Madness Factor

I must apologize for the lack of activity on Madness Factor as of late. I feel like I have nothing new to say—I visit the same blogs each day, and rather than use my blog to link to them or the stories they highlight, I have opted not to post at all. No doubt thousands—and […]

This is an old story, but just in case you missed the article in Wired: You will soon be able to accessorize your dog with a cell phone.
I’d get one for my dog, but she’d probably eat it.

This headline from the Seattle PI pretty much covers why I miss Vermont winters:
Day 23 of Seattle rain

I saw this headline on the Burlington Free Press web site today:
Progressives nominate Kiss for mayor
Unfortunately, the story itself is disappointing. The Progressives did not in fact nominate the band KISS for mayor, but rather, some guy called Bob Kiss. The fact that “Kiss” wasn’t in all caps should have given it away….

A post on slashdot pointed me to this article in the UK newspaper, The Independent, that details the beginnings of a revolt by users of MySpace against media mogul/MySpace owner Rupert Murdoch. All I can say is, it’s about time. I knew that as a musician, I should probably jump on the MySpace bandwagon, but […]