Some new (and some old) demotivational posters

More after the break! Hit "read more" below.

And while I'm at it ...

I might as well add one of Joshua Grierson's warm up jam sessions (recorded at Cafe Sofia)

This was a long time ago. Josh's studio album is due out this year so watch the interwebs space!

Massive music dump

Thanks to my bud Joshua Grierson, I've come upon a few new awesome artists and rediscovered a few new vids from bands/groups/musicians I've been digging before. So with no further ado, let the dumping begin!

Oh, before we begin, when I say "new", I mean new to me. Forgive me if you've been down with this awesome before!

New. Listener

A spoken word act with a twist. Dan Smith (lyricist) delivers insane lyrics with equally insane passion.

security will see you all the way to the door
it's like a prison but we pay you more

- from Ozark Empire.

Hit up their site for more.

Not so new. Bittereinder

An Afrikaans outfit from Pretoria, Bittereinder caught me with this well written track and awesome vid.

Ek soek al vir jare na die ware verhaal
Die openbaring en die waarde van my eie moedertaal

- from Ware Verhaal

New. Bouwer Bosch

Dig the video. Dig the sense of humour. Yes, I know the Afrikaans mo-clad stereotype might be getting a bit old, but hey, I still find it funny - so tough. Sucks that mo looks like ... well ...

New. But old. The Middle East

Sadly, The Middle East split up sometime during the middle of 2011.

New. Karunesh

Again, not necessarily new for you, but definitely for me. I'm loving this (if you know me, you'll know I absolutely love down-tempo, chill and lounge genres).

New. Various Artists Compilation.

Last, but not least, I stumbled on this great compilation of a number of awesome songs. Some chill out, some classic, but all beautiful. Enjoy!

Chrome (linux) downloads not working

I had a persistent problem since upgrading to openSUSE 11.4 where the download/save as box wouldn't appear in Chrome. The same happened for the upload dialog box.

Eventually I found this: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=107910

... and realised that my problem was "kdialog". A quicker zypper install and boom! All working again. So if you have the same problem, give that a go. Otherwise try the tiny hack mentioned in the URL above.

Amazing photos

Got this from a friend, thought it was awesome, so here's the share!

The world's highest chained carousel, located in Vienna, the height of 117 meters. Thor's Well - "the gates of the dungeon." CapePerpetua, Oregon. At moderate tide and strong surf, flowing water creates a fantastic landscape Emerald Lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. Tongariro National Park - NewZealand Restaurant on a cliff on the east coast of Zanzibar. Depending on the tide the restaurant can be reached both on foot and by boat. Office of Selgas Cano in Madrid Desert with Phacelia (Scorpion Weed). Flowering once in several years. Balloons in Cappadocia.   Dubai. The view from the skyscraper BurjKhalifa. The height of buildings is 828 m (163 floors). And this is the view down These trees grow in the forest near Gryfino, Poland. The cause of the curvature is unknown  The border between Belgium and the Netherlands in a cafe Twice a year in the Gulf of Mexico rays migrate. About 10 thousand stingrays swim from the Yucatan Peninsula to Florida in the spring and back in the fall. In the resort town of Skagen you can watch an amazing natural phenomenon. This city is the northernmost point of Denmark, where the Baltic and North Seas meet. The two opposing tides in this place can not merge because they have different densities. In the Chinese province of Shandong is a bridge across the Gulf of Jiaozhou. The bridge length over 36 km is calculated for eight car lanes, and is the longest sea bridge in the world. Day and night. The monument in Kaunas, Lithuania An unusual tunnel in California's Sequoia National Park This statue, created by Bruno Catalano, is located in France Family photo The longest traffic jam in the world recorded in China. Its length is 260 kilometers Paris computer games store. In fact, the floor is absolutely flat. Marcus Levine - slaughtering an artist in the literal sense. He creates his paintings by nailing a white wooden panel. At his latest series of paintings exhibited in a gallery in London, Marcus has spent more than 50 000 pieces of iron. In the city of Buford (USA) lives just one person. He works as a janitor and as a mayor. Autumn camouflage Haus Rizzi - Germany. Lena Pillars. Russia, the Lena River. Banpo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea Favelas of Brazil. The boundary between wealth and poverty. Lost paradise in the Indian Ocean. Isle of Lamu. Balcony of floor 103 in Chicago. From the outside it looks like View of the sunset from inside the wave. This is a unique geological phenomenon known as Danxia landform. These phenomena can be observed in several places in China. This example is located in Zhangye, Province of Gansu. The color is the result of an accumulation for millions of years of red sandstone and other rocks. üÔÏ d In northwestern Montana, USA. The water is so transparent that it seems that this is a quite shallow lake. In fact, it's very deep.  Airport in the Maldives is located on an artificial island in the middle of the Indian Ocean Lighthouse guard in Mare, France must be one of the most courageous people on the planet! Not everyone will have a smoke in such weather, and in such a place! Photo of storm in Montana, USA, 2010 Skyscraper-Crescent Crescent Moon Tower (Dubai) Heavy fog in Sydney, which enveloped the whole city The river above the river: Magdeburg Water Bridge, Germany. Morning Glory - kind of clouds observed in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia Gibraltar Airport is one of the most extraordinary airports around the world