Participants in the Norwegian military’s annual Cold Response exercise have been encouraged by their senior officers to take snapshots of themselves during their day-to-day activities. So naturally one jerk had to top everyone by nailing a selfie while piloting an F-16.
According to a recent study, the number of words a child hears in early life will determine their academic success and IQ in later life. By three, children from professional families hear 30 millionaire more words than children from poorer backgrounds. So talk to your baby. Talk to them just a whole damn lot.
Cops have seized mandrax with a street value of R2 billion in Charlize Theron’s home town. R2 billion is a hell of a haul, so how much are talking in weight?
For more than two weeks the disappearance of flight MH370 has flummoxed experts and civilians alike. On Monday, Malaysia’s Prime Minister announced that the plane ended up in the southern Indian Ocean. Experts came to their conclusion using a mathematical and scientific principle called the Doppler Effect.
He may not have been known that well by his name, but actor James Rebhorn’s face will have you recognize him in an instant. The popular actor passed away at the age of 65, after a long battle with skin cancer.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia has announced that the official position on the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is that the aircraft “ended its journey” somewhere in the vast Southern Indian Ocean. No one on board is assumed to have survived.
Welsh rugby star Andy Powell filed for divorce after he faced the wrath of his wife, Natasha Gascoine. His estranged wife let the world know what she thinks of Powell when she painted “cheat,” “liar” and “scum” on his car and house.
Along the beautiful back roads of Durbanville, home to many of the Cape’s finest wine farms, is where Fair Cape Dairies’ 2000 hectare sized farm can be found.
There are a lot of old people around these days. Experts estimate that by 2030 there will be a million centenarians living among us. But is living 100 years on the planet too short? How about living to 1,000 before kicking the bucket?
Nicknamed ‘The Hookies,’ the eighth Annual International Escort Award ceremony is a star-studded event showcasing the best of the best in the male escort industry. Meet male escort Duncan Black, nominee in the Best Ass and Best Newcomer categories.
I’ve just received a slightly frantic email from Seth, instructing me to tell you about the “greatest app ever invented.” It’s called Cloak, and the man is literally plutzing. He almost phoned me to tell me about it.
Trust us now, okay? You WANT to go to Wembley Taps in Gardens TONIGHT, and you WANT to go to Cabrito in Gardens on Saturday night. And you WANT to keep an eye out for the #ISEARCHMYCITY emblem. What the heck’s going on here? A competition, with a prize worth THIRTY. THOUSAND. RONDS. That’s right. Keep reading.
“The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) has received information based on satellite information of objects possibly related to the search. Following specialist analysis of this satellite imagery, two possible objects related to the search have been identified.” So said Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbot.
Maybe it’s the cool sea breeze, the mountain with it’s tablecloth of clouds or just the Cape Town attitude – we don’t know, but Capetonians live longer than Tshwane residents – fact. According to the report on mortality and causes of death for 2011 by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), Cape Town residents have a longer life span.
If you don’t know by now, Beau Constantia is a stunning wine estate perched on the slopes of the Constantia Valley, less than 15 minutes away from the city bowl. The farm’s wine maker, Justin van Wyk has this report on the state of the vines ahead of the 2014 harvest. Make sure you read […]
Apple’s security is leakier than a colander of late. These images – based on a first hand description – of the company’s life data tracking app ‘Healthbook’ have surfaced. It is expected that Apple’s health-monitoring software for its mobile operating system will be launched with iOS 8.
Sleep, glorious sleep. If you didn’t have enough reasons to nod off, take a gander at a few more. Some of these facts you can even use to try and convince your employer to start instigating nap time. It may sound contradictory to work efficiency but a having a six minute nap improves your memory.
You’ve probably seen this kind of thing on Luxuo, or other platforms dedicated to showcasing the very best in home design that people in cities like Helsinki get to enjoy thanks to their very many Euros. Look at this. It’s a cellar IN YOUR KITCHEN FLOOR. Keep looking at this. What if I told you could have this. What if I told you that you could pay a local company to do it. In Rand.
Check out the winning photographs of the Open and Youth categories of the 2014 Sony’s World Photography Awards. This year Sony’s World Photography Awards had to select the winners from 70,000 entries from around the world. These are some of the best amateur photographs you’re likely to see.
Brunch: it’s excellent. The combination of bubbly, soft poached eggs and hollandaise sauce is what is commonly referred to as “the holy trinity.” But some of you are doing it wrong, and you need to improve your lives.
Easter is fast approaching. While some of us only see it as a couple of days off from work, Christians will be all talk around the water cooler about the man that allegedly rose from the dead 2,000 years ago. Here are five little known facts about Jesus.
What is the exact definition of “Tennessee Whiskey”, anyway? For an alcohol to qualify as Tennessee Whiskey, it must be fermented in the state from mash of 51 percent corn, aged in brand-new charred oak barrels, filtered through maple charcoal and bottled at over 80 proof. That’s how Jack Daniel’s make their whiskey, which is why they’re allowed to call it that. But that could change if lawmakers in Tennessee get their way.
If you’ve put cocaine up your nose recently, there’s roughly an 80% chance that you’ve ingested a cattle deworming medication that will give you “chemical Aids” if ingested in the right quantities. Oh, and hairspray. Kim Gosner is a chemist specialising in the study of narcotics. Vice caught up with him to find out about […]
Here’s some footage of flight MH370 Captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah and his co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid being searched by and clearing security before boarding the missing plane. In case you didn’t know by now, an investigation is underway to determine if the pilots intentionally vanished the plane and its passengers.
With a solid summer taking us through to the end of May, and overseas June holidays around the corner, you better stake your claim from this brand new range of kaftans that went online this morning. Flaunt some poolside glamour, girls!
Someone just lost their job. This video illustrates exactly why attempting to drive a one million pound yacht beneath a Thames bridge days after the UK recorded its highest rainfalls in over two centuries is a bad idea. Brace yourself for the 1:08 mark. Maybe it’s better to get around in an Uber luxury sedan. Don’t […]
Throughout history, creatively inclined people have had to sometimes rely on a rich benefactor for financial backing, while their ideas are still in the teething phase. “Ideas Island” is project by Fredrik Härén which allows creatives to stay on one of three private islands for free.
That’s the question visitors to Cape Town are asking themselves, once it occurs to them that the POLO store in the V&A waterfront is not owned by Ralph Lauren. We discussed this in a post last week, but let’s now consider the damage this does to OTHER shops and brands in the shopping centre.
Navagio is rated as the prettiest beach in all of Greece, ipso facto the world – by a sane person’s logic. Nicknamed ‘Smuggler’s Cove’, the beach has its very own rusty shipwreck, which is rumoured to have once belonged to a smuggler – more logic.
The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues after more than a week since its disappearance. Authorities believe that it was intentionally diverted off course and are now considering the possibility that it landed in an unknown country. They have widen their search to cover 11 countries.