Controversy is raging on both sides of the Atlantic over a British publisher’s plan to reprint Adolf Hitler’s anti-semitic manifesto, Mein Kampf, in German for the first time since the end of the Second World War.
If you’re anything like me, going even a few minutes without music can seem like torture. However as it turns out, a few minutes without music blaring in your ears could actually save your life.
A police investigation has been opened in Brazil after a Big Brother contestent was thrown out of the house for “inappropriate behaviour”. The 31 year-old male model was accused of sexually assaulting one of his housemates. A little tricky to dodge such allegations if the house you’re living in is filled with cameras.
Wikipedia joined a number of other websites by going offline for 24 hours in an attempt to protest against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US. Users see a black screen and a political statement: “Imagine a world without free knowledge,” but if you really need to access the website, just hit the ‘Esc’ key when you land on your desired Wikipedia page.
In retaliation against Saudi Arabian hacker 0xOmar, who leaked the credit card details of 15 000 Israeli nationals and took down a secondary Tel Aviv stock exchange site last week, Israeli hackers calling themselves the #IDF-team have targeted stock exchanges in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates yesterday.
I get a kick out of liberating people, and the more that experience the freedom one feels when logged into one’s own US iTunes account, the better. And guess what, ANYBODY can get a US iTunes account. You don’t need to live in America and you don’t need an American credit card.
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This week I’ll be pairing some wines to three albums that have been occupying my earballs lately. It’s a tad facile. But then it has been shown that music can affect the way we taste wine. Drink, listen, be told a story.
On Sunday a second set of nude pictures of Khanyi Mbau appeared on Twitter. The Film and Publication Board said yesterday that the police would be asked to help with investigations. They also warned that people who post such pictures on social networks might be held criminally liable. OFFICE WARNING: Nudity may appear after you click.
Less than a fortnight since Jay-Z and Beyoncé dropped their chart topping little nugget, Blue Ivy Carter, on the world, a mysterious poem started doing the rounds online, apparently penned by papa Hov himself. In it he swears to treat women better, and stop using the “B” word in his lyrics.
The White House was forced to be locked down for over an hour last night when protestors from the “Occupy DC” movement lobbed a smoke over the wall. The group consisted of about 1500 protestors, from all across America. Nobody was allowed to leave the property.
Sites Go Offline In US Piracy Law Protest – A number of high-profile websites are taking part in a 24-hour “blackout” to protest against two bills being considered by Congress to tackle copyright infringement. The above image is what you see if you do a search on Wikipedia or if you visit HuffingtonPost. [bbc] Damning […]
Our buddy, and hilarious comedian, Stuart Taylor is putting on a great show at the Baxter Theatre. The run starts tomorrow night, and makes light of the fact that most of us are horrendously broke at the moment. And the best part? At the end of the run, Stuart will be paying off the credit […]
Foreign interference from the USA could have been behind the $165 million failure that was the Phobos-Grunt probe to Mars by Russia. This is the opinion of Russian space agency Roscosmos, which is investigating the most recent disaster in what has been a series of “major space mishaps” for the nation.
The South African Institute of Race Relations is reporting that only five of the nine state owned enterprises reporting to the Department of Public Enterprises were profitable in the 2009 – 2010 financial year. The taxpayer makes up for the shortfalls.
It’s prety damn hot in Cape Town at the moment and there is nothing that says jealous, like people in cars queuing for hours in the 40 degree heat, as a Vespa sails through. It’s 2012 and a new year, so why not make a new year’s resolution that will last a lifetime. Learn to […]
Cape Medical Response recently got a call to transfer a patient to Constantiaberg as an emergency. But they were stopped at the Chapman’s Peak toll first. According to Entilini Concession – the company that operates the road – even ambulances must stop and pay the toll fee, “irrespective of whether it is an emergency.”
Following his opening address for the International Knowledge Conference at the University of Stellenbosch Business School, former president, Thabo Mbeki voiced some concerns about Twitter as “a great conveyor of reliable knowledge,” pointing to Gaddafi’s overthrow as a consequence of “false knowledge,” rather than the social media. Mbeki immediately started trending on Twitter.
James Lech, the dog whispering shaman, and so-called “dog behavioural specialist,” appears to be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. His pilot television series never made it to air, and a number of incidents of animal abuse have begun to emerge – all painting a dismal picture of the man.
Pictures of what appears to be Rihanna smoking weed in Hawaii were taken yesterday. Whilst she was puffing the magic dragon, Rihanna also tweeted the lyrics to a Drake song that deals with the world’s most beloved green herb: “Kush rolled, glass full…I prefer the better things!”
As regular readers will recall, yesterday famous BASE jumper Jeb Corliss attempted a second flight off of Table Mountain which ended in tragedy. Recently obtained amateur footage shows how he appears to have clipped a ridge, which sent him into a mid-air tumble and left him with two broken legs. Click through for the video.
Which set of global music artistes are locked in a post-awards death match following a trophy shocker that saw one win best original song for her “Masterpiece”, and saw her rival scowl so deeply, his face appeared to eat itself?
Cape Magistrate Tells Mavericks Strippers They Are Beautiful – A Cape Town magistrate seemed bowled over on Monday as 12 attractive Mavericks strip club exotic dancers packed the dock before him, following their arrest last November. “You really are beautiful, hey!” magistrate Chumani Giyos said, causing ripples of laughter in the courtroom. [timeslive] Beyonce Gets […]
South Africa’s Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has released preliminary road fatality figures for the 2011/2012 festive season until 10th January, and it looks a little better, but not much.
We’re big fans of those hysterical (and amazingly well-timed) Nando’s posters. You can check out our favourite ones here, and here. And here, and here. Oh, and here, too. So it’s nice to see that the boys and girls who seed them, Retroviral, had such a great 2011. Ta, fellas. Keep up the radvertising. [Director: […]
President Jacob Zuma’s office has not been very good recently at complying with all the laws and regulations imposed upon it, according to Auditor General Terence Nombembe. And the problem of non-compliance is prevalent across national government departments.
BASE jumper Jeb Corliss is airlifted to hospital after breaking his leg in a fall on Table Mountain. Extreme sports enthusuaists will know that world famous BASE jumper, Jeb Corliss, is in Cape Town. Last week he made headlines by succesfully completing a controlled descent wingsuit flight off of Table Mountain, at insane speeds. Check […]
Our latest addition to the 2oceansVibe Boss Hall of Fame is quite the artistic lad. Using mostly his fingers, he paints stunning portraits in a record time. Video – viewed nearly seven million times in the last week on Youtube – after the jump!
If you haven’t seen Moneyball with Brad Pitt yet, please grow up. It’s a stunning flick and gives you 100% full-blown Brad Pitt, as he plays famous baseball GM, Billy Beane, alongside the brilliantly overweight Jonah Hill of Superbad fame (great in Cyrus with Marisa Tomei, by the way). Brad also continues his habit of […]
There have been plenty of tech announcements over the past few days, what with the Consumer Electronics Show going on in Las Vegas, each one claiming to be more exciting than the last – which gets tedious. So I mean it when I say that, Samsung’s new “Smart Window” is the most exciting thing to come out of CES 2012.
Just to fill you in on who Tim Tebow is, he is God’s current gift to American Football. And I mean that in more ways than one. In particular, he is a highly-religious man and often thanks God in interviews for his performance as quarterback for the Denver Broncos. That is quite normal amongst successful public […]