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...neither of those will do, you can try a 2,000-sq.-ft. (186 sq m) villa or one of the sprawling 4,690-sq.-ft. (436 sq m) "manors." All accommodation comes appointed in the neutral shades so beloved of fashionable properties, and features every high-tech gizmo that the urbane traveler could require. Most rooms offer views of the South China Sea. Villas and manors come with private pools and some - with an eye on long-staying guests or party planners - feature roomy kitchens. (See TIME's Global Adviser for exotic, beautiful and interesting getaways...
...latest gizmo for adventurous home chefs is something millions of us already use every day: a handheld computer. That's right. You may think of your iPhone or Nintendo DS as just a phone or gaming device, respectively, but both have speedy processors and lovely displays that make them nifty interactive cookbooks. Even T-Mobile's Google phone has a video cooking program that makes recipes on paper feel as flat as day-old pancakes...
...Gadgets and Gizmos Your "Best Inventions" item on the Biochemical Energy Harvester suggests that if we strapped two of these generators to our knees we could produce five watts of power as we walk [Nov. 10]. Doing this for a little more than an hour a day would generate two kilowatt hours in a year. That would represent a saving of about 17 cents on an annual power bill. As my own bill exceeds $1000, such a tiny "saving" is amusing to contemplate. It is less amusing when we recognize that energy is needed to make this device. I estimate...
...first realized I was reliving the days of my daughters' infancy--the nights of light sleep, alert to every stirring--when I began plugging my gizmo into the outlet next to the bed, so it could rest beside me, generally peaceful but pinging quietly every so often when an e-mail came in. And if I was between REM cycles and heard it, I had the choice: Do I ignore it, make it sleep through the night? Or do I find out what it's trying to tell me? When my husband and I spent a weekend away, unplugged, unpinged...
...recently dropped my gizmo down the stairs. This was an unhappy event. It survived, but with a fat, thumb-shaped dead zone on the screen, a reminder of my negligence every time I can't read the end of an e-mail. It's like that tiny scar on your little girl's cheek where the swing hit her because you turned away for a second. There must be some natural law, that the smaller something is, the more emotional space it takes up, the more time and energy it absorbs...