tag:www.thedonovan.com,2012://1/tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822- 2012-01-06T18:18:27Z We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 Movable Type 4.12 tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822 2009-06-01T10:46:04Z 2009-06-01T11:31:40Z

The Armorer http://www.thedonovan.com SOG Media, which is milblogger owned and operated.  You might recognize some names.  No, not the Armorer's, I don't have the time or talent for that sort of thing.

This ad campaign is a test of our ability to deliver - both technically and in terms of numbers.  And, if those of us participating in this buy make it work, there will be more ads, and *koff* room for more people hosting advertising.

No one is going to get rich, but from Castle Argghhh!'s perspective, things like Project Valour-IT and all those other mil-themed charities will benefit.  And I might be able to buy enough server space that we can reduce the instances of the Castle Echo...!  This place is free to you, but not to us.

All y'all will help us grow this thing by clicking on the ad now and then - and if you've an interest, because you're a young potential warrior  who knows your going to college or are thinking about going to college and looking for some ways to help defray that cost (bear in mind, you *will* be tasked to serve, and there's a war on - no excuses or whinage!), you're a parent with questions, or an alum who'd like to track down some fellow cadidiots... really help us out and click through and *register!*  That's going to be our measure of merit.

And yeah, you sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coasties.  At least click through, eh?  Oh - and you non-US people, too.  Numbers count he said, shilling shamelessly.]]> tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89371 Terrymum 2009-06-02T21:06:35Z 2009-06-02T21:06:35Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89352 Grimmy
I do so wish that when our fore fathers decided to get the hell out of europe and come to the new US they'd have left all the poisonous and idiot philosophies of europe behind too.
]]> 2009-06-02T00:49:44Z 2009-06-02T00:49:44Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89351 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com
Many were the hair shirts donned, sack cloth filled with ashes (I know, I know, I'm murdering the metaphor) over the morality of accepting filthy lucre and compromising ourselves on the corporate altar.

And we've all had the moment when some bit 'o muzak we identified with our rebellious yoot suddenly is used to push haemerrhoid creme...

Me?  My usual reaction is... "Heh.  Mick musta had a house payment to make."

Me, I'd love to quit my cubicle job and become a professional curmudgeon...]]> 2009-06-01T23:51:59Z 2009-06-01T23:51:59Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89350 Grimmy Seems to me it's more of a case of Keeping the Faith.]]> 2009-06-01T22:13:07Z 2009-06-01T22:13:07Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89347 Fishmugger Yes to the AKO. That stopped me cold and I didn't want to fool around and use one of my .mil friends addresses just to go looking around. It is an ARMY site and us BLUE suits wouldn't know what we're looking at. 2009-06-01T18:40:27Z 2009-06-01T18:40:27Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89346 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com 2009-06-01T18:16:46Z 2009-06-01T18:16:46Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89345 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com
One of the things the people behind that ad are going to be looking for is - how many sign-ups do they score per x thousand page views?

The higher that number, the happier they're going to be.  That said, it really is a very specialized ad campaign - but one made possible by the rise of new media niche markets. 

If we show, as a group, that milblogs have the oomph to pull this off, there's a good chance to expand the offerings and breadth of same.

I've already noted the campaign has some real limits to it as it requires an AKO address to sign up.  By putting that requirement in, they are cutting themselves off from a significant sum of their alumni, and potentially an important segment, since they envision this as a social networking medium, where people can network for jobs, etc. 

There are a lot of legal and philosophical issues that ROTC Command and other elements of the services have to work through here.]]> 2009-06-01T18:14:41Z 2009-06-01T18:14:41Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89344 Maggie http://bostonmaggie.blogspot.com 2009-06-01T18:12:39Z 2009-06-01T18:12:39Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89342 Fishmugger
But fine...as long as Finch from Sham Wow doesn't have anything to do with this. I already have two lifetime supplies.]]> 2009-06-01T17:02:43Z 2009-06-01T17:02:43Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89341 JimC ]]> 2009-06-01T16:20:27Z 2009-06-01T16:20:27Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89338 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com Well, yer so good at it, I hadda give it a try... 2009-06-01T14:36:26Z 2009-06-01T14:36:26Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89337 Maggie http://bostonmaggie.blogspot.com Tramp 2009-06-01T14:26:35Z 2009-06-01T14:26:35Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89336 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com 2009-06-01T14:04:45Z 2009-06-01T14:04:45Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89335 Argent http://www.aaronpoeze.com ]]> 2009-06-01T13:59:52Z 2009-06-01T13:59:52Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89334 Argent http://www.aaronpoeze.com ]]> 2009-06-01T13:54:35Z 2009-06-01T13:54:35Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89332 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com
]]> 2009-06-01T13:42:11Z 2009-06-01T13:42:11Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89331 AW1 Tim
   I've been using Firefox for about a year now, and everything here comes in just fine...
]]> 2009-06-01T13:39:34Z 2009-06-01T13:39:34Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89330 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com 2009-06-01T13:36:15Z 2009-06-01T13:36:15Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89329 Argent http://www.aaronpoeze.com ]]> 2009-06-01T13:31:03Z 2009-06-01T13:31:03Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89328 AW1 Tim   Of further interest is that several of the phone numbers that are listed are disconnected.   Someone in the ROTC PR department needs to get on top of that issue pronto.  I had a couple questions about ROTC locally, and there's no way to get ahold of anyone through the numbers listed on that ad. 
]]> 2009-06-01T13:02:48Z 2009-06-01T13:02:48Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89327 John of Argghhh! http://www.thedonovan.com 2009-06-01T12:29:50Z 2009-06-01T12:29:50Z tag:www.thedonovan.com,2009://1.10822-comment:89325 BillT http://www.thedonovan.com
One question, though -- how do they expect former kaydets to ID their old outfits when they're not labeled by school, but by cutsie monikers such as "Seneca" or "Mohawk" battalion?
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