Outspoken novelist Doris Lessing, 88, never cared much about winning the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature: "Oh Christ, I couldn't care less," she said at the time. Now, she adds in a radio interview, winning the prestigious award has totally messed up her life and creative energy: "It has stopped; I don't have any energy anymore. This is why I keep telling anyone younger than me, don't imagine you'll have it forever. Use it while you've got it, because it'll go; it's sliding away like water down a plug hole." [NYT] Oh, shit.
Whenever friends or family forward those jokes emails or inspirational video clips to my mailbox, the first thing I’ll do is to delete them. Pardon me, but I seldom see any true value in those emails ... 查看全文
Warning:I received several unexpected responses to my post about the motivating qualities of verbal abuse and insults. So I elicited the help of an old friend from the Marine corps to expand upon the ... 查看全文
By Evan AckermanThis sexy little camcorder is the Scarlet, designed by RED, the same guys who released the super badass (and super expensive at $18k) RED One. Although the Scarlet can’t really compete... 查看全文
When I used to commute to the office, there was something I would never leave the house with. My pda phone.Not only does it contain my appointments and schedules, it had all my favourite speaker’s sem... 查看全文
Apple MA592LL A USB POWER ADAPTER USB iPod Power Adapter Dont fret about running out of juice on the road: use this compact, convenient USB-based adapter to charge your iPod whenever your iPod is not ... 查看全文
Cant I trust anybody to keep things in check while Im gone?I go out of down for just one weekend and what happens?Not only does Chicago flood but the financial system is in what look very much like a ... 查看全文
Sun Microsystems is developing a Java Virtual Machine for Apple's iPhone and plans to release the JVM some time after June, enabling Java applications to run on the popular mobile device.The JVM is to... 查看全文
The franchisor of CiCi’s Pizza is waiving the $25,000 franchise fee for managers or franchisees willing to take over a failing store. Thanks to a new incentive program aimed at keeping up to 25 CiCi’s... 查看全文
By Evan AckermanAlthough you can’t buy one, the F-117A Night Hawk stealth fighter is perhaps one of the coolest gadgets to be produced in the last few decades. The entire fleet of 52 planes was inform... 查看全文
Going to the airport is a nightmare, in my opinion. Over the last year Ive had a bag that I checked get ripped and show up on the baggage claim with airline tape holding it together, a bag that was ap... 查看全文