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U2 360 Tour To South Africa 2011
26 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Attention all good music lovers: January is winding down, and that only means one thing: The U2 360 Tour to South Africa is almost here. Click through to find out how to get tickets!
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The Goldfish Cape Royale Rooftop Gig In Pictures
26 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Well, ladies and gentlemen. That’s what we call a “success”. Weather-wise, Cape Town served up a typically stunning Friday evening. The sky was azure, the rays were mild, and oh hey, look at that – a rooftop covered in beautiful people, ice cold beverages, and international music superstars. Click through for the pictures.
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Anti-Capitalist Rumba Rave [VIDEO]
26 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
They’re Spanish, they’re called FLO6x8 and they don’t seem to like Capitalism. To demonstrate their contempt for the free market this group of radicals engaged in a flash-mob style “Rumba Rave” in a branch of Santander bank.
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Cape Town Bids For Monaco-Style 2013 F1 Grand Prix
25 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you were sitting on the fence with that condo purchase on Greenpoint, now really is the time to put an offer on the table. A number of consortiums, most notably the functionally-named Cape Town Grand Prix Bid Company are making bids to bring the F1 Grand Prix to Cape Town.
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South Africa’s Economy Equivalent To Maryland’s, Apparently
25 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
So this is pretty cool! Sort of. If you find random bits of information that you can start awkward conversations with cool. And you should. You really should. The folks at The Economist put together a map of the USA that matches each state with an economically comparable nation, using GDP to measure. And we match with Maryland!
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Convenience Store Clerk Wards Off Robber With Samurai Sword [VIDEO]
25 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Because this convenience store conveniently has samurai swords just hanging around, I guess. Hey, you guys saw Pulp Fiction, right? Apparently this robber guy had knocked over fourteen 7/11’s before getting chased around and caught by samurai-wielding store clerk over here.
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Monday Education: Whales Have Threesomes
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well I don’t know about you, but I think marine biology just got slightly more interesting. A 2005 paper observing a menage a trois coupling between right whales recently appeared online, with photos that are NSFW but only if your boss knows what you’re looking at or has a working knowledge of whale genitalia.
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Lazy Teenage Superheroes [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Gone are the days of true superheroes. We want to see a world of “every-day” superheroes who are just like us, but with more courage/ stupidity. And stay-at-home film makers are pumping these babies out every second.
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Cape Town In Time Lapse [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
This short time lapse film of Cape Town was put together by Silver Bullet productions, and it is pretty stunning. Everyone knows that Cape Town is aesthetically beautiful, and when it comes to its treatment on film, this beauty can be to its detriment. This film shows Cape Town through a darker, gorgeous lens.
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Another Reason Not To Emigrate [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, our little country has its issues, but before we all start whinging like the DA on a slow day at parliament, lets just take a moment. It’s Monday, but things could be worse, at least we will never wake up to weather like this…
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New York Mafia Bust – The Best Nicknames
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Being the informational leaky sieve that it is, America has blessed us with indictment documents of the 127 New York mobsters who were nicked on the good side of the weekend. The scale of this bust is huge – the largest ever, in fact. But the best thing about this new data is the sublime mafioso nicknames. Check them out after the jump.
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Brilliant Belgian Call Center Prank [VIDEO]
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Some frustrated Belgians put together an elaborate, televised prank to get back at unpopular phone company Mobistar by blocking off their office’s parking lot with a steel container that had a fake customer service number printed on it, and putting callers through the nine rings of customer service hell. Also the pranksters were inside the steel container.
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Hickey-Related Strokes On The Rise
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a bizarre incident of love-gone-wrong, a 44-year-old New-Zealand woman arrived at an Auckland hospital suffering partial paralysis. After mulling it over for a while doctors concluded that the woman had in fact suffered a stroke, induced by a hickey over a major artery in her neck.
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We Live In The Future: Bus Shelters Are Equipped With Video Games Now
21 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I mean, obviously not all of them. And I’d be surprised if any of them were here. But still, there exist about 20 bus shelters in San Francisco with touch screens installed by Yahoo! The most surprising thing about that sentence is that Yahoo! is still doing things.
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Push Notifications From Real Life [VIDEO]
21 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Okay, now a revelation: I have a degree in Information Science. So there, now you know. Here I leap out of the nerd closet and admit that I have a thing for cool tech projects and nothing I have ever seen is as cool as this. Just take a moment of your life to watch this video from Make Magazine and you’ll be amazed.
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Woman Has Bad Luck: Dogs Shot, Ashes Snorted
20 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
In an incredibly sad an somewhat surreal tale, the life of one Ms. Holli Tencza of Ocala, Florida has been ruined by a trigger happy neighbour and the stupidest criminal to grace God’s green earth.
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This Guy Got 1 Million Dollars By Asking The Internet For It
20 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
God, I hate this. Craig Rowin, this guy from the internet who used various Youtube videos to ask random rich people to send him one million dollars for no reason in particular, is now one million dollars richer. Understand that I am not so much congratulating Craig Rowans for milking the internet as I am muttering about not having done it first.
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Johannesburg Traffic Lights Stripped For Unlimited Phone Calls
20 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This is sort of cool and sort of awful. Jozi thieves have stripped about 400 ‘high-tech traffic lights’ of their sim cards, modems and GPS systems, using the sim cards to make unlimited free phone calls. It will cost about R8,8 million to replace these fancy, legitimately robot-like traffic lights. Regular GPS-free traffic lights are unaffected.
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1950’s Housewives Tripping On Acid: What Youtube Was Invented For
19 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Some fantastic footage has recently come to light, showing a 1956 housewife on her first acid trip as part of a drug trial. We all know how stupid people sound when trying to describe their trips – and throw in some 50’s black and white sensibility? Hilarious. She can see all of the molecules, apparently.
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Wellness Wednesdays on 2oceansvibe!
19 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the inaugural Wellness Wednesday, brought to you by Wellness warehouse! We have all of your Wednesday regulars coming up today, including the Sports Report With Pi, G-Man’s school of Rock, Whats the Vibe in Jozi, and Ondine On. The morning show peaks with the all new Dr Dee With Wellness […]
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The Neo Africa ‘Tri-Series’ Rugby Tournament Is About To Go Down!
18 Jan 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Yes, ladies and gents, the great rugby machine that is South Africa is about to wake from its festive slumber, and it’s keen to begin stretching those butt-kicking muscles. You guessed it, it’s almost Super Rugby time. And Super Rugby team of course means it’s warm up game time. But since we’ve gotten used to winning, […]
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This Guy Is Trying To Prolong His Perception Of Time By Doing New Or Awkward Things
18 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The goal here is pretty cool! Sort of. Extend your perception of time by doing new or uncomfortable things – and have more, better memories of a given day than you would if you were doing dull stuff. We like it – we’re all about extending the vibe. Even if uncomfortable things are required of you from time to time.
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Good Idea: Teach Kids To Steal Cars
18 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As part of Machine Project’s “Good People Doing Bad Things”, apparently teaching kids to break into and hot-wire cars is good for their development. The aim of the project is not so much to turn kids into deviants, but to get them understanding how cars work…
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DIY Gastric Bypass Fun
17 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’re as grossly obese as this man taking a brisk walk every couple of days just won’t do when attempting to lose weight. There are a number of reasons for this, foremost amongst which are that you weigh so much that you cannot walk and if you do manage to get up your legs will sheer at the ankles.
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Our Dear Leader’s Sister Invented The Hamburger
17 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
So! Pretend we’re having that bit of dialogue from Pulp Fiction where we talk about Burger King burgers being called ‘royale’ in France, except we’re talking about North Korea, and they call them “minced meat and bread,” to avoid referring to the uniquely American hamburger. Also, this is a new thing.
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Is YOUR Fridge An iPhone-Controlled Beer Cannon? This Guy’s Is.
17 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, I guess Ryan Rusnak wins at weekends. Nice try, everybody. This dude set up his fridge to fire a variety of beers at him from across the room whenever he keys in the command on his iPhone. I mean sure, he’s choosing to have Bud Light thrown at him, but cultural differences. Focus on the potential here.
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Wonderful Safety Certificate
14 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For any of us who’ve been out to a supper club or dinner venue with a beautiful lady this safety certificate from the 1940’s will prove invaluable.
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My New Favourite Way To Get Hired
14 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Applying for jobs sucks. It’s awkward and painful and time-consuming. But some people know how to do it right – how to avoid getting caught in the rat-trap of sweaty-palmed interviews and communicate a certain level of coolness at the same time. Presented below is one such person’s job application. Please – read it, and learn to be a better person.
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John Lennon’s First Car Is For Sale
14 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Finally. Something to spend this R1.5 million I have lying around on. Lennon’s 1965 Ferrari 330 GT 2+2 Coupe (I don’t know what most of that means!) is being auctioned off in February; they expect it go for slightly more than his dark green Chrysler station wagon, which was recently auctioned off for $5,500 (ZAR 37.5k).
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The Tarantino Genesis [VIDEO]
13 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It has been found! Well, refound. If you’re a big Quentin Tarantino fan, which you almost certainly are, then you will love this clip from his very first movie “My Best Friend’s Birthday”. The whole thing is like concentrated Tarantino, squeezed into a half an hour. everything is there: his hyper-manic acting, black humour and very clever camera work and dialogue. Click through for the (very long) video.
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