Hi all-- I'm not really the guy to link commercial sites or services, since it seems too close to spam, but I just "found" a site called elance.com, where you can submit a fixed service (such as translation from Russian-English, ahem, I already registered that) for a fixed price, or Request Proposals for a job (Write a CGI script to automate web pages, might take 2-3 hours). It might be worth a try if you're into making contacts to work as any kind of consultant. You might be suprised what people will pay for some skill that you have that you consider "dorky". It's free right now, but they may take a cut in the future. At any rate, I think this is where work will be in about 1-2 years for those of us with specialized skills. Disclaimer--they did not pay me anything for this free pitch. Just thought it could help someone out. --Mike Michael J. Smith Flyfisher, Russian Translator, and Linux-Geek-At-Large
