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Slobber in place of savvy, and it makes sense.

How very timely, seeing as the forthcoming election in New Albany features a slew of forward-looking candidates prepared to debate the merits of an "open technology-savvy creative economy," and ... and ...

Never mind. Are the bars open yet? Thanks to B for the link.

Berlin Hopes Growing Tech Community Will Lift City’s Economy, by Nicholas Kulish (New York Times)

“With Depression, war, fascism, the wall and the mass migration of talent out of Berlin, it’s quite clear that the city was set back by historical circumstances,” said Richard Florida, professor of business and creativity at the University of Toronto, whose research has drawn a link between bohemians and economic growth. “Looking at the experience of other cities that remade themselves, like Pittsburgh, shifting to an open technology-savvy creative economy takes at minimum a generation.”

Grrr.

Am I the only reader having problems with the Tribune's new web site?

I get so many "abort operation" messages while trying to load articles that I'm expecting protesters to assemble outside my house, having mistaken it for a clinic.

It was happening before the changeover. An article would not load at all, but usually I could click refresh a few times and make the page materialize; now that's only occasionally successful.

My habit in such cases is to blame the many ads, bells and whistles that appear on each web page. However, note that I make no claims to expertise when it comes to such matters. I'd merely like to continue linking to the newspaper, but find it annoying that I have to work so hard just to read a damned article.

Anyone else? Universal, or just my laptop?

Modern times? Lemme e-mail it to you. You do have e-mail, right?

The fact that I’ve just gotten to this article after more than a month on the coffee table is sad testimony to the absence of reading time of late.

That having been said, this article from the New York Times Magazine is one of the better treatments I’ve seen lately that address the space/time deficiencies of our local branch of the Democratic Party. Granted, the author intends the analysis to apply on a national scale, but he couldn’t have done a better job of describing Floyd County demos, some of whom occupy seats on the city council and yet can’t be reached by e-mail.

Dudes … it’s 2008. That whole flat earth thing is sooo over. Here are two excerpts; follow the link for the complete article.

Idea Lab: Network Nation, by Dalton Conley (New York Times Magazine, June 22, 2008).

The chatter these days is that the Republicans are a party that has run out of ideas. The Soviet Union is long gone; welfare has been reformed; market logics have permeated almost every aspect of our lives (eBay, anyone?). The truth is that the triumph of conservative ideas may present a political problem for the ailing Republicans, but the party that’s truly lacking in new ideas is my own, the resurgent Democrats ...

... It’s not surprising that the private-sector, new-economy companies are ahead of government in adapting to the networked society, but if progressives want a victory in the world of ideas and policy — and not just a couple of good election cycles — they are going to have to stop talking F.D.R, J.F.K. and L.B.J. and start thinking eBay, Google and Wiki.

Tonight's New Albany Now blog radio cancelled.

Here I am, painstakingly working my way through a growler of progressive ale in a shabby Evansville hotel room, cell phone at the ready, blog radio page queued on the laptop ... then comes this announcement ...

Thursday Show Canceled

The segment of New Albany Now scheduled for this evening has been canceled. We regret any disappointment this may have caused. My attempt to expand the scheduled time slot resulted in a technical block that prevents us from broadcasting this evening.

Please check back here or at blogtalkradio.com for upcoming programming.

Geez -- those Bazooka Joe Cold War Radio Jammers really work ... and for only two dozen comic wrappers postpaid!