In an apocalyptic future, the remaining humans might look back on October 2016, as judgement day; or most likely the advent of the coolest new sporting games: Cybathlon. The Swiss National Competence Center of Research will be hosting a championship for “robot-assisted parathletes” during October 2016 in Zurich.
Pharrell’s joyful song ‘Happy’ becomes a morose and gloomy effigy of depression, by simply changing the key. The Gregory Brothers have done likewise with other songs, new and old, making some sad and others happy.
Sochi, Russia, post the 2014 Winter Olympics is looking a little, er, dead. Deader than dead actually. In fact we would go as far as to say that the next time Hollywood sends out a location scout to find the perfect spot to shoot a block-buster Zombie apocalypse flick, Sochi should be the location of choice.
Police have opened a murder investigation, after the body of a 53-year-old man was found drifting in the sea next to a burning life raft in the Caribbean Sea, near the island of St Vincent. A diver found sailing instructor John Edward Garner’s body after seeing smoke from his life raft close to a burnt-out yacht.
Why on earth is a plant with so many incredible properties and potential to revolutionize the way we build homes, generate energy, feed our population, heal disease and make textiles still illegal?
It was quite a monumental moment, landing one of the most important leaders in the world, have him sit between two ferns, throw jabs at a pudgy, bearded comedian and take the comebacks in stride. Funny or Die’s recent high-profile guest, President Barack Obama, is a testament to the online comedy platform “sticking to [their] knitting.”
AND frikkin lasers. No really. I’ve never really trusted Mark Zuckerberg. He’s very pink, and he has inky black eyes that would be unnervingly shiny if they weren’t windows into an infinite chasm of evil. So I’m not surprised that he’s planning to use his multi-billion dollar company to launch a squadron of solar-powered drones, even if he says that he’ll use them to provide internet access to underdeveloped countries.
Twitter’s recent tweaks to their photo sharing experience allows tweeters to tag people in posted photos. So before you get your panties in a bunch about the tagging, here’s how you can disable the function if you want to.
Destroying things with lightsabers, scaling rooftops with his grappling hook and nailing death defying stunts over a pit of molten magma is but child’s play for this three-year-old kid. Check out these awesome clips of ‘Action Movie Kid.’
Is dividing your attention between all your different social media accounts wearing your psyche thin? WeCam allows you to connect to all your Twitter, Facebook and Google+ friends using one app, and you can also talk to them face-to-face.
Jet setting and globetrotting aren’t necessarily the most environmentally friendly pastimes. To encourage responsible traveling, Ethical Traveler has rated travel destinations according to four categories, to determine which countries you should visit if you want to maintain the moral high ground among your well-traveled friends.
In an interview with GQ magazine, Liam Neeson recounts the moment when Woody Allen’s lawyer told the director that Mia Farrow had found nude photos of their adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn in Allen’s apartment. Liam Neeson was busy going down on Judy Davis when the news broke.
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2oceansvibe and Jack Daniels have once again collaborated to make sure your Taste Of Cape Town experience breaks through all previously-set records of gastroNOMic epicness by providing you and the date of your choice the comfort and safe environment that you’ll need to make the most of the Taste of Cape Town.
We often take the ability to hear for granted. Watch the moment when a 40-year-old woman, who has been deaf since birth, was able to hear for the first time.
Cell phone crashing is to loud phone calls what photobombing is to duck face selfies. Comedian Greg Benson has the solution for stopping people from having obnoxiously loud cell phone conversations in public.
Arsenal are desperate to reverse their losing streak, and the top of the table Sharks clash with the best offensive team in the Super Rugby tournament this weekend. R250 says you can make R10,000, just for watching sport. Last weekend a guy called Rudi bagged R25,000. Be like Rudi.
Politicians have the tendency to blab on about a lot of nonsense. Here are a couple of quotes from opposition leaders at their worst.
TUNE IN TO THE PISTORIUS TRIAL – LIVE FROM INSIDE THE COURT [HERE] Pistorius ‘Very, Very Likely’ To Testify – Legal experts agreed that murder accused Oscar Pistorius was “very likely” to take the stand on Friday in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to shed light on the night he fatally shot Reeva Steenkamp. [news24] […]
Max Clifford used to be Shrien Dewani’s PR guy, until Clifford was charged with sex crimes. On the opening day of his defence against indecent assault charges, Clifford opened up about his affairs, his penis size and sex parties he attended in the 1960s.
In Oscar Pistorius’s bail hearing, Chief Magistrate Desmond Nair made the observation that there were a lot of “improbabilities” in Oscar’s account of the events that happened. Barry Bateman has compiled 10 questions, that he thinks will illuminate these observations.
The annual Laureus Sports Awards honours sport’s most remarkable individuals. This year the prestigious award ceremony celebrated, among others, two talented individuals who have proved to be world-beaters despite their age, namely Sebastian Vettel and swimmer Missy Franklin, who at 18 is the youngest ever recipient of the Sportswoman of the Year award.
This just goes to show that you can’t trust a dolphin in war – they’re bladdy turncoats. Following the annexing of Crimea by Russia, the Crimean combat dolphin programme will be preserved and will serve under the Russian Navy. They serve only the hand that feeds them the best smelly fish.
A couple of weeks ago Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg started a campaign to ban the word ‘bossy.’ But there’s an alternative. Instead of removing a word from language entirely why not start an informed dialogue around how the use of the word? Listen to what these little girls have to say about the word ‘bossy.’
Budding snappers take fresh shots with a Polaroid XS80 Waterproof Action Camera and enjoy crisp, sharp pictures. Featuring a waterproof design, this camera allows photographers to follow the action without having to worry about their equipment getting splashed or wet and with a shock proof housing it’s not going to fall to pieces on the […]
Twitter’s latest update improves its photo sharing capabilities and tagging. These tweaks are an effort to improve user experience, but it seems like Twitter is becoming more like Facebook.
They are going to “consciously uncouple” – the term Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin used when they announced their separation. The Academy award winning actress and the frontman from Coldplay insist that they will still “co-parent” their kids while being on different continents.
A 38 cm long massive rat, dubbed ‘Viking rat,’ terrorised a family in Sweden. The family first suspected something was amiss when their cat refused to enter the kitchen in their home in Stockholm.
Oscar Pistorius’s penchant for porn aggregator, YouJizz.com isn’t exactly the newest news. But American legal commentator Nancy Grace is obsessed with this topic; derailing an otherwise serious analysis on the Pistorius trial with her focus on porn.
Zuma and some other high ranking members of the ANC have made a couple of controversial statements over the years. Here are a couple of gems from key figures in the ruling party.