There are a lot of iPhone apps out there and, as much as I would like to focus on all of them, my attention has been fully diverted to the new kid on the my block, the iPad. By the way, did I tell you that I subscribed to 12 issues of Wallpaper magazine for […]
The best thing about the Eyjafjallajokull eruption, besides its name, was the brace of rocking pictures that it produced. At the forefront of the photographic excellence was the Boston Globe. Luckily, the guys at the Boston Globe, in addition to being unbelievable photographers, also have a great sense of humour. So ask yourself, what’s the […]
Remember the time when you were talking to that perfectly normal friend-of-a-friend at a braai? He was into futures trading or whatever, and didn’t have any abnormal ticks of any kind. A totally enjoyable human being. And then, WHAM, he tells you he’s crazy about Lego. Thirty years old, and still clinging to Lego. You […]
The number of small but pleasing World Cup software add-ons is growing by the day. Remember the little Google Maps vuvuzela man? Cool stuff like that. Of course they’re trivial gimmicks, but they’re official tips of the cap to our lovely country, so it gives me great pleasure to present YouTube‘s World Cup gimmick offering.
You’ll recall the awesome ad that my buddy Colin Jeffery in the States (The Advertising Guy) did with Goldfish (The Blonde & Baby Jesus). Remember, it’s the one where the hamsters drive a KIA car with Goldfish playing on the system. Check the commercial out here. Incidentally, the same Goldfish tune Colin used in the […]
A lot of people have had their hearts broken in this world. What’s your tale? Maybe it’s the guy in your office, he’s perfect, and you’re invisible. Maybe your wife wakes up after 30 years of blissful marriage and tells you that from here on in, her name is Gerald. Or maybe you walked in […]
ThinkGeek.com, one of the greatest online stores ever to have existed in the civilisation of humankind, is selling Canned Unicorn meat (“a great source of sparkles!”). Let’s just enjoy that for a moment. Unicorns, as we all know, frolic all over the world, pooping rainbows and marshmallows wherever they go. What you don’t know is […]
Aah yes, finally! The de facto home of Cape Town’s cool, Café Caprice is loved by a band of loyal fans from locals to international stars and sportsmen, and its unique events and initiatives never fail to impress, with the Soccer Babes Calendar shoot being no exception. 1 X angel After gathering up some of […]
Wow. You know when an entire society grows up with a certain ultra-influential cartoon character, and that cartoon character subtly peddles cocaine to other cartoon characters, and then suddenly in the 1970s, when all the guys and girls who grew up with that character become the first generation to vigorously export cocaine around the world? […]
I featured the all new Google Maps Street View vibe the other day (on the iPad nogal), and, whilst I was able to show you some of 2oceansvibe’s favourtie landmarks, I’ve been DYING to get some roadside funnies captured by the Google Street View cameras. Finally, 24 Apollo Road in Ocean View, just outside Kommetjie, […]
Remember the “alleged” tale of the Grand Daddy Valet who stole a customer vehicle and rolled it 70 kilometres away in Blue Downs? The Grand Daddy Hotel left a comment on that story. Let’s enjoy it with our morning coffee: A response to this post from the Grand Daddy: It is regrettably true that this […]
FireFox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera…Bloggers can get pretty tetchy when it comes to their choice of internet browser. Which is why Caldwell Tanner, a cartoonist over at CollegeHumor.com threw together this helpful pictorial guide. I think it captures the nuanced differences between world’s most prominent browsers. And nuances are what good cartooning is all […]
You know the vuvuzela is big when Google pops one in the mouth of the little street view man on Google Maps. No spice. Ch-ch-ch-check it out! How awesome is that? Correct. “Very” awesome is the right answer. You’re through to the finals. [thanks joe]
A buddy of mine, Warren Adler, is starring in a locally made film called StringCaesar. The movie was filmed inside Pollsmoor, South Africa’s most notorious prison, as it becomes a microcosm of the world of Julius Ceasar’s adolescence, where gangs, deals, allegiances, sexual liaisons, fear, anger, tears, laughter and fleeting happines were the order of […]
Bafana Bafana needs a lot of help to get through to the next round of the World Cup. Some might even say they need a miracle. Others, however, might say that that all they need is a little muti (traditional medicine). Our favourite news service, the foul-mouthed News24, came up with this gem of a […]
A few decades after its conception, the Star Wars lightsaber is here, and like everything worth buying, it’s on sale on the internet. But this is apparently not a very good thing, seeing as the lightsaber is both cheap and 1000 times more potent than those commercial laser pointers that drive your pets insane, and […]
More often than not, the random assortment of gadgets that find their way onto my browser have absolutely no use whatsoever. But every now and then I stumble upon (trademark!) inventions that can truly improve our quality of life.
“Taf” from Sketchbooktrails contacted me about doing an oil painting of yours truly. I had never had an “oil” done of me and was more than flattered by the gesture – especially since she said she was also doing one of Goldfish (The Blonde and Baby Jesus) “Sure thing,” I told her. “Do I have […]
Most of us, myself included, are basking in self-pity following last nights ill-fated football escapades involving one Diego “Satan” Forlan and Bafana Bafana. But let’s cheer up, folks. No one’s slaughtering us on our living room couches for actually watching the game. Not like in Somalia, anyhow. Two Somali football fans were leaded where they […]
You do know if you Google “fifa live scores” you get a completely live score card showing all current games being played? Without making another click! It shows it as the first result! I swear. Check. Looks like North Korea won’t be getting any football coverage on TV today.. Pretty cool, hey? What’s more, […]
This is some pretty cool reading for those of you still trying to shake the post-public holiday major Bafana let down cobwebs. If you’re a white guy in Beijing incapable of speaking a shred of Mandarin, you might feel that your employment opportunities are limited. Or you could get off your ass and get paid […]
I bet you were wondering what happened to “the Morkels lady?” Well I can’t answer you that, but I can tell you where you can keep an eye on her. And it’s the same place that you can check a whole bunch of ads from the 80’s, showcasing everything from the old Joko (with Jeremy […]
Afternoon everyone, and a happy Youth Day to you crazy, crazy youth. Let’s have a quick chat about vuvuzelas. They’re loud, really loud. In fact at 131 decibels, they’re louder than: A screaming baby A chain saw A starting gun A jackhammer Most taxis in Woodstock Gareth Cliff The Mouille Point Foghorn The Noon Gun […]
A great deal of fuss has been made by FIFA regarding the sanctity of its brand, and the brands of its official partners in the run up to the World Cup. A great deal of counter-fuss has been made by the brands who were left outside of the World Cup money machine fraternity. So it’s […]
I remember when Herschelle Gibbs used to amuse us at school, by kicking a rugby ball high up into the air, and then positioning himself for where the ball will go after it hits the ground – usually straight into his hands. He also once drop-kicked a ball over the Piley Reese poles, from the […]
Mario’s, a popular Italian restaurant on Main Road in Green Point is on fire, and not in the positive, figurative kind of way.
All protocol was relaxed as we granted one photographer and virtual-tour expert (Panascape) unprecedented access to my suite at the Cape Royale hotel. As it is my primary residence, you can imagine what intimate never-seen-before details were caught on camera. The virtual tour itself let’s you cruise around the Cape Royale hotel (spinning 360 degrees […]
Ever since Robert Downey Jnr gave us a better way to live in Iron Man, people have been popping chubbies (present company included) at the thought of having interactive computing interfaces like the iPad on almost every glossy surface of their abode. Well, the idea is slowly bleeding from pop culture into the fabric of […]
If you, like me, are something of an amateur (read: ignorant) economist, then you’ve probably wondered on occasion why gold is so friggin expensive. Part of the answer is definitely due to the fact that mining houses share their office space with Satan and his cronies.
There’s going to be an awful lot of tension regarding referee calls, and the dubious opinions of your fellow spectators this afternoon, and indeed for the rest of the tournament. To avoid unnecessary conflict, and to make sure that your opinion is valued above all others this World Cup, get your hands on this little […]