Smirnoff Experience 2010 coming to Johannesburg

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by admin in Lifestyle, Music, featured

It’s been to New York, Moscow, Paris and London, and now Smirnoff, the number one spirit brand in the world, is bringing Smirnoff Experience, MashUp Street to Johannesburg on 15 May 2010. Tickets can only be won, not bought, so visit www.smirnoffexperience.co.za on Wednesday to find out how to win.
Smirnoff Experience is fast becoming the [...]

Double Whammy – Logitech Joyness!

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by JuicyJustin in Blogs, Gadgets, featured

Over the past two weeks I have had two products on review from Logitech.  The Logitech Webcam C600 and the Z520 speaker system.  I have been very impressed with the performance of the two products.
Let’s start with the speakers.

I am consider a bit of a sound perfectionist and I cannot handle speakers that simply cannot [...]

Die Antwoord sign to Interscope records.

Posted on 13. Mar, 2010 by GabiGoldberg in Music, featured

So it’s official, Die Antwoord has just been signed to Interscope records.
Interscope Records Die Antwoord’s new label boasts other famous artists like Lady Gaga,Snow Patrol, Dr Dre, 50 cent, Black Eyed Peas and Limp Bizkit to name but a few.
Never fear, signing to a major record label won’t change Die Antwoord. Promise. Not conforming is what [...]

Pet hate of the week: Cars

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by shortclick in Blog posts, Uncategorized, featured

The following post won’t make me many friends in car-crazy Johannesburg. But in the interests of being honest I will come out and admit it – I hate cars.

Marcelo Rosenbaum at Design Indaba 2010

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by heidi in Design, change, featured

Marcelo’s approach to transformation was simple: it’s all about creating hybrids of local knowledge and design. According to him, change is possible, when one is open to finding what is already out there, and breathing new life into that.
With this approach in mind, he not only transformed a number of homes of people living in [...]

We Are The Normal

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by beetle in 3736, Headline, feature, featured

Something funny is happening to the population of Earth. And not funny in the same way that watching cyclists ride into things is funny – and slightly satisfying.

I base this claim on my family.

My younger brother is most definitely not a nerd. He’s always been one of the cool kids, and had far more social [...]

The Bioscope shows “In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones”

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by vincenthofmann in featured, film

The Bioscope, an independent cinema project run by Red Team Go is set to air what they describe as a cinematic ‘rarity’ in the form of ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones’. Set in the 1970s, In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones is a focused on students in their final year of college. Mercifully unlike [...]

Neill Blomkamp set to direct Die Antwoord’s next video!

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Music, featured

Amos Barshad of the New York Magazine recently interviewed Ninja of Die Antwoord, and apparently it appears Neill Blomkamp is set to direct Die Antwoord’s next feature video!

Pet hate of the week – Daniels who are more succesful than me

Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by shortclick in Blog posts, Uncategorized, featured

A simple Google search of the name Daniel Friedman reveals a whole bunch of us, all of whom are more successful than I am. I hate them all.

A list of my favourite podcasts

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by vincenthofmann in Blogs, Lifestyle, Podcasts, Tech, featured, technology

I listen to podcasts to and from work each day. I listen to the same podcasts whilst storming through the malls of Johannesburg. One could say that the podcasts I listen to are my therapist, tutor, news-anchor and go-to-guy for the latest in metal-news. So I thought it only fair to share a few of the podcasts I listen to, with you.