The Ruminator

All you wanted to know about PRISM but were afraid to ask because someone might be watching (they probably are)

Tim Batt
3 Comment
Posted on June 11, 2013June 11, 2017

Much has been made in the last half week of an intensely invasive programme run by America’s National Security Agency (NSA) called PRISM.

Humour

Bring it back: Ghost Nannies

Yeesh, things certainly have become rather serious on The Ruminator. Other writers have been talking about racism, sexism, anxiety disorders, and techno-annoyance (of this and this). It’s enough to cramp your furrowed brows.

Health

Hey, buddy, where you been?

DID YOU KNOW? If you drink a bottle of red wine in about 10 minutes it has a similar effect as taking a Xanax.

Humour

Everybody Loves Diesel

Last week, I presented my ideas on how we could save television from its seemingly relentless decline – this week, I’m turning my attention to movies.

Ruth Payne
2 Comment
Posted on June 6, 2013June 6, 2013

So last time I talked about the f-word I looked at how I think feminism is failing. One way I am measuring this is that the great majority of women don’t want to call themselves feminist any more because it seems unnecessarily difficult – both in reputation and in practise.

Feminism, Rights

Pink/Blue

Morgan Davie
41 Comment
Posted on June 5, 2013June 7, 2013

Me to my 2-year-old daughter: – Are you a boy or a girl? *pause* – I aren’t.

Reviews, Tech

The Last of Us (p)review

Tim Batt
0 Comment
Posted on June 5, 2013

I had the chance to have a 30 minute play through of the soon-to-be-blockbuster title The Last of Us for Playstation 3 ahead of its world-wide release and I was blown away.

Rights

Been spending most my life living in a bigot’s paradox

Lord Sutch
5 Comment
Posted on June 3, 2013June 4, 2013

There’s that old cliche, where the racist old person starts talking. And they’re usually old. When you get to that old stage you find that the racism permeates both genders

International

Tromso! Part one of a triology

Alex Hawley
0 Comment
Posted on June 1, 2013

In Samoan, depending on context the word ‘Malo’ performs as ‘hi’, ‘hello’, ‘thank you’, ‘well done’, ‘good job’ and was the name of a cheerful, rotund boy in my class at secondary school.

Tech

Has Apple lost it?

Tim Batt
5 Comment
Posted on May 31, 2013June 1, 2013

There are countless stories about the insane brutality Steve Jobs would inflict on the company he started as a young adult

Tech

Why I love and hate Twitter (though it’s more about hate)

Lobby Lud
4 Comment
Posted on May 31, 2013May 31, 2013

I admit, I was a little slow getting to Twitter. I’m no innovator, nor an early adopter.

Humour

Saving television

Television is dying. I don’t mean my television specifically – rather ALL television. The medium of television.

Jane Barber
0 Comment
Posted on May 30, 2013

Anxiety disorders run in my family and after a particularly tumultuous period a few years ago I was diagnosed with Generalised Anxiety Disorder, otherwise known as GAD.