Black Scorpions
Things are going fine here. Getting settled in, have everybody here now that’s not on leave. Was out talking to my commander and the other LTs in the company tonight and when we got up to leave (after dark) we …
Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
New Home
Moving to a new base in Iraq after our convoy was hit by a roadside bomb, and settling into new accommodations.
Making DataReaders Less Evil
I admit it, I've never been a big fan of the DataReader. There are
Central Perk, Iraqi Style
A few weeks ago a new building completed construction at FOB Caldwell. The Hickory Cafe (30th BCT’s tagline is “Old Hickory”) provides a Starbucksesque atmosphere and serves a few flavors of coffee that …
Awesome Rock Band (local to northeast Ohio)
An awesome rock band for anybody interested in such things is Redshift. Their song Infamy got a ton of play time on local stations back a couple of years ago (about a year after 9/11). At the time I really liked it …
Writing a Days of the Week Selector Control
In this article I'll describe the process I went through to create a control for choosing days of the week. The need driving this is the creation of an admin program that allows certain tasks to be scheduled for certain …
New Domain, More Bloggers
Announcing the new ArmyAdvice.org domain and offering free blog space for soldiers to share their deployment experiences.
Mail Call and WebSite Info
For those wondering how long mail takes, I got 2 letters and 2 packages today (9/10), 3 of which were sent on 8/26 and one on 8/28. So 13-15 days. I had some time today to play around a bit with the look my section of …
More Stuff To Bring
Recommended gadgets for soldiers deploying to Iraq including laptops, MP3 players, GPS devices, thumb drives, and digital cameras.
