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Steenberg Vineyards using Twitter to include you in their annual Flagship Tasting

Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.

Not your average 'chop and dop'

We’ve always wanted to be involved with a Twitter Tasting so are particularly looking forward to one of our favourite wine estates, Steenberg, hosting their annual tasting of flagship wines – on Twitter.

The live event takes place at 18h00 on Tuesday 23 March and the cool thing about it is that you can buy the pack of four Steenberg wines [which includes recipes and suggestions for the snacks that will be paired with the wines on the night] from the farm, invite your friends around to your place [to help you compare notes and drink the wine] and follow the entire thing live on Twitter.

The pairing will be hosted by Steenberg winemaker JD Pretorius and chef Brad Ball from Steenberg Vineyards, who will share their tasting notes via updates on Twitter while welcoming your online feedback and comments as the tasting progresses. Much like visiting the farm, the event is meant to be fun, tasty and a laid-back affair for those that can detect asparagus in a Sauvignon…and those that just know that wine is made from grapes.

The special Steenberg Twitter Tasting box costs R560 and can be ordered now from the estate by sending a mail to Lida [lida@steenbrg.co.za]

Follow Steenberg on Twitter here

The future of magazines…for the next six months or so at least

Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.

Wired magazine and Adobe have collaborated to produce an iPad app that seems to at least make the iPad look pretty useful.

They’ve replicated the high-gloss feel of print and added in a few interactive elements that you always wished were part of the print genre.

More here.

Apple tablet thing ad leaked

Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.

The world of geek is being frothed up to to a stiff foamy head ahead of the ‘big announcement’ from Apple scheduled to be made in a couple of days.

People are expecting Jobs to unveil a tablet type iPhone device that’ll change the way we look at porn the Internet, but nobody really knows for sure. All the same – some are so excited – they’re even making speculative ads of the ‘iPad’.

Fake – leaked…whatever. Let’s just wait for Santa Steve to climb down the chimney and all just take a deep breath before then.

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Adidas augmented reality takkies ad

Posted on 25. Jan, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.

Those augmented reality takkies from Adidas that we mentioned a couple of weeks ago are launching pretty soon. Here’s the rather underwhelming ad that’s spiking the hype.

The world’s first augmented reality t-shirt

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.

This is too rad – a t-shirt that plays ‘ching chong cha’ [or rock, paper, scissors as they boringly call it everywhere else] on your webcam.

What's this? A rad geek symbol?

Brought to you from T-Post [the subscription t-shirt company] you simply chill in front of your webcam and geek yourself out. We want one. Chiiiiing choooooong CHA!

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Tracy McGregor – the face of Njoy

Posted on 19. Jan, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.

Mmmm - cigarettes

There’s something a little odd about health shops selling a product that gives you a hit of nicotine via an electronic cigarette device, which is now endorsed by a South African model.

Plants use nicotine as a type of poison to protect themselves against insects and humans get addicted to the stuff which has no nutritional benefit. Healthy? Far from it! And in California – the safety of these products is starting to be questioned.

Last year, an FDA analysis found that e-cigarettes contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals – including an ingredient used in anti-freeze. The FDA, which seized several shipments of e-cigarettes, is embroiled in a court battle with e-cigarette manufacturers over whether the agency has the authority to regulate the product.

Nicotine is a drug. If we could get 100% pure Afgan heroin from an electronic dispenser and buy it from Wellness Warehouse, TheSkim would have a permanent smile on his face and we wouldn’t have to worry about putting Clarins dark skin foundation through as a business expense.

Something just doesn’t feel right here. Surely the product should at least warn you about the addictive properties of nicotine?

More about Tracy McGregor – the Face of Njoy from Heat

[thanks Bruce]

Adidas takkies set to take on the Nintendo Wii

Posted on 12. Jan, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.

Hey wow bro...trippy

Now using your takkies to play yard cricket or run a half marathon will soon be just one of the features of the shoe. Adidas will be launching a range of shoes in February that’ll grant you access and a game controller [that being your shoe] to a virtual augmented reality world.

All users have to do is go to the Adidas site and hold up their sneaker, which has a code embedded in its tongue, in front of their computer webcam. A virtual world then pops out in front of them and they can navigate it using their sneaker as a controller.

Among the games available will be a skateboard game, where the sneaker acts as the controller to navigate the virtual city’s alleys, a Star Wars-like game with the sneaker and a music-based game.

Like 3D movies, it’s probably not too long till it’ll seem odd not to have this kinda feature as part of your shoes.

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Parrot AR drone: the must-have toy of 2010

Posted on 11. Jan, 2010 by Jonathan Cherry.

Didn’t James Bond [the version starring Pierce] once control his BMW with his cellphone? Well now you too can apparently cause social bedlam with a AR drone helicopter that’s controlled with an iPhone. We’re going to get a couple to transport flash drives around the office. Yes…that’s be fun.  We’re so over walking and all that lame stuff.

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Thanks Rainer

Augmented reality is now mainstream fashion

Posted on 26. Nov, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry.

Robert Downey Jnr presenting his augmented reality

You know Augmented Reality is gonna be big when it leaps from the iron grip of the geeks to the front pages of Esquire magazine. Hell even Robert Downey Jnr thinks it’s cool.

It’s all just so exciting. Watch out for the next issue of You / Huisgenoot with a Kurt Darren ‘private show tune’ AR code on the cover [stofslette en alles].

Freaky LED tattoos

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Jonathan Cherry.

They’ve finally invented technology that will turn your body into a billboard.

Researchers are developing silicon-and-silk implantable devices which sit under the skin like a tattoo. Already implanted into mice, these tattoos could carry LEDs, turning your skin into a screen.

Here we thought augmented reality was a big thing on a cellphone. Next thing you know your eyeballs will be injected with crystals that polarized when you go outside. It’s freaky tech, but we’re fascinated to see where it goes.

More: How LED tattoos could make your skin a screen – Wired