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Monday, May 19, 2008
A few years back, I did a post about my favourite Firefox add-ons. The interwebs, and the ways we use browsers, have changed so much since then, I thought it was worth revisiting. I'm still a big fan of many I nominated back then — FoxyTunes, ForecastFox and Flashblock are still favourites. Some newer ones I like are:
What add-ons are you digging at the moment? If you commented on the original post back in the dark ages of 2005, what has changed since then? Are you still using IE? Seriously? Are you intellectually deficient in some way?
posted by Ruth at 12:50 AM Saturday, March 29, 2008
For those who enjoyed (or continue to enjoy) the reviews of Babysitters Club Books here, you may also appreciate these two sites: 1. Blogger Beware: The Goosebumps Blog. Goosebumps was the Harry Potter series for youngsters when I was a kid - even kids who hated reading collected them. I'm not really sure why, in retrospect; I'm told the Harry Potter books are quite good, but Goosebumps weren't particularly engrossing or well-written - although I will admit 9-year-old Ruth did at least find several of them scary - but for whatever reason, you HAD to have them, and most kids also read the words inside. All the kids in my grade 3 class (or maybe just my table that year, which I cannot believe I still remember consisted of Lachlan, Rowan, Saskia, Kate and myself. Wow.) would bring all their Goosebumps books each day and stack them in a pile on our tables to... uhm, I don't know why. Show how many we had, I guess? 2. The Dairi Burger reviews Sweet Valley High. I never read a lot of the SVH books as a kid - I was generally too much of a tomboy to have ever been seen borrowing girly YA fiction books, but generally relished any of the trash my sister brought home - but the reviews are appropriately snarky and I'm sure many of you out there (both of you) did read them. Apparently the SVH books are being re-released and updated, which is incredibly lame. YA fiction isn't generally of a very high standard, and it surely isn't THAT hard to find a moderately competent author to come up with new-ish storylines. Even R.L. Stine is apparently penning some new books.
posted by Ruth at 1:14 AM Sunday, January 06, 2008
You guys, I may have found the greatest TV program EVER: Rock of Love with Bret Michaels It's like The Bachelor, but with the former lead singer of Poison and a bunch of hideous-yet-awesome trash bags. POISON!  Michaels is everything you want in a washed-up rockstar — overweight, over-sexed, dumb as a post and still living off the one hit the band ever had. He can't go near any of the girls without copping a feel and engaging them in a sloppy snog. As Tommy Lee would say, he's sauteed in wrong sauce. The girls are, of course, all "in love" with him, and frequently declare themselves as such. Michaels laps it up then sticks his tongue in their mouths. Highlights include:
But the BEST bit? In the end, he can't pick between the final two girls... so he asks them to share him. It's so good. SO good. It's currently airing on VH1. Watch.
posted by Ruth at 11:41 PM Thursday, December 06, 2007
Excuse my lack of activity of late, it's been a busy month. Anyhoo, I should announce the answers to the three-second musical challenge: 1. Alphaville - Big in Japan 2. Big Star - September Girls 3. East 17 - It’s Alright 4. Heart - Barracuda 5. KRS One - Sound of Da Police 6. Richard Berry & the Pharaohs - Have Love Will Travel 7. Zombies - Time of the Season 8. God - My Pal 9. The Veronicas - Revolution 10. Smog - Cold Blooded Old Times 11. New Pornographers - All For Spinning You Around 12. Del Shannon - Runaway 13. Genghis Khan - Moscow 14. The Knife - Heartbeats 15. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta 16. The Thrills - One Horse Town 17. Helmet - Unsung 18. 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me 19. T-Spoon - Sex on the Beach 20. The Survivor Theme And the winner(s), with only six correct (plus two half points) is Team Wishlist. Second place was a tie between Supermercado Adam and Desci with four each. Third place goes to Fluffy with three. Half-arsed, effort, guys. But, you know, thanks for entering! Interesting facts: The most guessed was Flagpole Sitta. NO ONE got The Veronicas! Are you all retarded? Desci tells me that the Survivor theme is in fact a Russian folk song. So there you go. As always, the winners get mix CDs, as does anyone else who wants one. This time, I will also be chucking in some mystery magazines from my place of work for the winners. Be excited, folks, we put out some TOP publications. Including a titty calendar. Seriously. Just send me your mailing address (even if I've sent you one before. I keep no records). ALSO, the final Howard blog post is up! Sad, but also happy.
posted by Ruth at 10:20 PM Sunday, November 18, 2007
Illustrated Adventures of Ruth  Also, you can submit your answers for the Three-second musical challenge. No one has done very well yet, so you could still win.
posted by Ruth at 8:30 PM Monday, November 12, 2007
Now, I enjoy a good election campaign as much as the next person*, but there is one thing I hate about Australian elections: around this time during every campaign, we see endless media coverage of slack-jawed 'swinging' voters mumbling about their indecision and how they're "just lookin' out for me family". Partially it annoys me that so much attention is given to stupid, stupid bogans trying to sound informed instead of, you know, actually informed people who have managed to make up their minds over the last three years. But mostly, I get annoyed that EVERY election, almost EVERY swinging voter shown on TV says something along the lines of: "Awwww, I dunno... I might vote for X, but awww, I haven't heard nuffing about their policies, 'n that. Like, I'm not sure they have any policies, ya know?" No, fuckwits, I don't. Because ALL OF THE PARTIES HAVE POLICIES. They're not classified documents. Even if the media don't cover them extensively (and they do cover at least the major parties' announcements quite well. We get the Hun at work and even they cover the election pretty well [not quite as comprehensively as they cover football, but still]), THEY ALL HAVE THEIR POLICIES ON THEIR WEBSITES. Even if they didn't, I'm sure you could call your a party's local office and they'd probably send you out a lovely glossy booklet detailing everything the party stands for. If one of the swingers said something like, "I actually don't give a fuck about politics. I'll make my mind up on the day", then fine. But I HATE when people pretend to be interested and informed and then act like it's someone else's fault they can't put a coherent political thought together. It's really not THAT hard to find out where various parties stand on particular issues that matter to you and make your fucking mind up: 1. Decide what you believe in and want for yourself and the country 2. Read these: Labor Liberals Greens Democrats Family First Citizen's Electoral Council Fred Nile Group Democratic Labour Party One Nation Pauline's United Australia Party Socialist Alliance 3. Decide which policies best reflect your previously decided beliefs. 4. SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GET OFF MY TV. *provided the next person also has a degree in politics and enjoys going to election night parties more than their own birthday parties.
posted by Ruth at 8:59 PM Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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