Wednesday July 1, 2009
High winds this afternoon from the southwest to about 25 mph will be the norm each afternoon through the fourth of July—-that’s going to dry things out quite a bit—and fire officials are hoping there won’t be any big issue for the upcoming fireworks displays over the holiday weekend.
Now we’ll be partnering with our new sister station KSNO to bring you coverage of all the goings on over the fourth of July—-which will be celebrated with a big parade in Aspen on Saturday —-Watch for our march down main street—atop segways—to greet you and give you some goodies!
Aspen’s favorite hiking spot—Smuggler mountain—will be closed to hikers, bikers, and others on Thursday—-as logging crews begin their work to remove two hundred lodge pole pines:  part of a joint city of aspen/private enterprise to restrict the impacts of the mountain pine beetle=—-Can’t get rid of the pesky insects which have killed vast sections of forests throughout Colorado=—is the effort on Smuggler mountain worth it?  Send your opinions to news @ aspenglenwood.com.
     The recession will start to recede in only about one month!—that’s the word from CEO Eric Schmidt of search engine giant Google—which saw 21 billion dollars in revenue last year.
    Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival this week, Schmidt says the current economic downturn will turn up, as the recession nears the bottom and the economy sluggishly recovers…and when the economy again reaches the top—that’s the time to sell!—says Schmidt—-how to time all that is the trick.
And what’s the latest and greatest idea in the computer world from the top dog at Google? ————- Something called “cloud computing”.  Something Schmidt says Google is now making a big part of its look of the future.
Cloud computing, which allows any computing device to more quickly and easier than ever before access information, will enable more millions of users—and will be possible soon—–as the reliability of going online increases.