Αν όχι τώρα πότε

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«Τρομάξανε αυτοί που κατάντησαν την Ελλάδα επαίτη της Ε.Ε.. Αυτοί που δίδαξαν το εύκολο χρήμα, το δανεισμό, τη διαφθορά, τη διαπλοκή.

Φοβούνται το λαό και προσπαθούν να ανακόψουν την πορεία του προς την εξουσία.

Δεν θα τα καταφέρουν!» (Μανώλης Γλέζος) (translate)

(May 2012)

Grigat: Postnazismus Revisited

«Nachdem die Deutschen und ihre Hilfsvölker nicht nur bewiesen hatten, daß man einen wahnhaft-projektiven Antikapitalismus bis zum industriell betriebenen Massenmord steigern kann, sondern auch, daß man dafür selbst nach der totalen militärischen Niederlage keine ernsthaften Konsequenzen zu befürchten hat, kann gar nicht hoch genug eingeschätzt werden, was für eine ungemeine Attraktivität eine derartig pathologische, sowohl mörderische als auch selbstmörderische Krisenlösungsstrategie für antisemitische Massenbewegungen und Banden in anderen Weltregionen haben mußte.» (Stephan Grigat)

Stephan Grigat - Postnazismus in Zeiten des Djihad * Leseprobe zu: ders. Postnazismus revisited
Stephan Grigat – Postnazismus in Zeiten des Djihad * Leseprobe zu: ders. Postnazismus revisitedhttp://www.ca-ira.net/verlag/leseproben/grigat-postnazismus.revisited_lp-einleitung.htmlDer vorliegende Band dokumentiert die Mehrzahl der Beiträge aus der 2003 erschienenen Textsammlung Transformation des Postnazismus. Der deutsch-österreichische Weg zum…
(May 2012)

Wood & Iron

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saw a concert of Woodkid this saturday during a job in Bratislava. never heard of him before, but i was stunned by the epic energy transmitted through his emotional voice in combination with battle drums, breathtaking sub-bass and dramatic horns… looking forward to the next concert and also the upcoming EP and album.

and epic video!

(May 2012)

Google Drive…NOT!

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okeee…one can use it on a phone but not on a 2.4Ghz Macbook Pro running Leopard…whuuut?

(May 2012)

link: «Es kann in einem religiösen Staat keine Demokratie geben.»

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«Die Intellektuellen reden gern von Demokratie. Aber ist es wirklich Demokratie, was unsere Völker jetzt wollen? Sie wollen Rache, für dreißig Jahre Unterdrückung. Sie wollen die Eliten ins Gefängnis bringen, von denen sie bestohlen wurden. Und genau das versprechen ihnen die Islamisten.» Boualem Sansal >>>

(May 2012)

step 2: untangling the cobweb

after my number one procrastination gadet is gone, it’s time to continue reclaiming my braintime instead of wasting it on totally useless things. time to stop following the luring cybernetic commodity fetishism lurking beneath the spectacle of so-called “social networks.”

let’s face it! what started out as a useful means of keeping in touch with old friends and co-workers or tracking one’s favorite venues, tools for online promotion and communication – social networking has become much more than that! the social network begins to feel like a social cobweb keeping us attached 24/7.

facebook, twitter, google+, foursquare, you name them: their services are omnipresent and constantly open in several tabs of our browsers – with notifications popping up every minute, keeping us updated and – much more important – very occupied!

the constant occupation of our consiousness does not only keep us from being productive instead – it transforms us from being customers of convenient services to us being faithful resources that can be drained and loyal products to be sold.

yeah whatever! we all know that already! >>>

(January 2012)

step 1: smartphone to smartbrain

step one accomplished. i did it. the number one hub that unifies all my digital life in one plastic body: my emails, contact information of everyone i know, my photos, my facebook, my twitter, my foursquare. digital traces of who and where i am. my second brain and my interface to the digital world i have always with me: my smartphone.

i ditched it.
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(December 2011)

long live the hero

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in mid 2009 i bought a HTC Hero (GSM) smartfone and i was amazed by the endless possibilites. but soon the first glitches happened, it crashed, froze, wifi stopped working, i wasn’t able to charge it anymore, and i had it sent in for repair and maintenance twice.

i started to be annoyed by this fone i spent so much money on because it seemed that most flaws it had resulted from operating system and software bugs.

eventually i flashed a custom ROM on it (VillainROM 12.0.0) which took days of research, including having an unusable fone for two days, but i managed to get it to work. it was definetly an improvement. the interface was not as slow as before and everything worked flawlessly. but over time i got more and more frustrated by the lack of speed of my gadget. seeing other newer HTC smartfones and the iPhone and how much snappier they ran i started considering to sell my HTC Hero because i was tired of waiting for the user interface all the time because it hung itself up.
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(July 2011)

digital spring cleaning

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i finally had time to make myself new websites. one for my art related portfolio, one for my work related stuff. i cleaned up this blog too – only the posts related to my work and art are still here, all the political rants, allday-life shenanigans, and all that jazz moved over to mutanten.org/blog/flux where it blends in nicely.

(May 2011)

cranky frames per second mayhem

i watched the sequel of Crank last night, without any expectations in quality and plot – but i was stunned! the video camera work is faster and shakier with fast cuts and beautiful fish-eye sequences – like a music video of aphex twin or squarepusher. the music is hysteric and ingenius with cranky sound effects and a more than fitting musical selection. all in all it’s a fine piece of 90min video-art with adrenaline and testosterone overdose…

the flick is peppered with graphical elements and typographic delicacies, live-visuals style kaleidoscope effects and colors and contrast always crisp to the max. there are psychedelic sequences, illustrated sequences, super8-aestetics, a really absurd long shot tribute to godzilla movies.

the characters are exaggerated comic heroes reminding me a lot of robert rodriguez archetypical figures. couldn’t be better! the appearance of  david carradine as a life-craving horny old chinese triad gangster drooling over busty young whores is hilarious considering his current absurd death.

if you have strong nerves, are used to bloody gore mayhem, explicit language with funny brit accent and a b-movie fan, video or VJ art geek, you will definetly enjoy this flick as much as i did.

5 out of 5 stars!

trailer at apple.com

(July 2009)
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