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Fast Cars Are Safer Than Slow Ones. Fact.
15 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
I was chatting about this with a good acquaintance last night who used to own a Mercedes AMG, and had since toned his taste down a bit because he had had a massive crash and didn’t want to own fast cars anymore. He said he’d kill himself yadda yadda. That logic is ridiculous, and I told him so.
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CAR Magazine Goes Bling With Their July Augmented Reality Cover
14 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Two months ago we covered CAR Magazine’s first foray into bridging the divide between digital and print publishing with an augmented reality. That was just the taster. This month, they’re just showing off, with a fully 360 digital projection of the above luxury German motor vehicle on the front cover. It’s pretty rad – check […]
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Restaurant Review: Bukhara, Church Street
14 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
During my time living in Blightly, I cultivated a certain fondness for the ritual around a curry. A group of friends and I would often end the weekend with dinner at the end of the High Street, and it was here that I became well-versed in the merits of the Lamb Rogan Gosh, the pitfalls of the Vindaloo and the careful preparation of the crispy poppadom. Situated adjacent to Greenmarket Square, a mere poppadom frisbee’s throw from Wale Street, Bukhara is an institution in Cape Town and never fails to impress. Last week we decided to reintroduce the sacred London tradition and sat around a table to enjoy a curry whilst rehashing some vintage tales from the underground.
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A Plague On The Mocha Choca Wine Brigade
13 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 25 Comments
At dinner the other night I was paging through a rather limpid looking wine list. Safe wines, boring wines; not one of which inspired in me even a trace of “Wahoo!” I saw one from a producer I have enjoyed before – a Shiraz that I thought may offer something of interest. Boy, was I wrong. It was as interesting as watching paint dry on a black and white television, showing curling. The reason for it’s complete drabness was that it had fallen into the trap that many South African reds are succumbing to. The wine maker was forcing the wine to strongly exhibit flavours and aromas of coffee and chocolate.
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Pieter-Dirk Uys On 2oceansVibe Radio Today At 12h30
13 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
One of South Africa’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights, social activists and comedians, Pieter-Dirk Uys will be making a guest appearance on 2oceansVibe Radio‘s Lunch Show at 12h30 today. Be sure to tweet us your song requests and any questions you have for Pieter-Dirk. Click here to tune in to 2oceansvibe Radio Now Click here to […]
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Floyd Shivambu Swears At Journalist [AUDIO]
12 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
A journalist had the audacity to call Floyd Shivambu right out of the blue to ask his opinion on reports that Julius Malema had spent roughly R78 000 on a holiday. Shockingly, Floyd answered his phone. Also, he swore at the journalist. Listen to an audio clip of the conversation inside.
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Google+ Could Pass Ten Million Users In the Next 24 Hours
12 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com, not to be confused with the co-founder of Microsoft, has said on his Google+ page that the new social network may surpass ten million users within the next 24 hours. Zounds!
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Baseball Fan Falls After Taking Crowd Catch, Later Dies Of Injuries [GRAPHIC VIDEO]
11 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 10 Comments
Over the weekend, Shannon Stone, a firefighter, tried to catch a ball thrown into the stands during a game. What is normally great fun at these events, turned into a tragedy, as he lost his footing and plunged six meters to his death. What’s worse is that his young son can also be seen in the video and witnessed everything.
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Driving Simulators Do Not Simulate Driving
08 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
At the risk of sounding like a complete kill-joy, I just need to clear this up. I don’t mind a quick flurry on a console every once in a while, but I just can’t stand it when it’s referred to as driving or driving simulation. It’s like saying a war game is war simulation. I imagine if you asked anybody who’s actually been in a war what they think of Call of Duty 4, they will tell you to politely sod off. I imagine if you ask a racing driver what he thinks of Need For Speed 13, he will say the same thing.
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The Stormers Stumble
08 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As a stormers fan, one can hardly be upset by last Saturday’s shellacking at The hands of New Zealand’s finest. For starters they were so vastly superior in every facet of the game that you could hardly hold it against them. They played rugby that was a joy to watch, they were infinitely more physical than us and they had an ingredient in spade loads that we seemed to lack, that is that “they started with the why”.
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Helen Zille: “We Won’t Stoop To Their Level”
07 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, co-hosted 2oceansVibe Radio‘s Morning Meeting from 08h00 to 09h00. Helen held no punches, bemoaning the timing of the allegations against Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, relating her experience of having her phone tapped, and praising the Western Cape for it’s entrepreneurial spirit. And then, of course, there was that […]
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Mail & Guardian Editor, Nic Dawes, Discusses The Newscorp Phone Tapping Scandle [Podcast]
07 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Mail & Guardian editor, Nic Dawes, appeared via phone call on 2oceansVibe Radio‘s Morning Meeting to discuss the potential unraveling of international media tycoon, Rupert Murdoch, and his multi-billion dollar News Corp empire, amid reports of phone tapping conducted by The News Of The World, a British tabloid in the News Corp stable. The reports […]
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Of Age And Aging: Is Older Wine Better Wine?
06 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
One of the things that makes wine stand out in the world of beverages is its ability to age and develop. It is a miraculous thing, tasting something older than you are (frustratingly, this gets more difficulty and expensive as you shuffle along the mortal coil). To taste a living thing formed by the elements […]
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There Is A House In Orange Grove
05 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
You know how this one goes, right? There is a house in Orange Grove. They call it The Radium… The Radium is reputedly the oldest surviving beer hall and grill in Johannesburg, and unlike places like The Brazen Head, it genuinely has that aged feel. The chairs and tables creak ominously under the weight of the patrons and the food. The pavement outside is littered with ash and the odd beggar. The only things they seem to have added in the last 20 years are a stainless steel urinal and the big TVs. It is exactly my type of place to hang out.
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Open Letter To BlackBerry Bosses: Senior RIM Exec Tells All, As Company Crumbles Around Him
04 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
A fair portion of the smartphone market in this country belongs to BlackBerry, because unlike the rest of the world, we still pay rather exorbitant data fees to the carrier firms that run the market. And free messaging is like, so cool. Not internationally though, where BlackBerry maker, RIM, is in a serious make-or-break space.
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Waterfront iStore Bans Customer
04 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 6 Comments
Our original article about the Waterfront iStore (entitled “iStore Does Not Need Your Business” has been read over 10,000 times. This is mainly due to the fact that the article ranks number 1 in Google if you search for “cape town iStore.” the beauty of this situation is that the comments section of the article […]
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2oceansvibe Clocks 225,000 Unique Visitors For June
03 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Back in late March we told you about our very proud milestone of 100,000 unique readers (in one month). We are happy to report that this figure has been more than doubled, with 2oceansvibe.com’s June stats showing a readership of 226,364 Absolute Unique Visitors. This, according to Google Analytics. What is even more exciting, in […]
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Record EuroMillions Jackpot Rolls Over Again!
02 Jul 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Last Friday’s jackpot draw was an all-time record for the EuroMillions lottery – both in size and the amount of times it had rolled over (11). People were losing their minds, with many who had never played before, buying tickets. When it’s that big, only a fool wouldn’t enter. The chances of winning are smaller. […]
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Thought For The Weekend – Britons Love Radio – When Last Did YOU Listen To Radio At Home?
01 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Isn’t that surprising? A study of British recreational culture has been published, and it transpires that British people love nothing more than to listen to the wireless. Much more so than they enjoy reading, surfing the net, or even watching television. That kind of thing is almost unfavorable in South Africa. Because the general quality […]
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Sky News Reports Biggest Ever Lottery Jackpot – Tonight
01 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
SkyNews is reporting that tomorrow’s EuroMillions lottery jackpot is the highest ever. “The biggest lottery jackpot ever up for grabs in the UK could be won on the EuroMillions tonight. A haul of £136m (One and a half BILLION Rand) could go to the winner, according to operator Camelot.”
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Vodacom Signal Failure Unrelated To RICA
01 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Vodacom has assured the thousands of us who experienced the total non-existence of phone signal for hours yesterday, that it had nothing to do with RICA. That puts the mind at ease, doesn’t it? Now, if only everyone had also registered to meet that pesky RICA deadline by midnight, we’d all be laughing.
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Vintage Cars, Vintage Clothing: Bad Ideas That Don’t Have To Be
30 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Like a hipster to a Sunday clothing market at an art-house cinema, many, many car enthusiasts are drawn to the vintage car market. It’s a wonderful place. Searching for that rare MG convertible, finding an example that still goes and stops without endangering your life, and taking it home to care for it and love it for the rest of your days is… The worst idea you will ever have. And I’ll tell you why. Vintage cars are shit.
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You Could Be A Billionaire By Saturday Morning
29 Jun 2011 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
11 rollovers in a row is an all time record for the Euromillions lottery. Are you honestly going to ignore this one? Why would you NOT want to have R1,500,000,000 in your bank account? Do you have ANY idea how happy you will be? If you missed the other draws and were upset when you […]
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Nedbank – ‘Make Nothing Happen’
29 Jun 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 3 Comments
A strange number has appeared on the screen of my phone, twice a day, every day this week. I left it – as I do most phone calls – because I was/am usually doing something at the time. And even if I’m doing nothing, that does qualify as doing something these days. My voicemail message […]
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Surviving The Terror Of The Supermarket Wine Shelf
29 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 17 Comments
In last week’s column I asked what kind of wine content you would like to see me write about. The comment that popped up more than most was about supermarkets, that is, how to deal with a wall of wines, all staring at you from the shelf. Which to buy? How do I know I won’t end up with battery acid? Oh god, the decisions. Too. Many. Wines. Fuck it, I’ll just get that coffee-flavoured Pinotage. Well, you are not alone.
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Will You Be Spending This Friday At Work, Or With Jack Daniels?
28 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Look guys, you all know by now that Jack Daniels and 2oceansVibe are teaming up to take Friday afternoon work hours down! And by Jove, are we doing well. This coming Friday, July 1, we will be breaking one of you out of work for an afternoon of doing Friday, Jack’s way. Just check out […]
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Free 2ov Radio Car Kits For Everyone!
27 Jun 2011 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
Most of you seem to have worked out how easy it is to tune in to 2oceansvibe Radio at home and at the office and when you’re out and about (mobile streaming app). Easier than normal radio, I think you have found – especially since you don’t have an old FM tuner lying around anywhere […]
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“Do You Want The Truth, Or Do You Want The Media Version?” – Exclusive Interview With Graeme Smith
27 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
Graeme Smith began his exclusive interview with 2oceansVibe Radio on Friday afternoon with this question. Over the course of the next 50 minutes, Smith spoke candidly about his total loss of confidence and self-esteem that led to his decision to stay away from South Africa following the Protea’s disappointing quarter-final exit from the 2011 Cricket […]
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The Official Clifton Shores Promotional Video Is Live [VIDEO]
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 15 Comments
Regular readers will remember the flurry caused by Clifton Shores when production first got underway. Readers were mostly happy to have South Africa, and Cape Town, chosen as the venue for an international reality show, but many were not shy to voice their concerns over what the final product might look like. Click through for the first taste.
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Taxi Violence To Open For Kings Of Leon [UPDATED AND AMENDED]
24 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There’s been a lot of hype surrounding the upcoming Kings of Leon gig. Earlier in the year, fans were disappointed to hear that they would have to wait until November, due to drummer Nathan Followill’s bicep injury. Then came the debate over who would open for the Kings. Well the wait is over. And it’s […]
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