American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Plugging against idiocy

As a means of bashing Time Warner—and for the sheer joy of it—I’m going to write the inaugural product plug to appear on American Madness (unless you count Skiff’s love letter to the movie Rent).
Skype is a great product that carries through on its promise to provide free calls between computers and EXTREMELY cheap [...]

Changing the Password Paradigm

The requirement of strong passwords and the requirement to change those strong passwords is now a common feature of IT security. Unfortunately, these security measures create an even more glaring vulnerability: the password written on the back of the mouse pad…

Podcasting the Picket Line

Ahh the world of instant gratification. At midnight last night, I thought it would be a good idea to start a podcast covering the events of the transit strike. At 3:30 am, I had one.
I want to have wordpress’ babies.

Where Have You Gone, Intelligent Design?

So now that the courts have rules that a Pennsylvania school district cannot teach Intelligent Design (a lovely concept that says some “things” were created by a supernatural being), we can now ask the questions that need to be asked.
First of all, is it intelligent design that a sewage pipe runs through our [...]

Oh, so it was all just a misunderstanding

Channeling Shaggy, former Enron CEO Ken Lay has claimed in a recent speech that “It wasn’t me.”
Lay lays it out.
We’ll see what the court says, Ken.
It’s like this guy never heard of criminal negligence. “I didn’t know my teenaged son was shooting pedestrians from the passenger seat. He used a silencer and I was too [...]

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