Here are a few photos from my trip to Las Vegas for the 2012 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) conference.

Nels and Joni at the Holiday Party

Joni and I had a great time at the company holiday part that was hosted at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort. Here is a photo that was taken when we first arrived to the event. In response to the Flickr storage conundrum, I have decided not to decide. The best photos will get posted on this weblog as individual or group photo posts and the larger sets will be still be loaded to Flickr. Without a rock solid method for photo archive management within Flickr, I am still struggling with how to manager content based on a longitudinal strategy.

Within my archives I have about 20,000 digital photographs that date back to 1998. They are all sorted chronologically by event. Over the years, I have trusted the Yahoo! owned Flickr photo sharing service. The Flickr photo service allows me to archive digital content, but it provides a very poor backup service. Extracting photos from my webserver requires a minimal amount of effort. Extracting photos from Flickr took about six hours of sustaining downloading using some basic Java scripts. I am going to have to make a decision about how to store photos online. I strongly dislike the idea of hosting a pure photo blog, but I am not sure of what the best mechanism for displaying 20,000 photos online would actually be. I’m sure at some point some answer will become obvious.

Have you ever been to a surprise baby shower?  The kind people I work with at Corinthian Colleges  threw me a surprise baby shower that included this wonderful cake.

Joni really enjoyed the baby shower and made a tower of sugar cookies for my coworkers.

Fwd: I like aqua or pirate coast, a photo by nelslindahl on Flickr.

In terms of paint colors, I like Carolina Inn Club Aqua or Pirate Coast. What do you think? Maybe paint the walls different colors?

Spicy nacho popcorn, a photo by nelslindahl on Flickr.

This new flavor of popcorn was horrible. I can say without reservation or hesitation that the Orville Redenbacher’s Spicy Nacho popcorn flavor was truly disappointing.

Dinner at the Craftwood Inn, a photo by nelslindahl on Flickr.

Joni and Nels Lindahl had dinner at the Craftwood Inn with my parents.

IMAG0027, a photo by nelslindahl on Flickr.

Joni and Nels Lindahl played golf at Patty Jewett today.

DSCN4858, a photo by nelslindahl on Flickr.

This photo of Joni and Nels Lindahl was taken during my trip to Baltimore, Maryland for the annual American Society for Public Administration conference.

photo (2), a photo by nelslindahl on Flickr.

Dinner at the Hereford House in Kansas City for our 5th Wedding Anniversary of Joni and Nels Lindahl