Lo and behold I was reading through my inbox today and there was an message about speed monitoring of airline web sites. Take a look at the rankings from Gomez.

AirTran and jetBlue are the top two fastest web sites in North America. Congrats go out to Navitaire and both these airlines.

Is your site broken? Here’s how to find out. Go to http://validator.w3.org/ and put in your sites address. If you get back a red page with errors you’ll know your site is broken, if it comes back with a green banner then you’ve passed validation by the web standards board (W3C) and you know you have quality code.

If your seeing red, Half Nut Development can help get you in the green.

It seems more and more anilines are trying to make up for lost revenue by hawking their wares to their captive audiences. I hope this trend is one that is carried out as unobtrusively as possible. After all, who would like to be wedged in the middle seat in coach and being pestered to buy some discount cologne? I think I’ll invent a no soliciting sign that can be attached directly overhead to let the attendants know that I wouldn’t care to be disturbed for their sales presentations. Now I know it’s not their faults, but lets just hope they can carry this off in a fashion similar to SkyMall where I’m not obliged to listen to a speech about a five dollar bag of Doritos or a time share in Las Vegas.

Having spread sunshine about the possibilities I think airlines can carry this off if they do it right.
I just read a story of Skybus airlines passengers who flew for $10 but spent 10 times that in buying gifts on their way to see their grandchildren. This can be a win win situation for airlines and passengers to get great discounts on products and services if they desire.

Lets just hope the skies don’t become the new showroom for used car salesmen.

I first saw this hotel on a television program (Extreme Home Makeover). It was one or the prizes for the selected family. It looked like a castle in the middle of a forest so I started to dig on the internet to find out just what this place was.

Their website is very nicely done and has some great photos of the hotel.
It looks like the ultimate guilty please with a panorama of beautiful things to see, do, eat and experience!
This is a perfect spot for an anniversary or special occasion for your loved one.

The only downside I can see is whether to go in the summer of winter. They both look so magical!

In the summer you can go for a hike and then take a gondola ride to the top of the mountain where you can stand, perched on top of the world, feeling the tingling of the wind rushing past you feeling alive as you survey the beauty of the glacier lake, numerous trees and wildlife. You’ll feel your energy recharge with a relaxing peace that will take you away from all your cares. Breath in the grandeur and bounty that nature has provided for us.

Then imagine a cool winters’ day with the snow lightly falling frosting the trees and rooftops. Inside your luxuriously decorated room a fire is burning and you return from a trip to the spa where you’ve just had a relaxing massage. You slip beneath the covers of your heavenly bed for a deep winter slumber.

This looks like a definite must see.

The best kept secret among Sunshine Coast Accommodations is Rockwater Secret Cove Resort. What was once the Lord Jim’s Resort Hotel, this magical oasis has been transformed into a private paradise for distinguished guests.

http://www.rockwatersecretcoveresort.com/

I had a very rewarding experience today with educating someone about CSS based design.
I have a fairly new manager in a company that I do work for. He’s the atypical manager in that he is very technical and experienced with Windows and a smattering of web development.

As I ran through my coursework I’ve created for CSS based web design, there was instance after instance where you could see the light bulb turn on and he made the connection between the old way of doing things and how it’s replaced by a better methodology. I guess it comes from having to explain things time and again and have it fall on deaf ears. It’s so rewarding when someone gets the reasons why we do what we do and why it’s better. I wish it were this easy always, but then I guess that would just be too easy now wouldn’t it.