I'm now at my hotel in Dubai, where it is about 12:30 in the morning local time. The trip was long and exhausting, but it wasn't horrible by any means. The added security measures in the United States meant that lines at the ticket counters were longer (because everybody was checking items they used to be able to carry on such as make-up and toothpaste) but the security screening lines were
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Back to the Emirates
Posted on 9:52 PM by jackline
Yep, it's official. Tomorrow afternoon I am once again making the journey halfway around the world to my company's offices in Dubai. That rapidly-growing city is in the process of constructing an urban rail network, and I've been called over to assist in station planning efforts. This will require me to be in Dubai for most of the next three months, although I have planned short trips back to
¡Felíz Diez de Agosto!
Posted on 9:43 PM by jackline
Today, August 10th, is Ecuador's independence day.To be technical about this holiday, Ecuador did not officially gain its independence from Spain (or Gran Colombia, for that matter) on August 10th. On that date in 1809, a group of nobles in Quito, a colonial city that served as the seat of an administrative district (audiencia real) essentially encompassing what is now Ecuador, apparently became
Website finally back up
Posted on 6:02 PM by jackline
It took me much longer than I had anticipated, and there are still several changes and updates I want to make that I haven't yet done, but the entire content of my website is back online. There isn't any one "big" change to my website, but rather lots of smaller ones. I've added content to some pages, reformatted others, and also retired a handful of pages which had become dated. More
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
You want me where? When?
Posted on 6:53 AM by jackline
My company's Dubai office would like for me to come out there for a project meeting.This Saturday. At 1:30 pm local time.And I need to be back in Dallas by 9:30 am CDT next Tuesday.This ought to be interesting...
Tuesday, August 1, 2006
The Richmond rail squabble
Posted on 9:17 PM by jackline
Anybody who lives in Houston is by now pretty familiar with the "rail on Richmond" debate (if not, there's an extremely lengthy discussion about it over on the Houston Architectural Information Forum). In a nutshell, METRO would like to construct an east-west light rail line (called the "University Corridor") to complement its existing north-south rail line along Main Street (known as the "Red
I hate August
Posted on 6:05 PM by jackline
Today marks the beginning of August.I hate August.During August, the oppressive Houston summer is at its worst. The heat and humidity combine to create a climate that is truly unbearable. August is also when hurricane activity begins to pick up; in fact, some of the nation's most devastating hurricanes appear in August, including Andrew in 1992 and Katrina last year. There's something brewing out
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