Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth
Inside all the World Cup stadiums – The renovations and construction of the ten stadiums to be used in the 2010 World Cup, which kicks off on June 11, will all be completed on time. Following Fifa’s week-long inspection tour of the 2010 Fifa World Cup stadiums, here are the latest images from inside the six new stadiums. [sagoodnews]
Cape Town Locksmith Locks Himself Out of His Car – Spotted at the Caltex garage in the Waterfront this morning: this poor bugger. You know your Thursday is going to suck when you’re a locksmith trying to unlock your own work van. How on earth did that happen? And where did he get the tools from? [overdrivetv]
Lindsay Lohan’s Family Planning An Intervention – Earlier this week, Michael Lohan had shared his worry about what was becoming of his daughter’s life and claims she’s hooked on drugs. According to Michael, the family is now preparing to do an intervention on Lindsay very soon. They are hoping to help her kick her alleged prescription drug habit. Whatever that means. [imnotobsessed]
The Silicon Cape initiative kicked off yesterday – with live addresses from Helen Zille, Johann Rupert, business partner, Justin Stanford and Silicon Cape co-founder, Vinny Lingham. The Western Cape has now firmly established itself as the digital hub of South Africa. At one stage during the morning, the #siliconcape topic was the second most popular topic on Twitter in the world. [siliconcape]
£700 ‘micro-pigs’ are the latest celebrity pet craze – With their wrinkled little snouts, tiny trotters and oversized ears, they are irresistibly cute. But while these micro pigs may be minuscule, their price tag is anything but. In exchange for up to £700, owners take home a pet which weighs just 9oz at birth and is the size of a tea cup. You NEED to see these pigs. [dailymail]
Kim Kardashian is on the cover on the SA FHM Magazine – Kim is very much the butt of many jokes in the US as someone who is nothing more than a nothing. They’re all very confused as to why she has made it as far as the southern tip of Africa [egotastic]
The New Fight to Ban the Veil – As a prestigious Islamic university in Egypt makes a bold move to bar women from covering their faces, The Daily Beast’s Asra Nomani reports on a frightening brand of Islam taking hold among young girls. [dailybeast]
Google Mapping Sex – In an age when people post their shower schedules on Twitter, the website IJustMadeLove.com is, perhaps, a historic inevitability. The site uses a Google map to let users pinpoint the exact address where they had sex, along with whether the act was indoors or outdoors, and any positions used. So far, 11,195 matings (real or imagined) have been posted, including a surprising number of mid-Atlantic trysts. [telegraph]/db]
Tracy Morgan joins Twitter – oh joy! – Any of you who watch 30 Rock will know how hilarious this will be. The microblogging service is the perfect forum for a man known for his entertainingly insane 30 Rock non-sequiturs. Plus, there’s already a thriving Twitter sub-culture devoted to Morgan sightings. You can only imagine what his first tweet was.. [valleywag]
Asia’s Top 50 SuperYachts – This one-of-a-kind listing draws together the biggest and most luxurious yachts of the region, from India to the South Pacific, and from Indonesia to Japan. The 2008 edition saw the entry of the 95-metre Indian Empress, the personal yacht of Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya, entering the list at number one. [luxuo]
“Whatever” is officially the most annoying word in the US – according to a nationwide poll by Marist. Nearly half of Americans (47 percent) object to the saying, and even more US Midwesterners (55 percent) dislike it. Only 19 percent of them feel the same way about “you know,” which is the phrase that gets under 32 percent of Northeasterners’ skin. [maristpoll]
The World’s Top Schools – Harvard University has maintained its top ranking in London magazine Times Higher Education’s annual QS World University Rankings. American predominance is fading: last year, there were 37 American schools in the survey’s top 100 global rankings, but this year only 32 make an appearance. Asian schools are moving up the ladder, putting pressure on their American and British peers. [timeshighereducation]
Marge Simpson Gets Nude For Playboy – Who knew Marge Simpson was such a sex kitten? Sources confirm that the ambiguously aged, iconic cartoon TV mama will appear—naked!—on the November cover of Playboy magazine. [eonline]
It’s all happening tomorrow at Camps Bay Primary, in the form of the charity Camps Bay Primary school “duck-a-thon” (no spice). Events start at 8am and runs through til 4 with lots of loads of activities for the kids and parents. A great day to get out amongst the Camps Bay community and raise money for the kids and school who really need your support. There will be floating ducks and Nintendo Wii for kids! Come on, gang!
Heath Ledger’s last film – It’s finally here! The official full-length trailer for Heath Ledger’s last film – The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. This will be very kak, because it’s also got Johnny Depp and Jude Law. Shame, what a terrible cast! I’m kidding, I’m excited. Look at me – I’m dancing. [variety]
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