Archive for November 3rd, 2006

Valour-IT: Major Military Press Story

November 3rd, 2006 by xformed

We made it! Wide area coverage (kinda like and E-2C on station – only a lot bigger!)

From Army Times:

“Bloggers compete to raise cash for computer charity” by Karen Jowers, Staff writer

A competition is raging among Internet bloggers to see who can raise the most money for voice-activated laptops that will be given to severely disabled service members.

The Veterans Day competition, which is organized by Valour-IT, began Monday. It’s goal is to raise $180,000 in 10 days; as of Thursday morning, the total was up to $51,068.
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Thanks, Karen, for taking an interest!

Category: Charities, Military, Supporting the Troops, Technology, Valour-IT | 2 Comments »

jfk’s Remarks to College Students

November 3rd, 2006 by xformed

I’m not going to pull up a bunch of links, for much of my post is commonly known information.

Premises:

Liberals don’t like the military
Liberals think military members are too stupid to get a job “in the real world”
Liberals don’t want the Military recruiting on college campuses
Military recruiting goals continue to be met (which drives liberals crazy)

My analysis:

jfk (for he is not worthy of large letters like the man of stature with those initials who preceded him) last week on a college campus was just out there, using a different tactic to knock back recruiting numbers.

I guess he’s never head of “blowback.”

I’ve commented many times, the Democrats are chasing off the very people who would comprehend strategy and tactics…but, hey, they won’t take my advice.

If you want some real recruiter gouge, check out Station Commando, especially this post! It’s a hoot!

BTW, SC got a hat tip from Chris Muir, the author of the comic strip “Day by Day,” for getting the “Stuck in IraK” picture.

Category: Humor, Leadership, Military | 1 Comment »

Valour-IT: Concidence? I Think Not – A Lesson Learned

November 3rd, 2006 by xformed

Note: I take no pleasure is seeing someone suffer. One’s misforutne, in this case helps teach us all how lucky we are and I’m passing it along.

A member of Soldier’s Angels cuts one of her pinky fingers the day before Valour-IT starts it’s drive this year.

She gets it. Not a good thing to have to suffer to understand, but this thinker and blogger sees how even a minor disability to her typing skills is but a mere shadow of what many suffer from.

“Lessons Learned – Project Valour-IT”

As you know, I cut my finger pretty severely over the weekend, and am still waiting to find out whether or not I’ll need surgery. The pain has been manageable, but what’s driven me nuts is the impediment to my typing. I normally type about 100 or so words a minute, and now I’m back to feeling like a geek while I try to adjust to not being able to use my pinky. Doing everything with my hands requires some adjustment. I can’t get the stitches wet, so I need to shower with a plastic bag over my left hand. Add that to all the other times that I hit it on something, or have to adjust to the temporary loss of that digit, and it’s annoying at best, pretty painful at worst. At the most, I’ll need surgical correction. Either way, I’ll be splinted for several weeks, and will need physical therapy.

And that’s just one pinky, on one hand. A couple of months, and it’ll likely be back to normal. I can still type, although I have to adjust, and I can still do most things with relatively minor inconvenience. And my injury was do to a moment’s stupidity – my fault.

Read the rest here… and think about it.

Category: Blogging, Charities, Military, Supporting the Troops, Technology, Valour-IT | Comments Off on Valour-IT: Concidence? I Think Not – A Lesson Learned

Valour-IT: “A Picture is Worth 1000 Words”

November 3rd, 2006 by xformed

Many of us respond to the graphical representations of things far more quickly than a nice tabular green line, wide format data sheet.

Ken of SmadaNek has posted tracking in PICTURES (you know, for us people who didn’t do well at skool and can’t rear or rite):

See it here!

Category: Charities, Military, Supporting the Troops, Technology, Valour-IT | Comments Off on Valour-IT: “A Picture is Worth 1000 Words”

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