Tracks You Have To Hear This Week
What’s in my bag? Free songs by Die Heuwels Fantasties, Moses Metro Man, and Dance, You’re on Fire! That’s right folks, step right up.
Take A Look At Old Spice: Behind The Scent [VIDEO]
I love Isaiah Mustafa. You love Isaiah Mustafa. But the honeymoon is over, Isaiah, and it’s only right that you show us a little more than your honey-glazed eyes or perfect teeth. Take us behind the curtain; show us how you make the magic happen, commercially.
Biff’s New Chick
Everyone knows that cricket players only play cricket to enable their true passion in life: the scoring of chicks. Cricket players are even better at scoring chicks than rugby players: Fact!
Divorce At The Click Of A Button
Just when you thought the institution of marriage couldn’t become more of a joke, now you can get out of one at the price of dinner and a movie. Thanks to the internet, you can now file for divorce without having to log out of your latest quest on World Of Warcraft. What a pleasure.
Shell Makes A Promise It Can’t Keep
Shell claims its SA exploration for shale gas in the Karoo will use safe techniques not known to harm the environment and “vows” not to pollute Karoo water. But since when is hydraulic fracturing a safe technique?
Professor Allows Actual Sex Demonstration In Lecture
The professor did what? Yes, I also mumbled it back to myself in trepidation when I came across this little beauty. An actual sex demo, with a toy, was conducted for a class of psychology students at Northwestern University in Illinois in the States this week. Taking it to the next level prof, next level.
Charlie Sheen WINS Twitter Guinness World Record
Charlie Sheen has just been awarded the Guinness World Record for “Fastest Time to Reach 1 Million Followers on Twitter” Yes, in case you missed it, that was another win. And it only took him 25 hours and 17 minutes.
Brazilian Police Nab Cyclist-Smasher
Yesterday,social cyclists taking part in a Critical Mass event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, we’re struck and injured by a vehicle accelerating through the crowd of cyclists. How no one was killed in the process is mystifying, and the only bright spot on this whole affair. Police have arrested a suspect.
Beijing Is Tracking All Mobile Phone User’s Movements
They can do that now. By ‘they’ I mean ‘those with money and de facto power,’ obviously, not specifically the heads of the PRC – but I mean government scrutiny of human movement is being implemented on a huge, huge scale. It’s called the Information Platform of Real-time Citizen Movement – which sounds like a good and reasonable platform.
Best Judge Ever Writes Off A £20,000 Credit Card Debt
Most of us have been hounded by debt collectors at some point in our lives, but I doubt anyone has ever had their debt scrapped because of it. Yet a judge in Britain set aside a debt of over R200,000 in an effort to reprimand collectors for “torturing” their customer.
Charlie Sheen’s New Fragrance, “Winning” For Men
I’m not even going to bother with an introduction to what the one-man wrecking ball Charlie Sheen has been up to recently, because the chances are that if you are alive you already know. But as it is Friday I thought I would share this piece of comedy gold with you.
Crowd Of Social Brazilian Cycles Run Over By Lunatic [PG13 VIDEO]
Long-time 2oceansvibe readers will be aware of our mild allergy to offensive cyclists – you know, the chaps who cruise in to cafes on Saturday morning, sweat gushing from their epidermis, balls cupped by spandex, which are at eye level as they walk in. But we never said anyone should drive at full speed into a crowd of cyclists.
Google Earth A Revolutionary Tool – The Photos That Sparked Protests in Bahrain
In the age of information, nothing can be kept in the dark anymore. These are the so called controversial Google Earth photos that initially set off Bahraini protests of inequality back in 2006. And when you see them, you’ll know why.
The “Manyi” Bill, Let’s Crunch Those Numbers
Oh, you didn’t know that cabinet has already approved this little racial nugget? Well, basically it’s just waiting for a few more signatures now before it forces change upon us. According to the SA Institute of Race Relations, who kindly did crunch the numbers for everyone, a lot of job loss and not much job creation is in order.
Public Protector Raid Must Have Happened By Magic
The offices of the public protector were raided out of the blue yesterday by a Police Crime Intelligence Unit. Coincidently, the public protector also very recently released a report linking National Commissioner General Bheki Cele to a dodgy R500 million property deal. Bheki Cele’s office, however, claims to not know about it and promises to take “urgent steps”. Go on, give us another one then!
The Pinncale Of Culinary Technology: Cheese & Scallion Rocketships
Well, I’m pretty proud of that headline. Cornell University and the French Culinary Institute have developed a food printer that runs off puree and spits out sculptures – like rocketships made of gouda and scallions. And now we can have coconut sans awful coconut texture.
Pope Says The Jews Didn’t Do It
In a dramatic turnaround, Pope Benedict XVI said sorry for all the years that the Catholic Church has been blaming the death of Jesus on the Jews.
Kim Kardashian Premieres Song, And Finally Kills Pop Music
Thanks Kim, now when my kids ask me about music back in my day, I somehow have to keep a straight face while telling them how much better it was. But seriously now, this song is bad, like so bad it’s magnificent.