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web attention deficit disorder
American Madness | July 23rd 2008
Union Square Ventures (via Marco): Two things will need to happen if the recent pace of innovation on the web is going to be sustained over the next few years. The next generation of services will need to have an impact on the real world and the real read more
Pixar’s Latest Message Lacks Subtlety
American Madness | July 22nd 2008
Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of avoiding the throngs of DC Comics faithful who waited in seemingly interminable lines to see The Dark Knight. Instead, my wife and I took in WALL•E. At first, I was skeptical; the main character is a robot th read more
Taibbi on the recession
American Madness | July 22nd 2008
An awesome article by Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi (thanks to Eric Baum for fowarding). Economic Realities Are Killing Our Era of Fantasy Politics A few weeks back, I got a call from someone in the office of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Sande read more
Christian Bale Goes Psycho on Mom and Sis
American Madness | July 22nd 2008
Yes that’s right, your favorite psycho/superhero Christian Bale is under arrest in London for beating up the family prior to the premiere of Batman: The Dark Knight. When contacted by American Madness, Scotland Yard would not name Christian Bal read more
Anti business meme meme
American Madness | July 22nd 2008
Is The Bad Economy Killing The Business Meme? is a (rare) great analysis by Gawker of something substantive. One of Malcolm Gladwell’s main theses in The Tipping Point was that there are people with vast social networks who influence trends and read more
poem with release for a lousy monday
American Madness | July 21st 2008
Miniver Cheevy Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn, Grew lean while he assailed the seasons; He wept that he was ever born, And he had reasons. Miniver loved the days of old When swords were bright and steeds were prancing; The vision of a warrior bold Wo read more
And We Wonder Why People are More Interested in Registering as Se…
American Madness | July 21st 2008
We have a new writer today who we are testing out,. We’ve got his first piece here for all to see, don’t be afraid to write in and tell us what you think, but just know these were the terms we set out for new writers: We let them write a read more
Another Chinese dissident silently jailed
American Madness | July 21st 2008
It never seems to end in China. Just a few days ago the government arrested another blogger who stood for human rights. As Jake Hooker reported in the NYTimes: A human rights activist who was an advocate for parents whose children were killed in col read more
Herbal Remedy 5: French Peach Fizz
American Madness | July 18th 2008
Since I stated in the last post that you can’t find too many drinks with tarragon I figured I would get this up before any nay-sayers beat me to the punch. These tarragon recipes come by way of the Seattle Times: French Peach Fizz 1 ½ ounces p read more
Herbal Remedy 4: Basil Cocktails
American Madness | July 18th 2008
First sorry for the lack of a post yesterday, I was feeling lousy and just didn’t have it in me. To make up for it, we’ll have 3 Herbal Remedies today. How’s that for you? Second, it seems that so many of my recipes for herbal drink read more
Starbucks Closes 600 Stores. Will US Economy Survive?
American Madness | July 18th 2008
Today Starbucks has officially issued a list of the 600 stores it will close in the coming months. Nationally, the state with the most Starbucks to close is California with 88, followed by Florida with 59, Texas with 57 and New York with 39. A quick read more
McCain Campaign Version Tracking Obama Site
American Madness | July 17th 2008
Over the last few days the Barack Obama Campaign website deleted text that stressed Obama’s opposition to the 2007 troop surge and his statement that more troops would make no difference in a civil war have somehow disappeared. How did this rev read more
Name The Blog
American Madness | July 16th 2008
Not ours, we are pretty happy with AmericanMadness. No you get a chance to name Russ & Daughters‘ New Blog, that’s right, Russ & Daughters is starting up a blog and they are looking to the internet to get some names for it. You ha read more
Hebral Remedy 3: Not-So-Classic Gin and Tonic
American Madness | July 16th 2008
Today’s recipe comes to us by way of OverTheHillAndOnARoll (an LA Blog for “Folks… who like livin’ the good life.”), their thoughts on Gin are pretty similar to mine. I haven’t yet had a chance to sample this one, read more
Herbal Remedy 2: Basil Gimlet
American Madness | July 15th 2008
So we would hate for all of that fresh basil you purchased yesterday for 1 drink to go to waste, so we figured we’d help you out with another Basil recipe today… Actually a large number of the recipes I have call for either basil or gin ( read more
Deep Pockets
American Madness | July 15th 2008
Do you ever feel poor? Like you are just scraping together enough money each month to barely make it by? Well, now you can see where you rank in terms of world salaries or as they put it on the GlobalRichList: Every year we gaze enviously at the list read more
San Francisco’s Computer System Hijacked
American Madness | July 15th 2008
The most dangerous hackers are often employees. “A disgruntled software engineer has hijacked San Francisco’s new multimillion-dollar municipal computer system. When the Department of Technology tried to fire him, he disabled all adminis read more
Herbal Remedy 1: Basil Gin Martini
American Madness | July 14th 2008
So, you may recall that back in October I thought that this summer was going to be all about drinks made with fresh herbs. Well, the summer is here and I’d like to give myself partial credit. Although it hasn’t been an overwhelming push read more
Art Monday: Performance Edition
American Madness | July 14th 2008
Today’s Art edition is composed of some videos and photography. ImprovEverywhere is a group that has done some fun things around NYC, like ‘Freezing’ in Grand Central (which was later copied on an episode ofLaw & Order: SVU). T read more
FreshDirect Unveils New Wine Vendor
American Madness | July 10th 2008
Yes, I’m still drinking wine. Yes, those reviews will make their way to the site, but this week I’d like to focus on the big changes over at FreshDirect. Today, the veil was raised on FreshDirect’s new wine-selling bride. After a month of antic read more
Blowing Up Their Spot
American Madness | July 10th 2008
If you haven’t yet heard (though I am not sure how you could have missed it), Iran released pictures of a missile test they just conducted. The image they released was plastered all over newspapers world wide and showed 4 missiles taking flight read more
For Joel, a sentimental writer is bidden
American Madness | July 10th 2008
Hey, I have a love/hate thing with Billy Joel, because I grew up on Long Island, love his music and my mom teaches piano in a state-of-the-art “piano lab” that he finances, but I also remember how I put “Billy Joel” as one of read more
New Lows For Fox News
American Madness | July 9th 2008
I am not a huge fan of Fox News, I feel that, for the most part, it is exploitive and uses scare tactics rather then actual journalism to get its point across. Fortunately I can get my news from about 200 other channels so I am not stuck listening to read more
Mad Men authenticity
American Madness | July 9th 2008
I spent much of Saturday (or was it Friday?) watching Mad Men. Had not seen it before. Wonderfully well written and acted and, thankfully, being renewed for a second season which will begin on Sunday, July 27 at 10pm on AMC. Some parts of the show a read more
And The Winner Is…
American Madness | July 4th 2008
A photo finish at the Nathan’s Hot Dog contest led to a tie between Joey Chestnut and Kobayashi with 59* dogs each and a 5 hot dog speed eat-off to decide the winner. With the win going to Joey Chestnut for the second year in a row As they said read more
Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia
American Madness | July 3rd 2008
At least that is what H.G. Wells thought, too bad he was a little off. With a nice long warm weekend coming up, what better to do then break out your bike and go for a ride. Not sure where to go, well then you should visit RideTheCity. RideTheCity is read more
Competitive Eating Scandal
American Madness | July 3rd 2008
It’s that time of year again, tomorrow is the Fourth of July, meaning it is also time for Nathan’s Famous 4th of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest. As per usual it will be at Coney Island and airing on ESPN, both at Noon. T read more
Trouble in Coffeeland
American Madness | July 3rd 2008
Many people I know love coffee, they say that it is the ultimate drug for them, they drink their morning cup of joe and instantly feel happy, as the caffeine hits their system they feel like they could accomplish anything. As a tea drinker this isn&# read more
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