From 22 to 29 March Justina and I travelled to Braidwood, NSW. We spent Easter 15ks from town at Currajuggle, a property owned by friends of ours who have cared for all its 600 acres for some 20 years or so. "Currajuggle Dreaming" is dedicated to David, Geraldine, Murray, Lyne, Rob, Ernie and their dogs with whom it might be just that little more difficult to survive in such remote a place.

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If you really want to make music, if you really want to be heard there's no excuse for not having a crack at it. KONONO No1 are a group of musicians from an area that sits between the border of Congo and Angola. Not only have they built themselves electronic thumb pianos, but their microphones and mixer are made of wood!

They have an album out and you'll find a short sample of their very contemporary sounding music on this site:

http://www.crammed.be/craworld/crw27/e/indexx.htm

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Next time I'm faced with a blank web browser, I'll turn over a new tab towards these incredible synthesizer sites, such as the gallery of Russian synths, packed with information and photos!

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In our daily communications we use encryption more and more. Ten years ago we were encrypting emails, now we're encrypting chat channels, individual files and hard-drives.

It's a shame that we have to use encryption at all, but it's a sign of the times... Everyone has the potential to communicate to 100s of people linking themselves to thousands more... No time in known history has this been possible. With it comes more inscrutable surveillance... The closer we get to each other, the more we are able to reach out and discover that difference is what makes us unique, and yet we share the same planet, its soil, its food, our lives are encroached upon by those that would keep us in the dark.

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