We find ourselves in a world completely changed by technology. Not only can we hear and read that Muammar Gaddafi has died, but we can also see what his dead body looks like – within minutes! We can even watch clips such as this one involving Hilary Clinton. Watch her reaction, in real-time, as she receives the news via her Blackberry moments before it broke worldwide.
This footage captured by cellphone comes from AlJazeera TV and shows Gaddafi lying dead with much celebration around him, as he is dragged around the streets. Please do not click to read further (and view the video) if you are not prepared to see the video of the evil dictator with a bullet hole to […]
Do I really need to say more words to make you click on this link? It’s William Shatner. Singing Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. In his Shatner voice.The video itself is pretty great, but that’s mostly because in the video, Shatner’s face is the sky. Fun fact: Shatner claims to have first heard Bohemian Rhapsody last year.
In this week’s installment of Rugby Vibe, Steve dissects the performance of the various referees in the Quarter and Semi Finals of the World Cup, showing us that the spirit of the game, and the letter of the law are often at loggerheads. Steve also weighs in with his prediction for the Rugby World Cup […]
If you’re sick of taking your boss’s crap day after day, take heart. There is indeed a sensible way to quit your job, and do it in such a way that leaves no-one in the area under any illusion how much of a tool your soon to be ex-employer is.
‘Quantum Levitation’ even sounds cool. The guys from the University of Tel-Aviv’s School of Physics Superconductivity Group recently demonstrated ‘quantum locking,’ at the Association of Science – Technology Centers Annual Conference by getting a supercooled magnet to levitate above a locked track. The science is clunky, the video looks very cool.
Well this can only end well. As-yet-unidentified thieves temporarily made off with a truck containing $200 000 (ZAR 1,5 million) worth of sound equipment and podiums belonging to President Obama, while the goods were en route to Chesterfield, where Obama is due to speak. The geniuses also stole the Presidential Teleprompter.
The nice thing about initiatives like Microsoft Research is that you get to have an early gander at the things that you’re going to be spending stupid amounts of money on next year. Like the OmniTouch, for instance, which projects “touchscreen” interfaces onto pretty much whatever surface you want – desk, paper, or the back of your hand.
Back in 2009, Seth Rotherham took Zinzi to Hollywood. His job was to capture the couple of weeks Zinzi had with Hollywood actor, Pauly Shore. It was a trial-run adoption, to see if Pauly was a good enough parent to handle a permanent adoption. By the end of Day 1, Zinzi had seen Pauly naked […]
Put down your shotguns, cricket bats, and middle fingers. This short-cut bypasses the brain aneurysm that is the M5 Interchange to Cape Town. Seth shows you the quickest route from the N1 directly to the M3.
It is claimed five million people use the New York subway system on a daily basis. The majority, as you’d imagine, choose to sit or stand inside, not ride on the outside, as this chap did. He has, however, become the subway’s latest celebrity passenger, and authorities are hoping he doesn’t incentivise copycats.
You will remember Rhian Sugden fondly. She is the #1 glamour model in the UK and also a former 2ov Radio guest. She did the weather report that time.. Rhian has become the poster-girl for testicular cancer and her new online commercial is guaranteed to shock. It’s incredibly sexy and gross at the same time. […]
On this week’s edition of Car Vibe, Ciro can’t get enough of the Audi R8. Over the course of a few days in the front seat, our long-suffering correspondent was subjected to marriage proposals, business proposals, relentless cell phone texts, paparazzi hoards, and endless shouts of, “Rev it, bru! Rev it!”
2oceansVibe TV (or easytype www.2ov.tv) is happy to report a total of 10 000 visitors and over 20 000 video views in the last month.It’s no wonder we are shifting up a gear to give you daily programming, with a new episode every day. With weekly magazine shows ranging from the ever popular Rugby Vibe, […]
This week, Steve brings us his analysis and highlights from New Zealand’s North Island (click here for latest episode). He visits Dunedin’s House of Pain, and chats to two Springbok fanatics, before and after South Africa’s controversial and heartbreaking loss to Australia in the third quarterfinal. Steve talks about developing a man crush on Bismarck du Plessis, […]
Remember back in the day when ninjas trained by having coconuts dropped on their stomachs, or by balancing on one leg for hours? And let’s not forget the whole waxing on before waxing off thing! But a modern world calls for updated practice techniques – such as jumping over a Lamborghini Gallardo doing 80km/h.
The Compound was shot on location at the offices of secretive Cape Town institution, 2oceansVibe Media. For the first time ever, the world has a glimpse into the daily lives of those tortured, twisted souls. Catch the full length, 26-minute pilot of 2oceansVibe’s groundbreaking mocumentary, The Compound, by clicking the frame below. The Compound (Comedy […]
Apple’s Siri, the fancy voice-activated feature that was supposed to make people feel less disappointed about not getting a shiny new iPhone 5, was actually pretty cool when Phil Schiller showed it off on stage. But how well does it do in real life? See the hands-on after the jump.
You know that thing in sort-of-science-fictional shows or awful police procedurals where they have a blurry photo which they zoom into indefinitely and then use television magic to ‘enhance’ it and keep it from turning into the pixelated jpeg it should be? Adobe Photoshop can do that now.
Well hey there, science. A recent breakthrough at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre has allowed a 30-year-old man who hasn’t been able to move arms, hands or legs in the past seven years to take control of a robotic hand, marking an unprecedented achievement in neuro-robotics.
It Gets Better is a viral video campaign begun in the States in response to a horrific string of teenage suicides last year. Watch this video of Nick Fenton-Wells, the captain of the Ikey Tigers at the University of Cape Town, urging gay players not to be afraid to get involved in sports at UCT.
More specifically, Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr was sentenced to 90 lashes for starring in “My Tehran For Sale,” a movie about how Iran mistreats its actresses. The actress was arrested for being in the film – which was never officially distributed in Iran – in July, and her sentence was handed down this weekend.
Just quietly get a load of this video of mountain biker, Evan van der Spuy of Team Jeep South Africa, getting taken out. It’s COMPLETELY off the charts! The guy’s lucky he was wearing a helmet. Click ‘Continue Reading’ below to see the video.
A French prankster, with the help of a flash mob, has created a fake Tour de France finish line. The target? Unsuspecting cyclists! They are suddenly greeted by a film crew and an enthusiastic mob which covers them with praise, trophies and bottled water.
Seth gets you to Cresta from the Gautrain/Sandton City without using William Nicol and Republic. This MINI Route saves you time and skips traffic going through Craighall Park. It’s the little things, like knowing the best routes on the road, that allow you to lead a stress-free life. And by doing so, you get ever […]
Ian Neale holds the world record for growing the heaviest swede, weighing in at 38kg. Last week, the 68-year-old from Newport in South Wales, received a special video message from Snoop Dogg. The rapper wanted specific cultivation advice in return for some VIP passes for one of his gigs. The record-breaking vegetable grower accepted Snoop’s invitation.
That’s right folks – we’re not mucking about here. Obviously Rugby Vibe is a massively successful online sports show, and we spare no expense when it comes to getting our man on the ground, where it’s all happening. That’s correct – everyone’s favourite rugby guy, Steve Morris, is reporting to us weekly FROM New Zealand […]
The New York protest movement, “Occupy Wall Street,” currently enjoying a crowd of 15 000 supporters, has inspired folk in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and other cities around the United States to join in on the fun/outcry. Some level of police violence is being seen in all cases, with Seattle police forcibly removing all “occupation” settlements.
Coca-Cola Australia has launched an innovative campaign called “Share a Coke”, by replacing its brand name on its bottles and cans with 150 different ordinary names in the run up to Christmas. They’re hoping it will go “viral”. “Cool”.
Dorrit Moussaieff – wife of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Iceland’s president – made a dramatic gesture over the weekend by hopping a security fence to join in with a group of protesters hurling eggs and yoghurt at politicians, demanding that the government do more to help the lower-income bracket.