Seriously, right??! (YourFuckingPollingPlace.com)

With all the frustration over the absolute clusterfuck of trying to find out where you're supposed to cast your ballot tomorrow, it's good to know that at least one website has your back. Just type your address into YourFuckingPollingPlace.com and it will tell you where the fuck you are supposed to go.

Well, at least that's how it's supposed to work.

Yeah, well. It's not a miracle-worker.

Mr. Cuomo hosted his first on-line chat on Sept. 24 (with the help of his fast-typing press aide, Josh Vlasto), answering questions from citizens on a range of political and personal topics, from the future of the Indian Point nuclear plant to his affection for the Executive Mansion on Eagle Street. The session may not have produced any startling exchanges, but it did show that Mr. Cuomo is serious about embracing 21st-century technology to keep in touch with his constituents.

The governor also has posted his schedule on the new site, http://governor.ny.gov/citizenconnects/. The posting already has offered an insight into Mr. Cuomo’s governing style, showing, for example, that in early March he hosted a lunch for several Roman Catholic bishops and, the following day, met with supporters of same-sex marriage—an indication of his willingness to reach out to all sides on controversial issues.

Anything that helps to rip apart the veil of secrecy in Albany is good. Mr. Cuomo’s embrace of technology as a tool for greater transparency is a giant leap in the right direction. But full accountability and transparency require more than a website, useful though it is. Transparency requires an end to back-room deals and secretive decision-making at all levels of government.

Bringing about that kind of change will require more than an on-line chat.

Disclosure: The author of this post was previously employed by Salon.com.

Salon.com -- never, ever to be confused with Slate.com -- has brought back former editor in chief/founding father David Talbot as CEO of the online magazine. But in case you think the staff was just feeling nostalgic, Mr. Talbot wasted no time in trumpeting his arrival with news of a complete relaunch of the website as a multimedia platform. The redesign even gets a fancy new name: "American Spring." Let Salon's new CEO tell you all about it:

"Salon is initiating a call for an American spring,” Talbot said, “a national conversation to profoundly renew this country in the same spirit as people in Europe in the streets and throughout the Arab World.”

So what does that actually mean for your daily dose of Alex Pareene? Here's the breakdown on some of "American Spring's" new features (from the PR newswire):

• Recruiting top talent such as Jefferson Morley, formerly of The Washington Post, and Irin Carmon of Jezebel
• Joining forces with media partners such as Alternet, GlobalPost, Grist and Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films;
• Launching a video talk show series with hosts David Talbot and editor in chief Kerry Lauerman, who will interview leading political, business, and cultural personalities and other movers and shakers, about the future of the country. The first interview will be with Bill Moyers, the leading voice of American populism.
• Expanding Salon's cultural selection to showcase illustrated graphic stories and music specials spotlighting the best new and legendary musicians;
• Creating a Salon Studio that will produce unique video programming by artists such as Jennifer Crandall, the Emmy-nominated videographer behind the "onBeing" series
• Holding "Salon To Go" events, beginning with a series of gatherings in barber shops and salons across the country, to discuss what's wrong in America and how to fix it.

With all these changes, the Salon of the future may barely resemble the one we've come to know and love (and worry about). Salon's editor in chief Kerry Lauerman tells us via email:

The editorial staff is incredibly enthusiastic about David's return, and the company's renewed focus. David hired me back in 2000, and has been an informal adviser since I took over here; he's a lodestar. Most importantly, he's helping us find the resources to be as aggressive and ambitious as we've always wanted to be.

Well...okay. So long Salon promises not to threaten the world with the possibility of a Michael Wolff takeover again, we're still fans.