How often do you forget where you parked your car in a packed parking lot? It’s one of the annoying little ‘jokes’ that life loves to play on us. And it makes you look really lame on a first date when you can’t find your wheels after dinner and a movie. An Australian schoolboy has developed an app to help you.

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And business is good. See how I avoided the Beatles reference in the title? Sir Richard Branson, known for doing fancy things with money and vehicles, launched Virgin Oceanic, which aims to explore “the last frontiers of our own Blue Planet: the very bottom of our seas.”

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The video you are about to see is about a girl who wanted a horse, but her parents said no and bought her a cow instead. So she simply trained the cow to behave like a horse. And that is what Luna the cow was destined to be. You go girl! Has anyone in South Africa attempted this yet?

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As part of an advertising campaign for toy car line Hot Wheels, a facade loop was installed alongside a highway in Bogotá, Colombia, mimicking the loop tracks that you’re always a little crushed to discover woulnd’t work in real life. It looks pretty rad. Nice job, Hot Wheels. Nice job, Colombia.

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A US Lambo owner spun his pride and joy into the curb [we’ve got the video] and blames his ropey shoes. Sure buddy, you’ve got a supercar or two but can’t afford a new pair of GrassHoppers. Bugatti greenlights their next car, which will have four doors and a poncy name, and Jeremy Clarkson’s home is attacked by militant dog-walkers.

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I was amazed to see, on Gizmodo, that a company has brought out a USB cartridge that actually allows you to take digital photos with your old 35mm film camera. But all my hopes were dashed when I read that it was all just a terribly cruel April Fools joke.

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Scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk. Which members of of the human race came up with this idea, you ask? I’ll give you a clue: Professor Ning Li is the head of the research team.

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It seems it’s all the rage to voice ones displeasure with how one finds things are going in court these days. Instead of it being an advocate this time, it’s a 71 year old “Brett Kebble-type character” from the Strand near Cape Town facing fraud charges. He had recently celebrated his 71st in Pollsmoor too.

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In an interesting case of irony, head of the ANC youth league, Julius Malema, said yesterday that head of the DA, Helen Zille, dances like a monkey. An astute political statement from the well learned gentleman.

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Hoo. BP’s planning on restarting deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on 10 wells this summer; U.S. regulators seem to be giving it the go-ahead in exchange for tougher safety rules. In unrelated news, President Obama promised last week to cut U.S. oil imports by 33%

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Dear Nelly, I remember when I first laid eyes on you. It was in the video for Turn Off the Light. I was just one of the guys at the time, not really taking any notice of the pop tarts on the scene – Britney, Christina, Kylie and the rest. But there was something different […]

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South African scientists are responsible for an ingenious method for fighting ATM bombing and cash-in-transit heists. It involves polyurethane foam, which hardens in a minute. Used with the ‘Pudu’ – a polyurethane foam dispensing unit – this hardening ability also makes it much harder for robbers to get away with our cash. Clever, hey?

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It’s safe to say that tests are still in their early stages but it’s also safe to say that scientists are quite a bit closer to helping people overcome their fear of heights. They have discovered that by giving people a tablet of the stress hormone cortisol, they can help reduce their phobia.

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It can be extremely annoying to be heading up or down in an elevator, only to have to stop 10 times on your way because some tannie, delivery guy, or bored hipsters keep pressing the elevator buttons on other floors. But say goodbye to those days my friends, because apparently an override put in for use by emergency personnel, has leaked onto the internet.

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Wanda Sykes is that comedian who looks like Macy Gray, say things like “oh, lawd!”, and has a voice that you’ll definitely have heard before. In this clip she explains why it was harder for her to be openly gay than to be black. As the Portuguese guy who loaded it up says in brackets, this clip is truly legendado!

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Lamborghini has introduced designs for the Aventador LP-700, successor to the Murcielago; it is a sexy car from a sexy company, so it is more or less fitting that the designs are pretty sexy-looking too. It’s named for a bull from a 1993 bull-fight, which makes this ethically iffy, but hey. Look for sexy images after the cut.

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Yo yo yo, Captain Jack Parow has just released his newest video called “Byellville”. The video, directed by Duvand Durand and Thomas Ferreira, portrays the world of “Belville Cultue”, as seen through the lens of the somewhat strange musician.

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“It’s called summer flu,” my friend said. I’d never heard of it. Summer flu? Sounded serious. Dangerous, even. My lower lip quivered. “It’s like normal flu, only it happens in the summer when it’s hot so it seems much, much worse,” my friend said. Oh. So I wasn’t dying after all. I must remember to put my doctor on speed dial, though. You can’t be too careful with this sort of thing.

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There are conflicting reports floating around on the interweb regarding whether or not the highly anticipated short-list of eligible applicants for the Proteas Head Coach role will contain the name of the legendary Gary Kirsten. It appears he wants the position and has confirmed Cricket South Africa’s interest too.

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A dog not only managed to survivor the Japanese tsunami, but also for three weeks thereafter out on the ocean. He did this by floating on top of a pile of rubble with a roof on top. Don’t cry yet – first watch the video inside.

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But they did, playing their last show at Madison Square Garden last Saturday, stretching the last hurrah out over a 230-minute show. Which is pretty long, as these go. They played all of their songs, and I mean all of them – from the Billboard Top 10 ‘This Is Happening’ to song titles I had to google.

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Google introduced their revolutionary new addition to Gmail on Friday and its name is Gmail Motion. Of course most people knew it was a joke, but the brains over at the ICT MxR Labs, the FAAST team, decided to make it a reality.

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South African cricket skipper Graeme Smith has allegedly proposed to his Irish girlfriend, Morgan Deane, over the weekend. Deane, a vocalist for Irish band Industry, visited Smith in Delhi during the Proteas’ ICC Cricket World Cup campaign last month.

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It seems this is a common problem that the US Naval Academy faces. Another midshipman was expelled from the force for using or having a banned weed-like substance known as “spice”. No spice. This brings the total number of expulsions to 12.

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We all watched that television series Full House when we were younger. We all loved it and it was one of the funniest and happiest times of our young television lives. The twins were, well, adorable and made us laugh out loud quite regularly, but they might need to explain this one.

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What’s in my bag? Free songs by Cortina Whiplash, Irvine and Gravity Wins Again.

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Well hello there, movie trailer. You’re looking pretty fine. What’s that? You’re a trailer for The Hangover: Part II? Well I guess that’s pretty — and you’re the first full length trailer? Oh, you’re a tease. That’s what you are. I guess that pretty much takes care of the rest of my Friday. 

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A lot of people have been asking about the amazing fire dancers and stilt-walkers from The Vibe party so I thought I would stop the mayhem by letting you get in touch with them directly. And with this kind of vibe, you can’t blame people for having their interest piqued. They graced us with fire […]

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I grew up with Gummy Bears, Smurfs and Disney’s Winnie The Pooh as my favourite daytime TV shows. And now, more than three decades after the last theatrical release, we will see a full-length, hand-drawn, Pooh movie. And I, for one, cannot wait.

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Two vegans who fed their 11 month old daughter only on her mother’s breast milk went on trial in northern France on Tuesday. They have been charged with neglect after their baby died as a result of suffering from vitamin deficiencies and could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted.

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