.: Meanwhile: - Swarms of Nano Quadrotors

Yes, it has been all over the interweb this week -but people are giving me puzzled looks when I mention it.
So, just in case you have been holed up in a cave, check out the latest developments at Skynet.

via Youtube

So far: 41,332 people think these goddam nazi dragonflies are apparently 'Awesome!'

- and only 298 found them at all troubling?!

I can't help notice they are not bearing cool refreshing drinks, for us humans to sip, as we enjoy all that extra leisure time technology was supposed to provide us with.

We humans are working harder than ever - and we don't even have lame robot butlers like C3-PO to complain to.

And what about those hoverboards we were promised?

Thoughts?

.: Until AM - Soundcloud Dj Interface

If you like Soundcloud -  you need to check this out.

Yes. Now! [link]..

Until.AM is the brain child of two Helsinki based developers / music lovers Aaro Väänänen and Tuomas Karhu.
It is still in the early beta stage - and lacks a cue monitor or nudge buttons, but it is very fun to play around with and it works well, even if beatmixing is a challenge.
Simple but effective, Until.AM looks like a very promising project, all in all.
The application is cloud-based.& it runs in your browser [it can also play files from your HDD].
There is nothing to install, and you don't even need to log into Soundcloud.
Just click this link...
Mix.Until.Am
Too easy, 

Now you're a Dj

...and so is your Nan.

Tip: If you want to find all your uploaded Soundcloud tracks easily, search your "user name" in quotation marks.

.: Aidex '91

Over the last week, I am ashamed to say, I have been working on an international arms trade fair.

Right here in the middle of Sydney - at Darling Harbour.
Called the Pacific Maritime Expo, it didn't even seem to raise an eyebrow.

I wanted to walk out on the first day,

- walk out of an event that offends every one of the principles I so readily espouse.

But I found, in Sydney 2012, those principles are too expensive for people like me.
Living week to week, it seems I can no longer afford them.

Part of my soul has died.

It seemed none of my friends shared my outrage, as I ranted about the injustice, after my first day there.

Don't get passionate about something anymore, -you could be mistaken for a fanatic.

A terrorist.

Too gutless to try and sabotage the event when I had the chance.., as if I could..

Even if I knew how to make a bomb belt without killing myself [hard],

-and got it into the set up [easy],

I wouldn't come near to taking out any of the real scumbags,

I would have only taken out the contractors, working poor like me.

The whole thing was done low key, and at first we thought it was just a boat show,

But it soon became clear, this was a full on Naval Military Expo.

Drones, missiles, and surviellance bugs that look like jellyfish,

- the future is inhuman.

When I told the people around me what this event was really about
..all I got was blank stares.

Source:  engagemedia.org

No-one, it seemed, remembered AIDEX.
Over 20 years ago now.

I wasn't there, but I remember the response in the community.

This video was produced for CAT TV by John Jacobs,

a true hero and a creative inspiration.

Watch his video after the link....

.: 2011 Mainstream Media Roundup

Yep.
That pretty much covers it.
.: source