Dan "TheShu" Romuald's Blog (10)

On behalf of VFW WebCOM I'd like to publicly thank HF "Rick" House III (Jarhead) and William "Knoot" Knudson for their efforts in helping me capture the 2009 National Convention in photos. Both of these great individuals was kind enough to provide me (and you) with hundreds of great photos of the convention. To see all of our photos, I suggest you go f… Continue

There were a few network updates that went into place overnight. The two major changes are in the "Members" listing page and in the photo upload area. The members listing page is fairly self explanatory. Instead of the grid view of members, there is now a top-down listing with more options listed on the right-hand side to allow for friend requests, etc. The photo upload area has also undergone a major upgrade. Th… Continue

There are several upgrades for the chat system on the horizon. Here's a list of the new/improved features from our service provider: On March 25th, we’re doing a new release of chat to deliver the most requested feature improvements we’ve heard so far from all the great feedback. Here are the highlights: * You’ll be able to resize the chat pop out. One of the most common requests we’ve heard is to be able to resize the new pop-out view of Chat. With this release, you’ll be able to dynamically… Continue

You may notice a slight change in the chat bar controls this morning. See the illustration below for the new controls.

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We've been following the progress on software updates on My VFW WebCOM. The latest word is that the new chat features have been delayed slightly to February 23rd. We will also be seeing some upgrades to the embeddable players for photos and videos at that time. Don't forget, you can create a photo album for a specific event at your post and then use the embeddable photo slideshow to embed the images in your post/district blog as well. For more info on the new chat features,… Continue

We've received word from the software folks who make My VFW WebCOM possible that there will be several improvements coming this month on the network. Some are internal, some are external. Some you won't even notice. The biggest of these will be a major upgrade to the chat system on the network. The upgrade is tentatively scheduled for sometime around the 20th of the month (fingers crossed) but will be a major improvement. And yes IJK...you'll finally get an optional bell to let you know when t… Continue

Via Associated Press and other sources

President-elect Barack Obama has nominated retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary. Obama made the announcement Sunday in Chicago along with Shinseki.

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We have enabled the photo moderation feature in our software for security purposes. All photos will now be approved before they appear on the site. Why? We like to keep things as simple as possible to give everyone a user-friendly experience, however, we are beginning to integrate some of the great content on My VFW WebCOM with the rest of the VFW WebCOM Network. In order to do that, we needed to eliminate the chance that some unscrupulous types didn't take advantage of the system to ei… Continue

ATLANTA, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Home Depot(R), the world's largest home improvement retailer, today announced that the Company is offering all active duty personnel, reservists, retired military, veterans and their families a 10 percent discount off their purchases in honor of Veteran's Day. The offer is valid on purchases of up to $2,000 for a maximum of $200 between November 6 and November 12, 2008, at The Home Depot stores, The Home Depot Design Center locations, Yardbirds and E… Continue

Last Month's Survey

Last month, [the VFW] asked "Do you think the Presidential candidates are talking enough about veterans' issues?"

Almost 300 people responded, with t… Continue