Final Blog!!

After an interesting semester, it is a bit refreshing to post the final blog. Over this past semester I have found it difficult at times to come up with an interesting subject to blog about. As seen in some of my previous postings. This one is no different. However, this past week, or more precisely yesterday November 11 was Veterans Day. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans Day is intended to honor and thank all military personnel who served the United States in all wars, particularly living veterans. To give you a bit of a history lesson, according to timeanddate.com. “On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 an armistice between Germany and the Allied nations came into effect. On November 11, 1919, Armistice Day was commemorated for the first time. In 1919, President Wilson proclaimed the day should be "filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory.”” “In 1926, the United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I and declared that the anniversary of the armistice should be commemorated with prayer and thanksgiving. The Congress also requested that the president should "issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples.”” Please keep all of our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Coast Guardsmen, DoD Civilians, and their families serving this great nation of ours in your thoughts and prayers. THANK YOU!

Proper Fit!

Okay, this week has been an interesting week. Several of you know where I work so I will not elaborate on that. However, I have several contractors working for me this week to install A LOT of equipment. Two of which I am extremely happy with. They are very hard workers and that time that they have spent at the office has been very productive. They have completed all they can do in one area and moved to another to start the instillation of even more equipment. So you are asking where the fit comes in right. Well, there is another contractor that is not giving me the “warm and fuzzy.” This other contractor is on the job site for one specific reason. Install pieces of equipment in a network rack and configure them. This contractor has been here for a week and today was the first time any piece of equipment was attempted to be placed in the rack. Needless to say the equipment DOESN’T FIT in the rack! I had to get the Project Manager to take a look at the rack and hold the contractor to the “fire.” So the moral of this story is to check the fit of the equipment on day one and not towards the end of the project.