After graduating from Brown Univ. (where computers and coding pointed the way for me), I spent 3 years in the US Army Signal Corps. Moved to the Boston area for 25 years, where I worked at tech firms (mostly data communications, coding down on the bare silicon), including Datagraphix, Raytheon, Codex/Motorola, and DEC. Got married (lasted 23 years - we're still friends) with 1 son, Matthew, now 25. Moved to San Diego to work at Qualcomm, which is big in smart phone innards, but I worked in their several satellite-based products. The tech steam finally ran out, and I tried various others things, but finally noticed that I was actually retired. Moved to Colorado Springs with Diane, who I had met in San Diego, in retirement mode. Her daughter and grandkids live in Boulder, a just convenient distance away. We're traveling around in our trailer a lot, visiting places that are becoming less and less local to us, taking in a number of star parties, including one Down Under. We have a substantial garden, which is producing at a fierce rate and keeping Diane busy with canning and freezing. Photography also keeps me entertained. My mother passed this year, so now my older sister Anne (lives quite close to W-L) and I are the "ancients". All in all, doing well.