The Coen Brothers have made some truly remarkable films, but none have attained the cult status of ‘The Big Lebowski,’ starring Jeff Bridges as Jeff Lebowski. The misadventures of the unemployed stoner/bowler/intellectual have been rendered into 8-bit game form for our pleasure. Even though the likelihood of this becoming an actual game is not strong, this video will pique fan’s interest for about three minutes.

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Twitter has always been a numbers game, with your credibility and importance being measured almost entirely by the number of followers you have. If you need to boost your ego a little bit, a bug has been uncovered that allows you to gain an essentially infinite number of followers just by clicking.

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The new engines that are coming in to Formula 1 this year are ridiculous. So ridiculous, in fact, that Formula 1 has decided not to call it an ‘engine’ but rather, a ‘power unit’.

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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been known variously as a model, socialite, and the First Lady of France. As of now, she’s marketing herself as a musician, and we have to say she is rather charming. The video above is a performance of the title track from her new album, ‘Little French Songs.’

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It’s been three long decades since Apple released its first-ever Macintosh computer for $2,495. Today, the company stands comfortably on top of the tech industry.

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Whether you’ve just taken up a position at a trendy design firm in Woodstock, or recently given up golf to go mountain biking with your colleagues at Deloitte, you’re probably in the market for a bicycle. Everyone is these days – it’s very disconcerting. While we can’t condone every one of your life decisions, we can support you – because we love you unconditionally.

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When one thinks of a table tennis game, an image of a small ball being paddled repetitively over a miniature net hardly brings a smirk to your face. But this match between Jean-Michel Saive and Chuang Chih-yuan at the Tai Ben Invitational, will make you a fan of the sport.

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Never mind wife swap, this is body swap. Yes folks, there’s a device out there that lets you see, hear, and even feel what what it’s like in another person’s body.

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For astronauts, eating a simple pizza is out of the question, relegated to the memory of their good  times back on Earth. For obvious reasons, those poor guys up there are stuck with canned and freeze-dried prepackaged foods. But things are looking up. Last year NASA  hired a mechanical engineer to build a prototype of a […]

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Daytona drivers Matteo Malucelli and Memo Gidley are both badly injured from a collision during the Rolex 24 race over the weekend, but seem to be in stable conditions according to the Ferarri and Gainsco teams respectively. Malucelli suffered a “severe cerebral concussion” and remains under observation, whilst Gidley underwent surgery on his left arm and leg. […]

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The 56th Grammy Awards reunited Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr for a special performance of ‘Queenie Eye’ taken from McCartney’s 2013 album, ‘New’. The two Beatles members didn’t miss a beat and had the entire crowd of the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on their feet by the end of the song.

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Nobody could have anticipated this, but the growing hipster culture and Movember movement has been blamed for a massive decrease in Procter & Gamble’s profits as Gillette razors and Braun electric razors sales plummet. The company’s net income for the quarter dropped to $3.4 billion, down from $4.1 billion in the same period last year.

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ANC branches in Gauteng have included former president Thabo Mbeki in a list of individuals they would like to see in Parliament.

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The 56th Grammy Awards splashed across television screens throughout the world last night, and there was good news for Daft Punk fans.

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On Saturday the 25 January, the original team that created the first Macintosh renunited at Cupertino California for the Mac@30 event, celebrating 30 years since the Macintosh was released. Early Apple was often criticised by skeptics and naysayers. Even so its announcements were always well attended, with geeks clamouring to see what Apple would unveil next. […]

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Jonah Hill made his third appearance as host of SNL over the weekend. Having played alongside the likes of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio of late, he took the opportunity to downplay their contributions and flaunt himself while he had the spotlight.

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Take a load off your lap with an oriental style Bamboo Laptop Table. Fully foldable and compact, weighing just 2kg, this little table makes reading or writing easy in bed, and keeps things comfy wherever you find yourself. The Table top can be tilted to create lots of viewing options and comes with a USB powered fan to keep things cool.

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Mitt Romney appeared alongside Jimmy Fallon on ‘Late Night’ last Friday, and performed with him as they slow jammed the news.

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Please meet Master Wong. Unlike some Kung Fu teachers who emphasise patience, discipline and self-defence, all Wong wants is for you to be professional, to understand what you’re doing – and to fuck up that motherfucker.

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Justin Bieber was arrested on Thursday morning, and a lot of people probably too many feelings about the whole situation. Take for example, this video, in which an angry New Yorker hear’s the news of Justin Bieber’s arrest, and proceeds to compare the United States to the sinking Titanic. (“And I’m the band!”)

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American Psycho has ingrained itself in pop culture, for it’s amazing performances, but more importantly it’s incredibly introspective meditation on materialism and social status, using Patrick Batemen (Christian Bale) as a vehicle to highlight how even a serial killer can get a little distracted by designer suits and meticulously created business cards.

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As the revolution in Kiev gets uglier and uglier, a video has emerged of riot police making a detained protestor strip and stand naked in the snow while they photograph him.

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“Let’s send Kobus to Mars,” is something you will never hear coming out of NASA mission controller’s mouth. The likelihood that a South African would be chosen to go to space, let alone to form a human colony on Mars is not very strong. But through private and public funding, the Mars One Expedition may do just that.

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The semi-final match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at the 2014 Australian Open Tennis Grand Slam in Melbourne is currently underway, and Rafael Nadal’s hands are being shredded to pieces.

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News about Justin Bieber’s run-in with the law spread around the web like wildfire, and some of these celebrity reactions will have you in stitches.

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Facebook and Princeton University are embroiled in what will inevitably be the nerdiest standoff in history. A few Princeton epidemiologists got together, did some research, and published a paper on a very dubious premise: that if you look at Facebook as an infectious disease, then 80% of its hardcore users may well have “recovered” and abandoned the service by 2018.

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Keep safe and look great with a choice of two or four Pink Pepper Spray Canisters. Easy to operate and compact enough to fit in a pocket or handbag, these Pepper Spray Canisters are perfect as a gift for glitzy girls, streetwise women and handbag wielding ninjas. CLICK HERE TO GET YOURS Choose between these options: […]

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Cecil Chao, the Hong Kong billionaire who oferred an initial sum of R650 million to the man who could win his daughters heart, has now doubled up his offer in a desperate attempt to ensure he has grandchildren.

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This video was originally posted to YouTube in 2011, but its making a massive comeback now thanks to Reddit.

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Experts have warned English port authorities that a 30 year-old abandoned ship could be about to land on Britain’s shore.

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