American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Hot Damn!

Are you a fan of Hot Chocolate?
I admit, I am. Love the stuff. In the winter I can’t get enough of it, around the holidays we actually went and checked out a bunch of 5th Avenue Store windows with a thermos full of hot chocolate spiked with peppermint schnapps. As far as I am concerned [...]

“Something that was memorable but meaningless…”

This by far represents the most work I have done for a single post.
Before I bore you with the details of what I did I will give you the actual post:
We are all familiar with big brand logos, for the most part we are aware that there is some mass-marketing machine behind them that has [...]

Meta-Reviews

Have you ever wished that you could look up a whole bunch of reviews for a restaurant at one location? Well, now you can. Urbanspoon acts as a Meta-Review site for restaurants, collecting reviews from various sites like New York Magazine, the New York Times, Time Out New York, New York Sun, CitySearch, even Michelin. [...]

Where’s My Money?

* Remember that bank account you had when you were a kid? You are probably wondering now ‘whatever happened to that?’ Well, with any luck it was a savings account and the bank has been acquired by three or four other banks over the years and it is still sitting there making money.
The real question [...]

Instapaper lets you save reading for later

Oh my lord, this will change my life.
What do you do when you find something that you want to read online but you don’t have time? Bookmark it and hope you’ll come back later?
Create a note on paper or in a word document?
Leave that tab open on your browser even though it will [...]

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