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Sitting at your desk all day. Driving home in peak hour. Plonking yourself down in front of the television. Eating a bag of crisps. Start annual leave. Watch more television. Expand your girth. Shrink your mind. Rinse and repeat.

If this sounds familiar to you, you’re not alone. With the massive increase in our “in home” entertainment temptations we’re now being bombarded by reasons to stay home and blow out that BMI.

That’s why I fell in love with an online blog featuring, in her own words, a young professional who loves food, wine, wildlife and her dog Simba. Read the rest of this entry →

You could say that Miss R is a tad reclusive.

Her image and her name both say “look at the deeds done” rather than “look at me”. A sharp contrast to her peers who crave celebrity over all else.

With a background entrenched in multimedia, internet tech, and pop-culture, Miss R epitomises the perfect webizen. Tech savvy but with a conscience based edge.

She took some time out to answer our inane 10 minute quizlet.

So Miss R, what is it that you do?

I know how to effectively waste time on the internet while fooling everybody that I am “busy”.

And what’s important to you these days?

Avoiding having a real job

A Bruce Lee look-alike threatens to karate chop you if you don’t hand over your favourite gadget. What do you give him?

I would be crying while handing over my laptop. Without constant connection to the internet I am not sure I am really real… Who am I if I am not updating my status.

The five websites that float your boat?

1. My Green Australia
2. Gawker
3. Politico
4. Apartment Therapy
5. The New York Times

Are you a Tweeterer?

Heck no!

What are you plugging at the moment, even though we asked to speak to you? And what’s it all about?

I am trying to change my life and be a better person. This includes using a lot of bandwidth and running a site called My Green Australia.

Obviously without the constant invisible attention the internet gives me, I wouldn’t be able to change my wasteful ways and give a hoot about the environment!

What could you tell someone trying to do what you do?

It is easier than getting a real job except it doesn’t pay you, you don’t get annual leave, you don’t have any work colleagues you can bitch about and you have to throw your own Christmas party every year.

Basically it is easy.

Step one. Turn on internet

Step two. Start online blog using one of the many blogging options available.

Step three. Write something every day on there.

Step four. Email everyone you know about your new blog and get them to link to you.

Step five. Repeat until famous!

That’s is actually my business plan!

Biggest tech flop ever?

iPad since I am strictly using iTampons.

Come on – we can still make these jokes right???

What gadget would you like to invent?

A laptop that has no inbuilt obsolescence. You can simply upgrade software/hardware yourself without buying a whole new machine.

Mac, Windows, or Linux?

Windows.

Bing, Google, or another search engine?

Scroogle.org.

Do you go for the Open Source alternatives first or the commercial option?

Open Source.

The readers must listen to this song…

Anything by Arcade Fire or Rihanna! I love Ri Ri!

We all must feast our eyeballs on this movie…

Where The Wild Things Are.

Any final words?

Be good to the environment!