Those of you with iPhone 3G phones should be aware that it it high time you upgraded your software. The new software finally lets you copy and paste, forward sms’s, send MMS messages, as well letting you use flip the keyboard sideways when texting. There are loads of other things it fixes, but those ones […]
Cape Town suffers from late night drunk texts just as much (possibly a tad more) as the rest of the world. You know the ones. When you wake up in the morning and see a string of “WHERE ARE YOU???” texts and booty calls from various girls and boys, sent at 3am. Or, should I […]
It’s a basic concept which I’m surprised they (brands) haven’t used before. Using ignorant famous people in an ad, who clearly don’t understand the technology on display, but, simultaneously, demonstrating it to the viewers/readers! Please enjoy Ozzy Osbourne with the new Samsung Alias 2 – whatever that is. Did you enjoy the second […]
One of the down sides about having Google AdSense ads displayed on one’s website is they have a mind of their own. And by “down” sides, I mean “hilarious” sides. How Google AdSense works, is the code which produces the ad actually reads your webpage and will publish an ad depending on the content – […]
Well done to all of you that entered the competition to win a 3G iPhone, which included the chance to win the PlayEuroMillions lottery. Unlike Idols, there genuinely could only be one winner and, following a random draw of the transaction numbers …THE WINNER IS…… We will find out after the break.. The Prize […]
Well thank God you won’t need to deal with iStore or The Core Group to get your hands on this 3G iPhone – because we’ve got it for you already! We launched the competition at the end of last week with the instructions given to you during the 2oceansvibe Weather Girls show with Tracy McGregor. […]
Oh dear, it really is a sad state of affairs. We have been reporting the iStore/Core Group saga to you since last week. It began with my personal account of a dismal experience in the Waterfront iStore (here), which ended up with me going next door to Incredible Connection. I then followed up […]
I had an interview the other day with the cool cats at TechSmart.co.za. I thought it went very well. Here’s a little tid bit: Six awards including blog of the year, best original writing and most humorous. Did this come as a surprise? With six nominations, I certainly was hoping to get […]
Whilst it may not contain as much symbolism as, say, the US army pulling down the statue of Saddam Hussein, I think this might be a silent victory for a number of people who work and frequent the area surrounding Long Kloof Studios , Kloof Street, Cape Town. This weekend’s storm was so big and […]
With the comments section of our original Waterfront Apple Mac iStore article closing in on the 100 mark, Core’s non-response seems very much in line with those same comments. And I doubt they aren’t aware of it. When the comments section includes responses from current and ex-employees, as well as the owner of the Claremont […]
It doesn’t get more action packed than Tracy McGregor doing the 2oceansvibe Cape Town weather report with a free iPhone 3G giveaway! I mean, really! Tracy McGregor brings you this week’s Weather Report and a 3G iPhone! Check out the video to see what Cape Town’s weather has in store for you, as […]
I am still a bit shell-shocked after my harrowing visit to the Waterfront this morning. I went to get some passport photographs and decided to pop into the Waterfront iStore shop who (I was under the impression) sell most Apple Mac products. I was looking for an iPod shuffle, as my normal iPod is too […]
Andy Skin sent me these Coke can images. Very cool. Cool shades Surfer vibe Weber vibe Nice. Real nice. Hmm, Coke cans… Reminds me of that story that The Hooker told me about Schalk Burger. Actually, never mind..
It started yesterday when Martin L from Diletto emailed me mentioning something about 2oceansvibe being down. I forwarded the email to Chris at iMod (my tech/seo guru and fellow SA Blog Award winner) and between us we couldn’t find anything wrong. “Thanks, Martin” I replied – but everything looks fine now. He wrote back confirming […]
This is good. These guys have put together a spoof of the Twitter craze sweeping the world. This time it’s called Flutter and instead of a maximum of 140 characters per message, it’s a max of 26 characters. It’s really well done and nearly a carbon copy of a genuine doccie I watched on the […]
There’s a beautiful new round of interviews that have gone down over the last week. There was also the very spicy one on Sunday in the Sunday Times Lifestyle section (CLICK HERE FOR THAT), as well as the GoTravel24 interview and the Digital Edge podcast interview. In case you missed those, check it out: […]
I did an interview for Idea Bounty the other day and I thought I would have a little snoop around their site. Wow, pretty impressive. And pretty damn clever! they call themselves a “Social Think Tank” and I think that sums it up perfectly. Idea Bounty “The best ideas get paid“ How it […]
We’re pretty passionate about cellphone rules (check out article Latest Cellphone Rules), here at 2oceansvibe and have even included them in our Cape Town Rules section of the site. Following on from that article, I have noticed more and more people struggling with private numbers. I’ve found that some people are still unable to ignore […]
Ex-Spingbok captain and 2oceansvibe character (The Character Formerly known as The Loose Forward), Bob Skinstad has taken a step forward into the wired world and, following a brief lesson, is now officially TWITTING ! God knows what the future of Twitter holds for all of us! A stunningly cheesy recent shoot for Best Life […]
Spotted this on thecoolhunter.net So cool.. So…very….cool.. The 1934 BMW R7Be….strong. Check it out: Think back 70 or 75 years to a time when design began to break away from the traditional and elaborate rationalism that ensued for hundreds of years. As the styles of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Streamline and Zigzag […]
If you call me with a private number or a number I don’t know, I will not answer. FACT . If you don’t leave a message and call me again, I still will not answer. FACT . You can do this as many times as you wish over as many days as you want and […]
Personally, I’m fine with it. My bathroom habits are few and far between. It’s all a bit tedious, really. Like brushing my teeth – Christ, it bores me! And going for a number two – seriously, I don’t have that much time. I’m in and I’m out. I take a magazine from time to time, […]
Esquire Magazine is keeping itself trendy and cool, by releasing the world’s first digital cover. Chuffed : A past cover of Esquire MagazineNot too dissimilar to Monica Lewinsky’s mental image of Bill Clinton They’re using a very clever paper-thin electronic display, similar to Amazon’s Kindle book reader. This, from FutureSpace.co.za: To commemorate its 75th anniversary, […]
It’s common knowledge that access to 2oceansvibe has been restricted at various stuffy offices around the world. It is also widely reported that, for example, Lehman Brothers never allowed access to 2oceansvibe. Fat load of good that did! Nonetheless, this is often not the fault of the company, but more an automatic block that occurs […]
Today’s word of choice is “codswallop,” which means, in short, “nonsense” WorldWideWords gives us a breakdown: CODSWALLOP Nonsense This mainly British colloquial expression is recorded only from the 1960s, but is certainly older. Its origin is uncertain. Some argue it may be from cods, an old term for the testicles that derives from the […]
I received word from The Adventurer that Steve Jobs is launching the new generation iPods today. This will include a new feature on iTunes called “Genius.” Surprisingly, this has got nothing to do with DJ Fresh whatsoever. The iPod Nano – as before The Times Online reports: A new generation of iPods […]
It is with some amusement that I read the words “Private Number” or “Unknown” on my cellphone’s display. The phone is set to ‘silent’, returned to it’s previous position and ignored. Unknown numbers will, quite simply, not be answered. Ever. The non-answering of these calls has become something of second nature to me. It’s honestly […]