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Winter X Games 2012 History Made!

2012-02-01T21:53:00.000+02:00

Extreme, action sporting history was made this week in Aspen, at the Winter X Games 2012:
Shaun White scores a perfect 100 on the Superpipe. Such an epic run! He takes you step-by-step.
Health Frisby lands the first ever front-flip on a snowmobile, during a Best Trick heat.

Follow the @XGames

BMW Projection Mapping South Africa

2012-01-31T21:30:00.000+02:00

BMW South Africa (iLogic) created an interactive gaming experience using Tablets, projection mapping and Facebook Connect. The prize? One of six Mission Impossible 4 model cars, per venue. Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Plettenburg Bay, ±105,300 race results shared on Facebook.

The Bark Side: VW Super Bowl Teaser 2012

2012-01-19T23:34:00.000+02:00

"This video is not part of the actual 60-second spot that will be aired during the game. The Bark Side teaser was created to hint toward some of the exciting elements and characters that will be in the Super Bowl spot. Keep an eye out for our 2012 Game Day commercial — it will all make sense" - AdWeek

Yes, this 'canine choir' are woof'ing the Imperial March, Darth Vader theme song from Star Wars. How many characters can you identify? A nice continuation from last year's The Force and Black Beetle (YouTube takeover version) Super Bowl ads. It seems users will be able to create an 'intergalactic invite' for a Game Party in a Star Wars title crawl style, from the 27th of Jan.

"Feel the force of German engineering"

See the Volkswagen, intergalactic invite teaser message!

Wimpy Braille Burgers for the Blind

2012-01-12T07:00:00.000+02:00

A truly outstanding campaign! The goal was to let the blind community know that Wimpy offered braille menus in all their restaurants. Just 15 braille burgers were made (sesame seeds), but the message reached more than 800 thousand visually impaired people. I love their smiles.

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Google Search, Plus Your World

2012-01-11T18:21:00.001+02:00

Google Search, making results and your experience more personal. New developments are:

Personal Results, which enable you to find information just for you, such as Google+ photos and posts—both your own and those shared specifically with you, that only you will be able to see on your results page;
Profiles in Search, both in autocomplete and results, which enable you to immediately find people you’re close to or might be interested in following; and,
People and Pages, which help you find people profiles and Google+ pages related to a specific topic or area of interest, and enable you to follow them with just a few clicks. Because behind almost every query is a community.

Find screen shots and everything you need to know on the Official Google Blog.

Nitro Circus 3D Movie Trailer

2012-01-05T09:00:00.000+02:00

Travis Pastrana and the Nitro Circus crew announces what looks like a "lepicdary" (legendary & epic) new 3D movie. Release dates aren't confirmed yet, but I cannot wait! Twitter hashtag is #NITRO3D.

Mobile Year in Review 2011

2011-12-29T11:00:00.000+02:00

Is the pen mightier than the sword? Probably not, but the mobile device might be. 2011 wasn't just the year of mobile, it was the year that mobile took over the world, as they say in this video, along with some mind blowing stats. Exciting growth in 2011 and another awesome video following last years.

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YouTube Rewind 2011

2011-12-23T17:22:00.000+02:00

Rebecca Black presents, the cool and whack of what we watched most on YouTube in 2011.

Find the Top 10 videos and more at http://www.youtube.com/rewind

Adrenaline Driven People Are Awesome

2011-12-21T10:30:00.000+02:00

If you like extreme sports, you will like this! Inspiring compilation of people doing extraordinary things.

Riaad Moosa's Material, Comedy Movie Trailer

2011-12-19T09:30:00.000+02:00

South African comedy legend Riaad Moosa, releases his movie called, 'Material' in February 2012.

Nik Rabinowitz is in there too

Google Zeitgeist 2011

2011-12-16T09:30:00.000+02:00

Google Zeitgeist is back, and this time reviewing 2011 search activity, enjoy!

Got A Fresher Look, What Do YOU Think?

2011-12-14T07:00:00.001+02:00

Yes, I know Blogger is the real cheese of platforms to use, but it does the job for me right now. A simple colour change with some cleaning-up has freshened things up nicely. The darkness and bright text needed to go, the change to a lighter reading area is the right one, in my opinion. The blog is a little wider now, the 'About' and 'Contact' pages have been updated and the navigation text is green as a little reminder of the past.

Check out Before/After and please tune me whether you like (1.) or (2.) below:

The colours since her birth in 2009.

(1.) Too light? Texture comes through better.

(2.) Current. Win. What do you think?

Comment on which you prefer, (1.) or (2.) ... and you could win an iPad (T's and C's apply) smile

Android Market Growth [Infographic]

2011-12-12T07:00:00.000+02:00

Interesting that the peak time of Android downloads is in the late evening on a Sunday and "Games" (at least 'brain' related games second) is the most downloaded category, but look at the top 4 most active countries per capita. Google Maps Android app navigates over 12 billion miles p/year.

View more Infographics or Visit the Android Apps Market.

Red Bull: Trick Bikers Hit South Africa

2011-12-07T07:30:00.000+02:00

French motorbike trials rider, Julien Dupont is Red Bull's, "Jozi Sessions". To be honest, the video is more scenery and posing then insane skills, but it's nice to find Red Bull's extreme sport monkeys doing their thing in South Africa. Looking forward to the Masters of Dirt at Cape Town Bike Festival!

Brian Capper, South African, Supermoto and trials bike champion recently set out to ride over the arch of Durban's, Moses Mabhida Stadium. Nuts, given the fact that his head is much higher from being on a bike, the ±350m ground cover is a narrow stretch of steps and some points are insanely steep.

Related Post: Danny MacAskill in Cape Town

Social Media 2011 Statistics

2011-12-05T07:30:00.000+02:00

Similar to Social Media Revolution, an informative infographic video of Social Media activity in 2011.

Facebook:

11% of the world population have an account.
There are more Facebook users (±800mil.) than motor vehicles (±750mil.) in the world.
50% of users log-on daily.
The average user has 130 friends.
The average user spends 700 minutes per month on Facebook.
Every 60 seconds: 510 000 posted comments. 293 000 status updates. 136 000 photos uploaded.
Ferrari sold 5329 cars last year, but gained 5 267 367 fans.
Facebook accounts for 10% of all mobile data on iPhone's.

Twitter:

225 million users.
150 million tweets per day, which equates to 1736 per second.
Highest record of tweets per second is 8900.
The average user has 115 followers.
Lady Gaga has the most followers on Twitter: 15 864 378 followers.

LinkedIn:

135 million 'users', which is more than 15x the population of New York City.
A new member joins LinkedIn every 2 seconds.
Age of members: 18-24 = 21% | 25-34 = 36% | 35-54 = 36% | 55+ = 7%
Membership includes executives from every company listed on the Fortune 500.

YouTube:

490 million unique visitors.
92 000 000 000 page views per month, leading to 700 000 000 playbacks recorded last year.
35 hours of video is uploaded per minute.
"more video is uploaded to YouTube in 60 days than the 3 major US networks created in 60 years."
Justin Bie(what's his name)'s, "Baby" video has had over 659 070 256 views.

Flicker: 3500 pictures uploaded per second.

Google+: already has more than 50 million users.

Instagram: more than 150 million photos have been uploaded.

Foursquare: over 2 million check-ins per week.

Smartphone owners are 2x more active on social media than non smart phone owners,

60 % admit to using their devices while in the bathroom and woman (55%)

are more active on social media than men (45%).

Peugeot RCZ Google Street View Drive

2011-12-01T07:00:00.000+02:00

Get behind the wheel of a Peugeot RCZ and plot your trip using Google Street View. Visit the website www.rczreview.com to begin and while it loads a stop motion of your journey, enjoy learning more about the car. Tip: keep your route short, the site is thirsty on load time.

what road am I on? Tell me and I'll give you a high five!

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The Africa Project Film: The Path, Surfing Video

2011-11-29T07:30:00.000+02:00

Beautiful journey, inspired from the history of surfing around Africa. Film maker Jason Hearn, traveled around the African coast with top local surfers (including Jordy Smith) and created The Africa Project Film. Highlights mentioned by Jason were, Morocco, Senegal and Namibia.

Check out the Top Billing interview below:

Toy Run 2011 Pictures

2011-11-27T17:56:00.001+02:00

The Toy Run, a mass gathering of bikers to raise toys for children over the festive season. Today I enjoyed my 5th ride in Cape Town, starting from Ottery, thousands of bikers rode to the festivities in Maynardville, high-five'ing bystanders alongside the road. At the end of the ride, toys are given in, beers are consumed, bikes are perved over, merchandise is bought, live music is heard and people of all kinds are generally having a good time. Dirt build up in nostrils is to be expected :)

Check out some pictures below!

standing alongside the bike

the only time these guys get to ride on the public road

yours truly - clouds in that polished tank

motorised bicycles

The CTBF crew had a nice stall, selling good seated tickets at half price, there was a wicked custom chopper drawing attention and these guys must have sold lots, because whenever I attempted to enquire, it was packed with people. Kudos on the branded bike too, nice touch.

The line up looks really good and I for one have always wanted to see live freestyle motor cross.

16 - 18 December 2011

Cape Town Stadium

More at Cape Town Bike Festival.

the Nampak driven toy boxes

Ducati Diavel is even more lethal looking in real life

Motorbike Drifting and Stunt Riding

2011-11-21T09:10:00.000+02:00

French stunt rider, Jorian Ponomareff just put the biggest smile on my face during this video. We have all seen guys dancing around their bikes whilst up on the back wheel spinning in circles and they are impressive stunts, but drifting around cones is in a league of its own. Cool camera work, banging beat and an all round awesome video with over 1.5 million views in the first week.

Visit the Facebook Page and see the Making Of Video.

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Safe House - Movie - Cape Town

2011-11-16T21:15:00.001+02:00

An action packed movie, shot in the mother city, starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, sounds good! I remember the ciaos when they shot in the Cape Town Stadium till 3, 4am, the surrounding residents were not pleased, but I'm keen to see if that part is in this movie. Coming in 2012!
Shout out to MichClarke.

John Lewis 2011 Christmas Ad

2011-11-13T10:21:00.001+02:00

The new John Lewis Christmas ad, "For gifts you can't wait to give".

Ducati 1199 Panigale Superbike

2011-11-11T15:50:00.001+02:00

The new Ducati 1199 Panigale is a whole lot of bike and the first Ducati superbike with a name; normally just numbers, such as 998, 1098, 1099. The name is pronounced "Pan-ee-gah-lee" and if you ever come up against one at a traffic light, unless you're packing, best you knock over your king and accept "Checkmate".

Beast!

A short quote from the site, "In calculating the optimum configuration to achieve the next big step forward in power output for the L-twin engine, Ducati and Ducati Corse engineers increased engine speed and enhanced breathability with the incredible bore and stroke of 112mm x 60.8mm. The intense study of power and ridability resulted in an output of 195hp @ 10,750 rpm." The new Superquadro engine is lighter and produces more power, which sounds about right for Ducati's innovative technology and Italian brains. The site is packed with content, check it out!

If you're a biker in Cape Town, join Digital Bikers.

Nandos Print Ad to Julius Malema

2011-11-11T11:02:00.001+02:00

ANCYL president, Julius Malema (aka JuJu) received a 5 year suspension yesterday and Nandos are on-the-ball as usual with another funny tactical print ad!

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Tata and Tutu Talk The Bookmarks

2011-11-07T15:40:00.000+02:00

As we enter the week of the The Bookmarks 2011, I thought it is a good idea to resurface last years funny discussion between Desmond Tutu and Tata Madiba about the "Oscars". Good luck to all the finalists and I look forward to seeing you on Thursday night for the awards evening.

Bodyboarding is Dangerous, Not.

2011-11-04T21:43:00.000+02:00

Can only imagine the sound above, and his thoughts, sure he came in contact with a hard place. Sick compilation video below!