Last Minute Business
Things have been getting increasingly stressful at the Smith house of late. This week we’re getting ready to close on a house we’re buying (closing tomorrow) with the intent of moving in once I return. 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.
Massive Reserve Callup
I got a memorandum yesterday from a local career counselor sergeant that had some very interesting news in it: _ “This office has received official notification that all current members of the IRR will be …
Back In Uniform
So, we got my uniforms out of storage last week and so today I finally went through the bins and found my old uniforms. Tried one on, and amazingly enough, it still fits! They do seem to have shrunk a bit in storage, …
Micro Caching Article Published
Basically, the idea is that even a very short-term cache can make a
ASP.NET Micro Caching - Benefits of a One-Second Cache
When I start talking about caching, I imagine that many people immediately stop listening, thinking " my situation requires up-to-the-minute data, so caching isn't an option". Consider the benefits of what I call 'micro …
Laptops and School News
I spoke to a Captain in Leonardwood yesterday at the Training Support Battalion (TSB) where I “ll be for my stay there. She was able to answer a few of my questions. I’m welcome to bring a laptop to FLW but …
Properties? Universally good or not?
jaybaz_MS writes about Properties? Not my bag baby and makes some
So It Begins...
The first post of my deployment blog, sharing my Army background and how I was called up from IRR status for Operation Iraqi Freedom.