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Alaska Air flies 737s. Period.
http://www.alaskaair.com/content/about-us/newsroom/as-fleet.aspx

As of January 1, 2008, customers may no longer pack spare lithium batteries of any kind in checked baggage. Customers can carry spare lithium batteries for devices such as laptops, cell phones and cameras, but they must be packed in their carry-on baggage with the terminals covered/insulated. Customers may check bags that contain lithium batteries only if they are installed in the electronic devices. Damaged batteries will not be accepted for transport. For important details regarding the safe transportation of batteries/battery-powered devices while flying, please visit http://safetravel.dot.gov/.

I wonder if TSA agents are trained to actually take out and read the packaging/label of all batteries they come across as they rifle through your belongings.

They've got a website - http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/help/faqs/inflight-broadband.asp - answering questions on their inflight wi-fi and their @alaskaair Twitter account - http://twitter.com/alaskaair - provides daily updates what flight #'s will have wifi.

I had an Airport Express go missing from a bag checked at the Airport. I was flying Alaska at the time, but I'm doubtful that they were the ones that actually took it, especially based on this article. Nevertheless, I don't absolve them of responsibility - when I complained, they sent the report up to corporate so they could avoid any law hassles, and then sent me a rebate in the order of 50 bucks on the next flight, about half of what the item was worth. The justification was they have an extensive list of items that they absolve themselves of responsibility for.

Lesson learned. I don't fly anymore if I can help it, and when I can't help it, nothing but carry on for me. I hate to be the guy that takes up the overhead space, but I need to be able to arrive without some TSA employee taking his cut of my stuff. Worst case, I'm not leaving it up to them anymore to decide if the police are informed.

I've found many voice systems that will also accept touchtones for numeric input. Examples include Alaska Airlines and Sprint/Embarq. You can also often hit zero or in some cases, a string of zeros, to bypass the voice menus entirely and queue for a live operator.

From what I understand, the concept that the late 60's/early 70's was filled with hippie youth is actually a fairly big misconception. Yes, they were one of the loudest and most memorable groups, so they got a lot of attention. However, the culture only really thrived in a few small pockets. For instance the infamous haight-ashbury neighborhood is only a couple square miles. Yes, there were many pockets of hippy culture, particularilly around colleges and universities, but they definately did not make up the cultural majority of the time.

The vast majority of the people who became the impetus of the "me" generation were not former hippies. They were the squares in suits in business school, or the hardworking guy who started his own little business that took off big time.

Yes, there are going to be some people whose values change as they age, but it's also true that media focuses on the rebelious factions of youth, while older people are considered interesting because of their financial success. That, and it becomes a lot harder to fight against the man once you realize that you are, indeed the man. And mouths to feed that rely on you for guidance really changes your mind on punishment for what are percieved as wrong deeds.

It's a great place for outdoors in the summer, although it is (doh) cold and dark in the winter. Great for skiing/snowmobiling, though, and you can always catch webspecials on Alaska Air to California for a weekend. The further north you go from Anchorage, the salaries increase exponentially (as the extremeness of winter increases exponentially). The market isn't quite as hot as the rest of the U.S. right now.

Most of the best-paying jobs are with Big Oil, either in Anchorage (pop 260k), Valdez (10k?), or Prudhoe Bay/Deadhorse (20 people plus oil employees). The telecom, transportation (mostly cargo), and tourism industries are the other big I.T. employers.