Office Christmas party time is in full swing again, and those trigger-happy camera folk will be out in full force snapping and sharing photos with total disregard for the consequences. That’s what Norte beer’s Photoblocker is for: when a sensor built into this beer chiller detects a flash, it emits its own flash in order to overexpose any photograph.
Time Magazine has published photographs from inside Facebook’s Headquarters – taken shortly after Mark Zuckerburg was made Time Magazine’s Person Of The Year. The photographs reveal a bizarre work place which resembles something closer to The Office, than the fantasy land you might have thought. Sure, they’ve got free snacks and a coke machine, but […]
Hello, future. A group of autonomous flying robots – “quadcopters”- have been used in an installation by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology to construct a six metre tall tower out of 1 500 foam bricks. The robots are completely autonomous, with a networked computer vision system directing the placement of the bricks.
The old saying goes that you shouldn’t bring a gun to an Ultimate Fighting match. Anthony Miranda, the guy in the picture, learned that lesson the hard way over the weekend when he tried to rob the wrong guy.
I was browsing the latest issue of GQ Magazine (US Edition) on my iPad 2 and spotted article about Lonely Island. It had Andy Samberg and co modeling those ridiculous sweaters – like the one Jim Carrey wore in his Aspen dream sequence in the film Dumb & Dumber. I flicked through it and spotted […]
Hey Geronimo is a relatively unknown indie band in Australia, but they’ve been getting some global props as their latest music video goes viral. In the video for single “Why Don’t We Do Something?”, the band recreates some of iPhone’s most popular games in real life, including Angry Birds, Plants Vs. Zombies, Flight Control, Cut The Rope and Fruit Ninja.
They Seem To Have Found Another Earth – A new planet outside of Earth’s solar system has been identified with many similarities to our own – making it the latest best potential target for life. Kepler 22-b, which is about 2.4 times the size of Earth and lies in the so-called “Goldilocks zone”, has a relatively […]
If you’re someone who long treasured that pair of Superman undies you had as a kid/still own today, then this range from Diesel, slated for Spring/Summer 2012 release may be just the thing for you.
Twitter has revealed the 10 biggest stories to break on the micro-blogging site over the last year. These are moments in 2011 that happened first on Twitter, or “could only happen on Twitter”, according to the founders of the Twitter Stories project.
Remember that Mavericks billboard over at Kloofnek Road? The one with the half-naked lady advertising some or other fragrance for men, that people have been getting a little upset about? Well it was subtly edited by some enterprising soul last night. Take a look at the billboard-bomb after the jump.
I am heading off to London on Thursday to interview Daniel Craig about his new movie, the American adaptation of the Swedish hit film with the same name. I should mention that the director of this adaptation is none other than David Fincher. You love David Fincher. He did films like Zodiac, Seven and The […]
Scientists have thus far cloned sheep, mice, cats, horses and even a water buffalo, but now they want to clone a woolly mammoth. They also think they’ll be able to clone said mammoth within five years, all owing to a recovered thigh bone that has well-preserved bone marrow from permafrost soil in Siberia.
So far, 2011 has included tsunamis, tornados, and a Norwegian mass murder. We also witnessed the killing of Osama bin Laden, commemorated the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and said goodbye to Amy Winehouse and Steve Jobs. These 45 images from around the world manages to capture the past year in a way words won’t be able to.
UPDATE: Well done to Steve W – who won the helicopter!! Probably the greatest toy I have ever owned, this little “HELO TC” radio controlled helicopter, by Griffin (and sold at www.digicape.co.za) is now yours to win. It flies so well, you will cry with joy as you make it hover inches from your friend’s […]
Last year you might have caught moody American vampire chiller, Let Me In, at your local cinema. But did you know it was originally a hit Swedish horror?
Despite what some “experts” may claim and what prophetic movies like Robert Emmerich’s 2012 would have you believe, new findings have come to light that cast doubt on the apparent end of the world as predicted in the Mayan calendar.
The Brothers Streep made their name a couple years back on the Graham Norton show, and since then have quietly weaved their way into underground humour-rock-star status around the world. If you’re lucky, you would have caught the tune they penned recently for the Secrecy Bill – check it out here – pure genius. Just […]
How’s this for a way to avoid your taxes? An Indian man has taken things to the next level by releasing 40 cobras in his local tax office. Check out the video after the jump.
Astra 4A satellite, the same satellite used by TopTV, will launch Porn Satellite TV, or PSat, across the country in January 2012. The 24-hour adult entertainment channel will be broadcast from outside of South Africa’s jurisdiction, which means South African authorities can do little to prevent it from traversing the airwaves.
In the wake of a worrying shift towards censorship of the internet, this is sort of comforting. A recent study conducted by the Swiss government has found that illegal downloading doesn’t necessarily negatively impact copyright holders, as many downloaders end up purchasing the products anyway – and “illegal” downloading is therefore remaining legal in Switzerland.
Much excitement over in the United States (of America) as a team in Oklahoma won what would surely be described as a derby match of sorts. I say this, because there was a virtual riot after the game with a total pitch invasion, which included the uprights being ripped down. Pretty hectic visuals. This from […]
Here at 2oceansVibe we celebrate guys and girls who are able to transform everyday tasks into something spectacular. Such as this guy, who achieves riding a motorcycle in a reclining position whilst texting on his phone. Step inside.
World’s Most Expensive Car Crash Claims 8 Ferraris, 3 Benzes And A Lamborghini [Video] – A single miscalculation from a Ferrari driver earlier today in Japan led to a chain reaction that ultimately wrecked or destroyed 14 vehicles including eight Ferraris, three Mercedes, a Lamborghini, a Skyline, and a Prius that was in the right […]
The problem of pedestrians actually being hit/almost hit by oncoming traffic, because they were buried in some app or another on their phone whilst crossing the road is apparently so serious, that app developers have collaborated on a new smartphone app that helps you get across the street in one piece.
Ah yes, Scientology. It’s one hell of a circlejerk at the best of times. Tom Cruise recently had a surprise birthday party onboard “The Freewinds,” a Scientology religious retreat vessel. Watch the amazing video where he steals the mic from Stacy Francis, and dances like a total tool. He even does the splits, amazing!
The committee which will shepherd the Protection of State Information Bill through to the next stage of its approval process in the National Council of Provinces next year has been announced. Parliament has elected 15 ad hoc committee members, 10 of whom are from the ANC, two from the DA and one each from Cope, the ID and the IFP.
Taiwan has the fourth largest shark-finning industry in the world, but it will soon become the first Asian country to ban the practice of removing shark fins in open water. But the majority of Taiwan’s glamorous hotels have refused to take shark-fin soup off the menu in order to do their bit for the cause.
Christmas: a time of drunkenness, praise, and popped shirt buttons. There’s revelry and excess, angels and shepherds, and of course, the fat man in the fur-trimmed getup with a hankering for cookies, milk, and having children on his lap. A weird and wonderful time it is. It is also the time of year that wine columnists all over the world trot out their terribly banal “Top 10 Wines for Christmas” piece. I hate those.
YouTube is launching what they’re calling their biggest redesign in history today – and, granted, every time a website changes they tend to say that, but the differences here are pretty striking, with sweeping changes to the homepage and channel pages, strongly emphasising social media integration.
Jeremy Clarkson appeared earlier this week on the BBC’s “The One Show”. During his interview he said that public servants who are taking part in a strike “ought to be executed in front of their families”. But Clarkson says it was only a joke and that producers of the show were warned in advance and approved of the comments.