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Oh yeah, it is just some days away before schools close. The August holiday is known for its jam packed events like the Harare Agricultural Show, cup clashes, dance battles and obviously our favourite Ster Kinekors continue providing us with the latest movies. One thing which is a bore is when many teens take time to just hang around at Joina City doing nothing.

Swag Mama is in Uganda and we say enjoy the best representing us there.

Our showbiz bank told us that dancehall teen sensation Spiderman had a birthday bash yesterday and CLS next week will fill you in with the details as we couldn’t meet the deadline for print.

Recently, social media was abuzz with Meek Will and Drake who just released their singles dissing each other.

So far we won’t take sides as both artistes are talented.

We hope you end your war of words boys, because we are ready for some entertainment.

Each day, the gadgetmania continue to grow and this time there is a new accessory in town called Gnarbox.

Yes, this is already in stores and don’t be left out, try to forget the laptop and use the Gnarbox as your on-the-go computer.

How it works

Between cameras, lenses and other accessories, photographers and videographers carry a ton of gear when going on shoots.

And if they’re going to edit their captures on the spot, they’ll need to add a beefy computer and a reasonably large amount of storage along for the ride.

The Gnarbox eliminates all those additions.

At first glance, it looks like a regular external hard drive — small enough to bring on the road, with a large enough storage to house all the photos and videos you capture.

But it doesn’t stop there. More than just a hard drive, the enclosure houses a full-fledged computer that you can use in place of a separate lap top.

No, the Gnarbox doesn’t have its own screen like your laptop. Instead, you interact with the contents of the drive using an accompanying mobile app, which leverages the system’s own CPU and GPU to do the heavy processing.

That extra processing power allows the system to encode, decode and stream videos up to 4K, giving a very powerful photo and video editor to any phone or tablet that connects to the system’s WiFi hotspot.

To use, simply upload content from any camera to the Gnarbox (it has USB 3.0, SD, and microSD slots) via the accompanying app.

From there, you just use the app to touch up photos, splice together video and even share them with various social networks.

Features include a waterproof housing, up to eight hours of battery life, and a rugged enclosure that’s resistant to shock, sand, dust, cold, and heat.

A Kickstarter campaign is currently running for Gnarbox with the gadget going for $149.

Movie of the week

goes to Ant-Man

The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man.”

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats.

Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

On a parting note we say Happy Birthday to Miss Harare Junior Yollandah for turning 18. May the dear Lord continue to bless you and keep the swag.