Steve Jobs once said, “Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?” The internet has changed everything, mostly for the better, but it’s also made it easy to steal stuff. So what makes a pirate on the cyber seas? In this episode Seth gets out his eye-patch, peg-leg and parrot and tries to […]
Earlier this week, space shuttle Discovery took its final flight, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to Dulles International Airport, on the back of a 747. That’s a space shuttle piggybacking on a jumbo jet, and it was awesome. Click through for the video.
Yesterday NASA managed to capture the clearest-yet footage of a solar flare in process after magnetic fields on the Sun’s northeastern curve exploded in huge streams of plasma and sun stuff. The footage only accounts for about five seconds of explosion, but it’s very, very cool, both in and out of time-lapse.
Apple have been known to lure some of the entertainment industry’s biggest names to promote their products, and their two latest ambassadors are no exception. The one has been nabbed from her throne in hipsters’ hearts, and the other from the walls of cult movie fans. Click through to see the respective icons plugging Apple’s flagship device.
An officer in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has been suspended after hitting a pro-Palestinian Danish protester in the face with the edge of his M16 rifle. He was investigated after the video was posted online and quickly went viral. See it after the jump.
It’s been a few months since Nando’s has graced us with one of their viral hits, but the long wait is over. Hot off of the video presses, their latest offering is a cunning spoof of an all too familiar ad. Click through for the video.
The unknown driver, described only as an “internet millionaire”, had taken the sports car on a test drive on a highway in southern California when the car inexplicably burst into flames. Some internet sources suggest the problem may have originated from the left rear wheel, however this has not yet been confirmed. Click through for the video.
Henry Dryer, age 92, is one of seven patients profiled in a new American documentary called Alive Inside, which looks at the power of music to help people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Watch how he reacts when he is given music from his youth to listen to.
Inside Out is the brainchild of Easton, an American sports equipment maker. The concept is simple enough, strap over 100 GoPro cameras to athletes from various disciplines and let them do what they do best. Click through for the awesome result.
The year is 1987 and Tom Cruise is a leather-clad, rock god with baboon called “Hey, Man”. I don’t think much needs to be added. Click through for the video.
The long-awaited sequel to the Kony 2012 viral video has finally arrived, and although it’s different, it’s much of the same. Click through for the video.
Microsoft wants you to notice them too – which is why they’ve rolled out a Ford Mustang fitted with Kinect sensors, two Windows 8 tablets, projection screens, and a couple of other neat toys as a proof-of concept to inspire developers to build applications and automotive technologies with Microsoft in mind.
Either side of New Year is quite loose when it comes to time at the office. Your boss will either be on holiday, or glad-handling some clients on the golf course, or something else as equally ridiculous. Instead of being in the office while the cat’s away, you’d rather be in bed, watching the test, […]
Ever since The Exorcist was first screened all those years ago, the legitimacy of the practice has been a constant topic of discussion. A new documentary looks to shed a rather bone-chilling light on the unsettling issue.
Russian daredevil Tyomka Pirniazov free-climbed up to the ornate Soviet star on top of the 200 metre tall, Stalin-era Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building in Moscow. Which is made a little more impressive by the fact that he spent the duration of the climb with a camera clenched in his mouth.
Yesterday, between six and 12 tornadoes hit Dallas County, Texas, throughout the day. That estimate alone is enough reason to rejoice that twisters are not a regular phenomenon in South Africa. Add to the equation that they’re powerful enough to fling 18-wheeler trucks like toys, and you’ve got a legitimate reason to break into song and dance down the main street.
Some people didn’t get Dumb & Dumber. For those of you who did, please enjoy possibly the greatest news so far this year: It’s been a while since fans last heard about “Dumb and Dumber 2” project, and some people believe that the gig is already dead. Director Peter Farrelly, however, brought the good news […]
I was all set to hate the Colin-Farrell-starring remake of 1990’s Total Recall (which had Arnold Schwarzenegger portray an amnesiac freedom fighter from Mars) – but it actually looks pretty rad! Flying cars, memory implants, and Jessica Biel are all things that make good movies good. Take a look.
On Saturday, demonstrators across Europe took to the streets to partake in a day of protest against capitalism. The proceedings, which started peacefully, took a turn for worse soon after they began when protestors began clashing with local law-enforcement. Click through for the video.
April Fool pranks played by people tend to be either cruel or embarrassing. April Fool pranks played by tech companies, however, are charming and endearing attempts at being funny for one day every year – and this year’s haul of PR stunts is actually pretty good. Check them out after the jump.
Man, it must be nice having the second-highest GDP per capita in the world, like Qatar does. That way you can afford to kit out your police force with an entire fleet of deeply sexy Porsche and VW vehicles, which you can send out on parades whenever you feel like it. Like in this insane video.
Check out this short documentary about a young Malawian called William Kamkwamba who built a windmill out of scraps and saved his family, and then ultimately his village, when famine and destitution threatened to destroy them. Real African success stories like this are hard to find, and this one is nothing short of extraordinary.
There’s nothing worse than the sickening feeling you get, when your phone slips out of your grasp and splashes into the pool, or a puddle, or God forbid, the toilet bowl. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be the end for your vital appendage. In this episode Seth shows you that if you […]
Regular readers will be aware that we’ve been ardent fans of Danny MacAskill here at 2oceansVibe for years. We are now however proud to present to you an Australian, Andrew Dickey, who could arguably be as good as Danny. You’ll enjoy his skills.
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has spent the last three years slaving away at a massively insane internet-only, 44-song concept record, called Teargarden By Kaleidyscope. That album now includes an “album within an album” called Oceania, which will be released via traditional record-label channels, with EMI on June 19. Check out the epic title track below.
Iconic amplifier company Marshall has expanded into selling people drums and headphones over the past couple of years – and now they’ve announced a mini-fridge that looks like an amp on the outside, but has an inside made to hold dozens of cold beverages. Shut up and take my money.
Ever since the first person flung themselves from a life-threatening height only to be saved by a stretchy cord or a makeshift parachute, thrillseekers have constantly sought to push the limits of extreme sports. A new promotional video for the Mini JCW Countryman takes things to the next level. Think car + human kite. Click through for the video.
From the creators of the awesome Braaiday parody comes another cult hit. Offering a rare glimpse into the daily experiences of the brave souls who put their lives on the line to protect our cars, Derick Watts and The Sunday Blues pay tribute to car guards everywhere. Click through for the video.
The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tuscon, Arizona recently launched a 14-metre long paper aeroplane, in world record attempt. Because that’s the kind of stuff you have to do to get press when you’re an Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. Check the launch after the jump.
A U.S. Department of Defence publication recently released this amateur footage of an Apache AH-64 military helicopter losing control and crashing in Afghanistan’s Paktiva province. We’ve got the shocking footage, and the official explanation for this US$20 million whoopsie, after the jump!