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Danny MacAskill Rips Up Cape Town On Two Wheels
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
“But this is CYCLING!”, I hear you blurt, rusk crumbs embedding themselves in your computer screen. “You guys don’t LIKE cyclists!” That said, Danny MacAskill is no prawn. He’s a stylish, skilled athlete, and he makes the infrastructure of our beloved city look oh-so-fine.
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Google Has A Shiny New Mobile Payment Service
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Google Wallet and Google Offers launched yesterday, both of which sound supremely cool – PayPal’s grumblings (and lawsuits) about commercial espionage notwithstanding. Google Wallet lets users swipe their phones in lieu of credit cards, even allowing subscription to a new prepaid Google debit card; Google Offers looks to work like a virtual loyalty card.
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Paypal Co-Founder Gives Kids R17m To NOT Go To University
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and one of the first investors in Facebook, gave 24 kids under 20 each $100,000 to drop out of school for two years to start a their own companies. Some even left universities like Harvard and Stanford! Thiel is doing this in order to “challenge the authority of the present and the familiar.” I can kind of respect that.
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Take A Look At Kim Kardashian’s $2 Million Engagement Ring
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Hoo. While working their way through LAX airport, Kim Kardashian and her just-recently-announced fiance Kris Humphries made a point of flashing her new bling – you remember, that $2 million custom-designed, 20.5-carat Lorraine Schwartz engagement ring? It’s, um, it’s kind of hard to miss. Click through for our engagement ring photo gallery.
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Man Makes Billboard Mocking ‘End Of The World’ Predictions
27 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A user at reddit.com promised that he’d put up a billboard in response to Harold Camping’s failed billboard campaign that claimed the rapture was on its way. The billboard reads: “That was awkward”. Somewhat of an understatement I think.
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BlackBerry Voted Coolest Brand In SA
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
So you thought CrackBerries were only cool in the eyes of business people addicted to their email? Think again. South Africa’s youth has voted BlackBerry the coolest brand in the country in the Sunday Times Generation Next 2011 Brand Survey Awards. That means BlackBerry trumps Apple, in spite of the latter’s beautifully designed and supposedly cooler iParaphernalia. And the reason? BBM and ‘free’ internet for the kids, obviously.
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Lindsay Williams Lambasts The Consul General Of Denmark Over Marmite
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Lindsay William’s, co-host of the Morning Meeting on 2oceansVibe Radio, is a native son of England. You can imagine his outrage when he discovered that Denmark had implemented a ban on England’s most beloved foodstuff (after tea), Marmite. In typical Lindsay fashion, he called up the Consul General of Denmark in South Africa, live on air, to quizz him on the situation. Please enjoy the ensuing mirth, after the jump.
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You Can Buy The Patron Saint Of Venereal Disease’s Head
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Heh. So apparently they’ve found skull of Saint Vitalis of Assisi, the patron saint of venereal diseases and, it’s going up for auction. Because what else would you do if you found it? Assisi won sainthood for performing miracles on those with bladder and genital disorders in 13th century Italy. Please buy his head.
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Lunar Eclipse Time Everyone
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) has announced that we’ll be treated to a total lunar eclipse on the 15th of June. And apparently this one is rather special huzza!
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They Shut Down The Mars Rover
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ending a seven-year mission, NASA has decided to cut off communications with the Mars rover Spirit. Data was last received from Spirit in March 2010, and it hasn’t been heard from since – the thinking is that the rover was damaged during the martian winter when there wasn’t enough solar power for its survival heaters to run.
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Win Tickets To The Eitienne de Crecy 5th Dimension Experience in Jozi And Cape Town
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You, yes, YOU could win tickets for yourself and three of your friends to an incredible vibe, happening in Johannesburg on 27 May, and Cape Town on 28 May. To launch their epic new range of 5 Gum, Wrigley’s is putting on something quite special for the boys and girls of Johannesburg and Cape Town […]
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Tapas And Jazz Sundays At The EighteenHundred Grill Room
25 May 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Some places hold specials. Others hold special events. The EighteenHundred Grill Room is one such place, and what with it perched beneath my beloved residence, the Cape Royale Hotel, I’ve been known to nip in there more regularly than not. They’re laying on the special treatment this winter with a Tapas and Jazz series, happening […]
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It Turns Out Vuvuzelas Are Also Really Good At Spreading Germs
25 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Not only do vuvuzelas make sporting matches sound like they’re being attended by giant, angry bees, but they also emit more germ-carrying particles than regular screaming; testing the amount of bacteria-sized particles emitted by a shout and by vuvuzela,researcher Ruth McNerney found the vuvuzelas a couple of hundred times more effective.
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Vodacom’s Airtime In Advance
24 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In what I think is a great idea, Vodacom has announced that it will be launching a service called “Airtime Advance” that allows customers to get some desperately needed airtime in advance before they recharge.
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Awesome Footage Of Grimsvötn Eruption [VIDEO]
24 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Hell. Yes. Filmmaker Jon Gustafsson caught footage of the Grimsvötn eruption – the one that closed all those Icelandic airports and grounded all those planes – from the apparent safey of an Icelandic military helicopter. It looks pretty cool. And I’m very excited to have written that sentence.
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MWEB And 2oceansVibe Radio Laptop Giveaway – We Have A Winner!
24 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Congratulations to Michael Sachar, better known in the Twitterverse as @mbatigol, on winning a laptop courtesy of MWEB and 2oceansvibe Radio! Introducing our winner: Here’s what @mbatigol’s winning tweet looked like: You nailed it, Mike. Be sure to visit MWEB’s Facebook page regularly to keep up to date with the latest amazing offers and competitions!
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Tuesday Morning Radvertising: Chubby Dudes In Amsterdam Sell Ad Space
24 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Dutch advertising company Interbest gets snaps for their bid to sell ad space on highway billboards. They displayed a chubby, hairy, dude, with an article of clothing removed every day – above the tagline, ‘The sooner you advertise here, the better.’ I know fat jokes aren’t classy, but these just worked.
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Win A Laptop With Mweb And 2oceansVibe Radio!
24 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Want to win a Netbook? 2oceansVibe Radio in partnership with MWEB will be giving away a Netbook at 10h30 on Twitter. All that is required is to tweet us your answer. To find out EXACTLY what you need to tweet in order to win, click here to visit Mweb’s Facebook page, now! Look for the answer […]
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Pope Benedict Chats To Astronauts On The ISS
23 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Why? Because Pope Benedict XVI can do what he wants, I guess. He spent about twenty minutes video chatting with the crew of the International Space Station and the U.S shuttle Endeavour, conveying well-wishes for Gabrielle Gifford’s husband, and generally just shooting the breeze.
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The Economist Punts Trevor Manuel As IMF Successor
23 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
What with IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn jailed on sex assault charges, there’s speculation about who’ll be replacing him. Calls from non-European countries to instate a non-European head have become increasingly vocal, especially after French Strauss-Kahn’s shenanigans – so it’s interesting that The Economist looked to Trevor Manuel, among others, as a potential succcessor.
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Pensioners Volunteer To Work At Fukushima Plant In Order To Save Young People From Radiation
20 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Sometimes fellow human beings are just…awesome. As the Japanese government struggle to bring the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant under control due to a lack of people willing to go into the contaminated area, a group of pensioners have decided to step up. Why? They are willing to put their lives at risk to save younger people from radiation.
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50 Cent Cast As Blind, Mystery-Solving DJ Named Shamus Cocobolo
20 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
50 Cent has joined the cast of Odd Thomas, an adaptation of Dean Koontz’ novel, which I don’t really care about. What I do care about is the fact that 50 Cent is playing a blind DJ called Shamus Cocobolo, who will help Anton Yelchin’s “clairvoyant short-order cook” uncover a Satanic plot. No spice.
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Playboy iPad App Announced
20 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It’s called iPlayboy because, well hell, what else were they going to call it? The appeal here is not so much that you get to see tastefully nude photographs in glorious iPad detail as the fact that the application offers full access tothe Playboy archives – you would own every Playboy issue ever. Welcome to the future.
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Test Flight [VIDEO]
19 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, the commercial spaceflight vehicle, recently had its seventh test flight, dropped from a height of 15km to see if it could adjust speed and bearing with various wing configurations. Which sounds technically fancy, but really just looks insanely cool.
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New Candid Shots Of President Obama
17 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The White House Flickr feed has been updated with a series of candid shots of President Obama over the past couple of weeks. Click through for shots of Obama and the family at the annual Easter Egg Roll, surveying tornado damage in the South, and hanging at the Oval Office- among others.
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Apple Approves Sugar-Daddy App
17 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Wow. Alright. Apple gave the the green light to a mobile app that promises to connect rich old dudes with young women. Sugar daddies with gold diggers. Seriously. They call themselves SugarSugar, “the world’s most effective and discreet place for finding Sugar Daddy and Sugar Baby relationships.”
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Chihuahua Blamed For New York Bomb Scare (Sort Of)
16 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A chihuahua was indirectly responsible for a bomb scare at a New York courthouse last week Friday. Poor Melvin Ruffin; all he did wrong was to take a bus ride, when a Chihuahua decided that his bag was a good place to urinate on. This set off a chain of events that lead to the bomb squad being called in.
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Buy A Flight To The Edge Of Space At Auction
16 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Look, I know bidding at an auction is an intimdating business. What the hell’s the deal with those wooden panels? Why is that fat man with the shiny face speaking so quickly? Why can’t I stop myself? What does he mean, “Sold”? Did I just bid away my unborn child’s tuition fees for the sake […]
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Texas Trying To Ban TSA Searches
16 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Since 9/11, flying has sucked. For all of the wrong reasons, flight security has become paranoid and despotic, and nowhere worse than the USA – where TSA agents have manhandled infants and the infirm in ‘the war on terror.’ So it’s nice to see that the Texas House of Representatives just banned TSA searches without probable cause.
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Dear Leader Tongue Scraper
13 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The North Koreans are the cleanest people in the world. And nothing says clean like scraping filth off your tongue. Our Dear Leader uses the “Dear Leader” tongue scraper at least once a day to keep his mouth pure and unfettered by the air blowing from south of the border.
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