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The STIHL Lumberjack Festival – A Laugh It Off Event
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Do you have what it takes to call yourself a lumberjack? Have you got experience in wielding a chainsaw? Are you looking to win rad prizes and the respect of your friends? If so, then we need you to enter the Lumber Games. A crazy mix of curious South Africans will be making up the […]
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US Judge Rules Against German Microsoft Injunction
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In another great instance of American judges believing that their jurisdiction has no limits, a U.S. judge has ruled that Motorola cannot enforce an injunction that would prevent Microsoft from selling Windows products in Germany, should a German court issue such an injunction next week.
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Amazing GoPro Short Captures Sport From The Athlete’s Perspective [VIDEO]
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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George Zimmerman Charged With Second Degree Murder For Death Of Trayvon Martin
12 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After a ridiculous amount of time at liberty, George Zimmerman – the guy who shot Trayvon Martin for wearing a hoodie – has been taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder. Due to some oddment of Florida law, a charge of first-degree murder was ruled out. If convicted, Zimmerman faces life in prison.
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Winter Is Here: First Cape Snow Spotted At Matroosberg
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
It seems summer’s lease has all too short a date for the Cape as the earliest snowfall in three years signals the seasonal start of winter. Where did the powder fall? Only the highest point in our province. More of this winter wonderland, after the jump.
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Meet CISPA, The Latest Bill To Try And Destroy The Internet
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new bill is making its way through congress – CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, which is pretty much SOPA in different shoes. It’s another attempt to give copyright enforces carte blanche to spy on internet users and censor online content without just cause. Which is sort of bad.
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Street Muralist Tricks SA Diamond Exporter Into Letting Him Deface Their Facade [PICS]
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Jet-setting street muralist, ABOVE, recently visited our shores. While he was here he got the opportunity to express his concerns about an issue that lies very close to his heart, blood diamonds. How did he express himself? By defacing the façade of Johannesburg’s largest diamond exporter, with their consent. Click through for pics.
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Twitter Rescues Johannesburg Man From Hijacking Attempt
11 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
An unnamed Johannesburg resident was robbed, kidnapped, and stuffed into the back of car on Sunday – but managed to send a text to his girlfriend, Lynn Peters who promptly posted a plea for help on Twitter. Frantic retweeting led to a Twitter-coordinated search by private security companies, who retrieved both the car and Peters’ boyfriend.
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Leather Chap Wearing Tom Cruise Sings Bon Jovi [VIDEO]
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Lollapalooza Lineup Leaked, Includes Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath
10 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Take it with a pinch of salt, but over the weekend this pretty convincing Lollapalooza internal memo hit the internet. I mean blurry photographs of lineup lists aren’t set in stone, but it looks pretty legit – and includes headline acts by The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, and The Shins. Check out the full thing after the jump.
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Kony 2012 Part II: Beyond Famous [VIDEO]
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Young Butchered Mammoth Discovered In Siberia
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A juvenile mammoth – nicknamed “Yuka” – was found entombed in Siberian ice near the shores of the Arctic Ocean, and shows signs of being cut open by ancient people. The frozen carcass is believed to be at least 10 000 years old – and could prove to be the first mammoth carcass revealing signs of human interaction in the region.
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Microsoft Kits Out A ’67 Mustang With Windows 8 & X-Box Kinect [VIDEO]
05 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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.
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MINI Your Night – Win Incredible Prizes
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
With the launch of the all-new MINI Roadster, MINI fans have the opportunity to prove their dedication by earning badges that make them a part of the MINI movement. Your reward? Entries into the draw for the ultimate night-time adventure. To claim your first badge, and to find out where you can find the other […]
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Russian Daredevil Free-Climbs Moscow Tower [VIDEO]
04 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Watch The Trailer For The ‘Total Recall’ Remake [VIDEO]
03 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Round-Up Of 2012’s Better April Fools’ Jokes
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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.
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New Legislation Makes The UK Big Brother
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So! The British Home Office announced yesterday that new legislation will soon allow the government to monitor the calls, emails, texts and website visits of every single person in the UK. The Home Office then had to clarify that, no, this was not some sort of elaborate April Fools prank.
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Qatar’s Police Force Rolls Out A Fleet Of Porsches [VIDEO]
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Invokes “Absolute Immunity,” In Civil Suit
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, recently charged for involvement in a prostitution ring, is also being accused of raping a hotel housekeeper – and since he seems to be losing that whole prostitution thing, he’s had his lawyers try to dismiss the case because his former position as head of the International Monetary Fund gives him “absolute immunity.”
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Astonishing Story Of Young Malawian Who Saved His Family With A Homemade Windmill [VIDEO]
30 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
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.
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Google’s Self-Driving Car With Blind Driver Behind The Wheel [VIDEO]
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last month we told you about Nevada legalising self-driving cars. But how do they work exactly? Check out this video of Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius being “driven” by a guy that is 95% blind.
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Spike Lee Accidentally Terrorizes Innocent Elderly Couple
29 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An blog post allegedly featuring the residential address of George Zimmerman – the man who killed Trayvon Martin – has gone viral. The post went viral after it was retweeted by Spike Lee to his 250 000 followers. Unfortunately, the address actually belongs to an innocent elderly couple, who now live in fear.
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Danny MacAskill’s Competition Is Here. Meet Andrew Dickey [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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.
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Google Launches Incredible Nelson Mandela Digital Archive
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory has partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to launch what will arguably become the most extensive online archive of Nelson Mandela’s life. The free global access to photos, videos, letters and personal documents about his life and times will continue to expand as people across the world add their memorabilia to the archive.
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Smashing Pumpkins To Release “Album Within An Album” In June [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Marshall Is Selling Mini-Fridges That Look Like Guitar Amps [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
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.
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Human Kite Pulled Through The Desert By A Mini JCW Countryman [VIDEO]
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
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.
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Deadmau5 Calls Madonna A “Fucking Idiot” For Talking About Drugs
27 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Toronto’s Deadmau5 has been blasting Madonna on his Facebook page for asking folks at the Miami Ultra Music Festival if they’ve seen “molly,” which is young-person speak for MDMA. Deadmau5 moved from slating Madonna’s embarrassing use of drug slang to a spiel about equating electro with drug use – with a couple of tasteful expletives thrown in.
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“Braaiday” Songsters Strike Again! The Car Guard Song [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
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.
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