Lam is a disgusting person, and this is his disgusting keyboard. He claims the damage was done by "typing too hard." I claim that he's just a dirty man. [Blam: Idiot, its not buildup, its the keys......

Alright, show of hands. How many of you Internet dorks choreographed some sweet fight scenes with your friends when you were kids? Yeah, me too. One of the great college memories that I have was taking a fencing class. Fencing itself was alright, but for the final project we were supposed to put tog...

These sunglasses are perfect for the girl who likes to look super feminine. On sale right now are these all pink Derek Lam “Emma” Sunglasses . They’ve got beautiful, round plastic frames and pink gradient lenses which are 100% UV protected. Image: 6pm.com These shades are great. Th...

This column is all about finding gold in piles and piles of paperbacks. Sometimes I succeed, but other times I end up with fool’s gold or — even worse — zinc. The common thread today is all the other metals in between, mentioned in the titles. THE BRASS GO-BETWEEN by Ross Thomas — I̵...

Except for cooking, I rarely discuss personal happenings here at Okie Manor, but last night was just too special to keep to myself! In the image above you see talk-radio host Dennis Prager as he delivers his rebuttals to all the good-natured insults from a special panel of compatriots and friends th...

The April issue of Wired has a lengthy piece on gadget blogs. Most of the focus is on Gizmodo (disclosure: Valleywag is owned by Gawker Media, parent company to Gizmodo) and the rise of the gadget blogs in influence and reach. It's worth a read, but if you're too busy frantically reloading Engadget ...

My husband and I were living in England when I became pregnant in 2004. Everyone had told us that pregnancy and birth were what Britain's National Health Service "did best". But mine was no simple pregnancy, as I'd been born with a heart defect that lead me to artificial heart valve replacement at a...

LAKE TAHOE, Nevada (Agencies) — Popular technology blog and cocktail bar guide Gizmodo has sued leading international newspaper The Onion for libel, following the latter recent article on Microsoft Corp.'s (MFST) Zune 2 MP3 player's roaring success. In declarations to the Reno Gazzette Journal...

BOUDIN...DOES NOT PHOTOGRAPH WELL (A TRIP THROUGH CAJUN COUNTRY, PART DEUX) Next, Pableaux had us trying the wares of the Best Stop meat market, where they sell most any cut of meat you've ever seen, all rubbed with a brilliantly red spice mix and stuffed until they're as big as a side of my chest. ...

"Quick, post the pictures before you sober up!" the ever-helpful Paul Boutin emails me. I'd love to, Paul, but it seems that Brian Lam, gadget expert, forgot to put charged-up batteries in this superhigh-tech, amazingly unusable Sony camera he lent me. Thanks, Brian. This is why he's running a gadge...