A 100-year-old British runner has become the oldest person to complete a marathon – earning him a spot in the latest Guinness World Book of Records. He finished the 42km Toronto Waterfront Marathon in Canada on Sunday. My favourite part of the story, however, is the fact that he didn’t even finish last!
Richard Branson Opens Virgin Galactic’s Spaceport – Four years later than expected, Richard Branson and New Mexico governor Susana Martinez finally dedicated the just completed Spaceport America terminal hanger facility on Monday morning. Funded by both Branson’s company and taxpayer dollars, there’s something very American about the $209 million building and accompanying 2-mile-long runway. [atlanticwire] […]
Sesame Street had its YouTube channel hacked yesterday. For about 30 minutes, videos of Kermit the frog and Big Bird were replaced with hardcore porn movies. Their slogan was also changed to: “Its where porn lives.” As funny as the hackers must have thought this joke was, one has to wonder about the kind of people that would deliberately expose kids to content like that.
While Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of RIM, has already publicly apologized for last week’s three-day BlackBerry outage, the PR guys figured that that probably wasn’t enough. Which is why they’ve announced that they’re offering BlackBerry customers a bunch of free “premium apps,” in the hopes of winning back some love. Check the app list after the jump.
This week we’re looking at Being Human, a personal favourite of mine that received the re-make treatment in the States just last year, while the British original continues next year into its fourth season.
We’ve been told that the government is not messing around when it comes to enforcing road traffic laws, including those relating to drinking and driving. Now new stats reveal the local authorities really do seem intent on following through with their warnings to motorists. Since September last year, more than 20 000 drunk drivers have been arrested. Not funny in the slightest.
YouTube is launching something they’re calling the Merch Store. From it, the online video giant will sell all kinds of music paraphernalia like band merchandise, event tickets, digital music downloads, and even band meet-ups.
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.
Two adventurers proved that Africa can be tamed – on the back of a 150cc scooter! A photojournalist and web manager have proven that a trip across Southern Africa can be achieved on a Vespa, with grace and ease. Having already tested the Vespa LX 150 on trips in Europe, including Italy to London and […]
Wanting to crack open a cold beer, but having to wait for the bottle opener, sucks. However if you invite this guy to your party, suffering like that will be a thing of the past. You see, our latest addition to the Boss Hall of Fame can open 24 bottles of beer in a mere 10 seconds!
In preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro has established a huge state-of-the-art surveillance space, boasting 80 interchangeable digital panels, 450 cameras, 80 square metres of surveillance screen space, and an awesome Batcave-esque name: the Control Room. I don’t know how they paid for it either.
Boschendal has cleaned up rather nicely at this year’s Wine Makers’ Choice competition. Hot on the heels of winning the Best Vintage Cap Classique, the Grande Cuvée Brut 2007 scooped a coveted Diamond Award at the 2011 WMC. Cheers to that. The Grande Cuvée Brut 2007 is one of only three Cap Classique Sparkling […]
The intrepid journos at Car Magazine nailed this spicy little clip at the Johannesburg International Motor Show a few days ago. Behold, before your very eyes, the unveiling of the Mini Coupe – the fastest production Mini yet to roll off the factory floor. And you can be sure to see more of the Mini […]
Heroes and Star Trek star, Zachary Quinto, took to the Internet to address spiraling rumours regarding his sexuality this weekend, releasing a statement on his website.
Recently, the lucky little boys and girls of 2oceansVibe Media were given a real treat. Vida e Caffe popped by, and set up a coffee station in the foyer! Here the lovely Jennifer, 2oceansVibe’s front of house, and barista-in-chief demonstrates the apparatus critical to the making of a fine cup. Notice the subtle angle of […]
Sailing around the world, stopping off to bask in the sun on white sandy beaches and exploring the hidden treasures of beautiful remote Pacific islands; these were, most likely, on Stefan Ramin’s lists of things to do when he set out on his adventures. Getting eaten by a cannibal tour guide however, was not.
It promises to be one of the largest strikes since the resurgence of the catastrophic violence two years ago, and will touch virtually every industry of the deeply troubled state. At least half of the four million-strong workforce is expected to partake as parliamentarians vote on a package of austerity measures demanded by international lenders.
Local Hooters Restaurant Saves Customer Bill As ‘Darkies’ – The Johannesburg outlet of American restaurant chain Hooters, famous worldwide for its scantily clad waitresses, has been slapped with a R1m lawsuit over a racial boob. The Fourways Hooters has been hauled in front of the Equality Court after they issued a bill emblazoned with the word […]
Elena Ursu from Romania is one awesome mother! After being awarded sole custody of her child after getting divorced, she taught her two-year-old to smoke and to drink coffee. She then uploaded a video of her daughter smoking onto YouTube in an attempt to “get back” at the father of the child.
Brookfield Properties, owners of the Zuccotti Park at the OWS protestors are demonstrating in, had called up the NYPD for “ assistance during their cleaning operation”. There were concerns that this would bring the protest to an abrupt end. This was prevented by a last minute statement from Deputy May Holloway, insisting that the “cleaning” operation be postponed.
Just when you thought Mother Earth was through spanking us all thoroughly with natural disasters, seismologists in Iceland have nervously let us all know that Katla, the bigger, nastier sister of Eyjafjallajökull (the volcano that gave Europe an ash wedgie earlier this year), is getting antsy.
We’re pretty sure that Lindsay Lohan doesn’t buy the court’s warning that she really will go to jail if she doesn’t get her act together. If Judge Sautner, presiding over her case, is not in a very good mood when she hears of the actress’ distinct lack of progress, LiLo could be locked up as early as next week.
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.
These amazing images were captured in Zambia next to the Luangwa River by Martin Nyfeler. Watch as an elephant mum finds herself in a wild tug of war with a crocodile after it gets hold of her trunk. Scared and unable to help, her baby hides behind its mother as the crocodile attacked. See how this story ends inside.
After 26 bombs – including six mortar bombs and two submarine depth charges – washed up on Kent’s nudist colony at Leysdown Beach, the Royal Navy was called in to perform a two-day bomb sweep, uncovering another 61 explosives, some dating back to the late 19th century. Miraculously, no uncomfortable puns about nudity and bombs were involved.
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. […]
Just when you thought they couldn’t eke another sordid drop out of the dried up teat that is the Die Hard series, the Hollywood Powers That Be announced that the fifth installment in the 23-year-old series will hit our screens on Valentines Day 2013.
Summer is upon us, friends. And there is no better way to get back into the season of revelry than with an exlcusive fashion party at the top end of summer. To celebrate the arrival of the hottest collection of G-STAR fashion items to date, a photo shoot and launch party is going down in […]
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!”
Herbert Chavez, a Filipino fashion designer, has taken his love for Superman a little further than most of us could possibly imagine. When I say a little, I mean he’s spent a decade undergoing plastic surgery to make himself look like a feminine Clark Kent. Let’s face it. People are weird.