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Meet Cindy Crawford’s 10-Year Old Model Daughter, Kaia
19 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Back in the early 1990s, you didn’t get much more supermodel than Cindy Crawford. Now, decades later, her 10-year old daughter Kaia has stepped onto the catwalk for the first time, and for the same design house that made her mother internationally famous: Versace.
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Google Blacked Out For SOPA Too
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google has joined Wikipedia, BoingBoing and a number of other popular websites in the SOPA protest – not just by ‘blacking out’ their logo, which is cute but largely ineffective, but by putting together a comprehensive and informative infographic on the SOPA bill and piracy, along with access lines for voters to contact members of Congress through.
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Uproar Over Planned German Reprint Of ‘Mein Kampf’
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Controversy is raging on both sides of the Atlantic over a British publisher’s plan to reprint Adolf Hitler’s anti-semitic manifesto, Mein Kampf, in German for the first time since the end of the Second World War.
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Israeli Hackers Take Down Saudi Stock Exchange
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In retaliation against Saudi Arabian hacker 0xOmar, who leaked the credit card details of 15 000 Israeli nationals and took down a secondary Tel Aviv stock exchange site last week, Israeli hackers calling themselves the #IDF-team have targeted stock exchanges in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates yesterday.
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Fine Wines, And The Music They’re Made For
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This week I’ll be pairing some wines to three albums that have been occupying my earballs lately. It’s a tad facile. But then it has been shown that music can affect the way we taste wine. Drink, listen, be told a story.
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Jay-Z To Stop Bitching After Birth Of B.I.C.
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Less than a fortnight since Jay-Z and Beyoncé dropped their chart topping little nugget, Blue Ivy Carter, on the world, a mysterious poem started doing the rounds online, apparently penned by papa Hov himself. In it he swears to treat women better, and stop using the “B” word in his lyrics.
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White House Locked Down After Smoke Bomb
18 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The White House was forced to be locked down for over an hour last night when protestors from the “Occupy DC” movement lobbed a smoke over the wall. The group consisted of about 1500 protestors, from all across America. Nobody was allowed to leave the property.
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Don’t Miss Stuart Taylor’s Hilarious New Act!
17 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Our buddy, and hilarious comedian, Stuart Taylor is putting on a great show at the Baxter Theatre. The run starts tomorrow night, and makes light of the fact that most of us are horrendously broke at the moment. And the best part? At the end of the run, Stuart will be paying off the credit […]
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Elton John’s Husband Punishes Madonna Following Golden Globes Win [VIDEO]
17 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Which set of global music artistes are locked in a post-awards death match following a trophy shocker that saw one win best original song for her “Masterpiece”, and saw her rival scowl so deeply, his face appeared to eat itself?
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SA Road Deaths Down In 2011/2012 Festive Season: RTMC
16 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
South Africa’s Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has released preliminary road fatality figures for the 2011/2012 festive season until 10th January, and it looks a little better, but not much.
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How To Finger Paint Like A Boss [VIDEO]
16 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Our latest addition to the 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame is quite the artistic lad. Using mostly his fingers, he paints stunning portraits in a record time. Video – viewed nearly seven million times in the last week on Youtube – after the jump!
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Samsung’s New “Smart Window” [VIDEO]
16 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There have been plenty of tech announcements over the past few days, what with the Consumer Electronics Show going on in Las Vegas, each one claiming to be more exciting than the last – which gets tedious. So I mean it when I say that, Samsung’s new “Smart Window” is the most exciting thing to come out of CES 2012.
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NY Investment Banker Has Crazy Post-Date Email Breakdown – Again
16 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
First dates are a minefield of social etiquette, and one misstep can bring disaster. Not one to let sleeping dogs lie, NY investment banker, Mike, let his luckless lady know- in excruciating detail – how you let a guy down easy. You can read Mike’s full 1600 word lunatic ramble or consult our handy 2oceansVibe Quicknotes version which summarises the main points of this lunacy for your convenience.
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UK Student Faces Extradition To USA For Copyright Infringement
16 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A UK judge ruled this week that Richard O’Dwyer, an English university student, can be extradited to the United States to face charges of copyright infringement – O’Dwyer being the former administrator of TVShack, a website that linked to pirated content. This sets a dangerous legal precedent for anybody who does anything fun on the internet.
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Oprah Is Back In SA This Weekend
13 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Regular visitor to South Africa, Oprah Winfrey, is in the country again. She’s here to attend the graduation of the first batch of girls to matriculate from her school, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. The former talk show host will also try to squeeze in a catch up with her buddy Madiba, if he’s up to it.
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Taxi Rank: New Mobile Web App For Cape Town
13 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Taxi Rank is a newly-launched web app that lets folks in Cape Town order cabs online or via smartphones – which isn’t in itself especially new or useful. What is pretty neat is that, once pick-up and drop-off points are specified, the service also provides estimated quotes by Cape Town’s various taxi companies, organized by price.
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Hot Stuff: First Pics From ‘Magic Mike’ Dropped Online [PICS]
13 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Entertainment Weekly have dropped some of the first images from Stephen Soderbergh’s much anticipated stripper flick, ‘Magic Mike’. Check out what’s on the men-u at Club Xquisite this June after the jump.
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The Wimpy Ad That Has Everybody Talking
12 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
Wimpy is a South African staple – and considered almost compulsory if you’re on a road trip. Did you know that they have braille menus in all of their restaurants? I didn’t either. They released a video in December last year to promote this fact, baking buns using sesame seeds as braille lettering. This video has blown up in a big way.
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My Backyard from Ari Kruger on Vimeo.
Ari Kruger’s New Short Film: My Backyard
12 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Hey gang! Check out Ari Kruger’s new short film, My Backyard. The main character, Zach, is writing a film script and decides to explore his own ‘backyard’ in order to interrogate his feelings for and impressions of his country. A riotous mix of reality and sub-conscious projections that is both thought-provoking and amusing. Check out […]
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Barack Obama Sings Born This Way [VIDEO]
12 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Once again, YouTube user barackdubs has come up with a winner! This time he places super cut video clip-grabs, featuring Barack Obama, over the backtrack of Lady Gaga’s Born this Way. In other words, it looks and sounds like Obama is actually singing the song. Video after the jump.
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New Swiss Army Knife Features 1Tb Flash Drive
12 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Victorinox, manufacturers of the iconic Swiss Army Knife, as well as a host of other sharp shiny things, have unveiled their latest range of all-in-one utility tools, which now include a solid state flash drive of up to 1 terabyte capacity! Sweet!
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Man Jumps Off Table Mountain In A Wing-Suit [Images] – Jeb Corliss
12 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Jeb Corliss has dedicated his life to human flight, and in so doing often makes the seemingly impossible a reality. He is one of the world’s foremost and best-known BASE-jumpers and wingsuit pilots. Wingsuit pilots are basically maniacs who put on a Batman suit and use it to fly down the face of mountains. In […]
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‘Doomsday Clock’ Moved Closer To Midnight
11 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’d forgotten that this was something people still did! That metaphorical ‘Doomsday Clock,’ that the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists uses to represent the threat of nuclear war, was moved to five minutes to midnight, the closest to doomsday it’s been since North Korea’s 2007 nuclear weapons test.
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How To Make Iced Tea Like A Boss [VIDEO]
11 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Teh Tarik (literally “pulled tea”) is a Malaysian tea beverage similar to what we know this side as iced tea. But somehow I doubt Lipton prepares theirs in the way this guy does. That’s why he is our latest addition to the 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame.
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“The Simpsons” Searching For Ultimate Fan For 500th Ep. Bash
11 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
To celebrate 500 episodes with Springfield’s most famous family, the producers of ‘The Simpsons’ are also preparing to break a Guinness World Record by challenging the show’s biggest fans to sit down and watch all 500 episodes of the show, back to back.
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iPad Survives 30km Drop From Space [VIDEO]
10 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
It’s nice that companies are willing to go to insane lengths to try and make us buy their things. Take G-Form, who wrapped up an Apple tablet in their ‘Extreme Edge’ case, and launched it into space on a weather balloon before dropping it back to earth to prove how extreme their case really is.
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Aussies Top The Charts In Dope And Meth Use: Study
10 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Those Aussies just need to be the best at everything, don’t they? Except, a British medical journal recently revealed that Australia and New Zealand also top the global charts for usage of marijuana and methamphetamine! Awkward!
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Juju Gears Up To Fight ANC Suspension
10 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Julius Malema is raring to go with his appeal against the five year ANC suspension he received a few weeks ago. He has been quoted today saying he’s prepared to accept any outcome. How diplomatic. (But please note, if you still think Juju is really going to retire to the country to be a farmer, you may have to reconsider.)
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Trevor Noah On Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’ [Full 6-Min Video]
09 Jan 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 52 Comments
In a rare opportunity for a South African comedian, Trevor Noah found himself on one of the United States’ most popular and famous TV shows, The Tonight Show, hosted by Jay Leno. In a nutshell.. he killed it. According to Timeslive: Comedian Trevor Noah scored a career-making belly-laugh from US talk-show host Jay Leno by […]
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Local French Government Bans The Word “Mademoiselle” Due To Sexism Claims
09 Jan 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, this is the fight against sexism taken to a whole new level. The word “Mademoiselle” has been banned from all official documents in the French suburb of Cesson-Sévigné, in Rennes. Formerly regarded simply as the title given to an unmarried woman, the term is now considered sexist, apparently.
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