Upon arriving home at McCarran airport this morning the flight crew had a not-so-welcome piece of news. Travelers are being told to be at the airport at least three hours prior to their flights when leaving Las Vegas. The FAA'sLas Vegas McCarran International Airport shows the current status and the lines didn't look too bad. The security line for the "D" gates looked like it might take 30-45 minutes. When I left on Thursday afternoon it took about 20 minutes to go from the parking garage to the gate (with a pre-printed b
Matt Raible has an interesting discussion going about the differences in full time vs. contract work. Having just started a full time job that I love I can say that the grass can be as green on the other side. Matt has done excellent work and it is a large part of the reason he's so successful as a contractor. It depends, too, on what kind of work one wants to do. When I set out to look for the job I have now I had specific goal of being in the geographic region and my first choice was to move back into the academic arena.
What are the best mailing list solutions people are using today? We are in need of a better list management solution. In my mind the basic requirements include:
Web based administration including Add/Delete/Suspend
Web based archive
Ability to use the web to change from regular to digest delivery
Automatic processing of bounces
What are the best solutions to date for hosting this in-house?
Apparently unswayed by the overwhelming majority of the rank-and-file members of the Democratic party that did not offer their support the Mike Miles campaign will go on. Here is the email that was sent out earlier today.
Subject: Standing Tall - Part 2
Dear friend,
You showed courage voting for me last Tuesday. Thank you. In many cases my supporters were in the minority at their precinct caucus, so it took even more courage to stand up for democracy and to make a difference in the direction of our Party and country.
U.S. Senate candidate Mike Miles told the Cortez Journal last week that he would decide by this past Sunday whether to continue his campaign. '"I need some input from people around the state, and we're going to decide what action to take," Miles said via phone Friday,' Miles told the paper. he says he is willing to listen to rank-and-file Democrats. Mike the caucuses were last week. The rank-and-file have spoken and said, quite clearly, that Mr. Salazar is our standard bearer.
Dave Winer says today "It's a sick thing to define yourself in terms of the misery you think you're creating." It makes me think about people I know who define themselves by trying to ensure everyone around them conforms to their world views and end up alienating people because they don't even understand how condescending and "I'll prove I'm better than you are," they come across to others. I usually think to myself "how sad your world must be."