Welcome to AWCfamily.com
Me Long Ago
We have been online at AWCfamily.com since Valentine’s Day 2001. This is a hobby of mine, this is basically my public brain and heart. My thoughts, my feelings, my experiences, my nuggets of knowledge and pearls of wisdom. Well, at least those I choose to share with whomever stops by.
The SideBar on the left will help you navigate this website. There is a Site Map listing every page, and the What's New page shows you the pages that have been added or updated most recently. There is a quick search form at the bottom of every page, or a more advanced one here on the Home Page and in the Genealogy section.
Available on this website, absolutely free:
- Meteorology
- I have been fascinated with the weather since elementary school, and managed to get a Masters degree in Atmospheric Science from Colorado State University. Though my career went a different direction, the weather still fascinates me. I have a personal weather station and publish near real-time data from it on this website, as well as charts and tables of all data acquired since it became operational in December 2005.
- Genealogy
- I have been interested in our genealogy since the mid-1990s, and mostly gathered information from other (more dedicated) genealogists in the family. I have also done some personal research online and at the Allen County Public Library here in Fort Wayne (the largest public genealogy research library in America).
- Most of the data I have is available online here. To search just in my genealogical data, when using the search form on this page or the Genealogy page, change the In: to Genealogy. Then enter any name (all lower case) to Look For: and click on the Search button.
- Photography
- I enjoy photography. Occasionally, I actually get some decent shots. I prefer photographing nature, but people and man-made objects do sometimes make interesting subjects.
- The Blog of Life and The Blog of Proper Perspective
- A couple of blogs chronicling random flashes of keen insight into life and politics.
- Witticisms Found
- Don’t worry, I am not the author of these gems, merely the scavenger.
- Wandering the Web
- This is an eclectic journal of websites that made an impression on me at some point in time. Hopefully they’re still out there.
- Digital Images
- Here are collections of photographs and other digital images that I have amassed and had time to put on this website. For example:
- Atomic Test Image Gallery. A collection of photos taken during the U.S. nuclear weapons program of the 1940s–1960s, sized and matted for use as computer desktop background/wallpaper.
- Presenting Data and Information Seminar
- This one-day seminar was fascinating, insightful, amusing, and enlightening. Though some of the time seemed merely the rantings of an artist, Edward Tufte covered many excellent and relevant concepts in information design. Overall, the seminar was strong on doctrine but somewhat weak on practical, day-to-day application. Historical presentations of data seemed to capture a large slice of time while only a smattering of new concepts for data presentation could be found. This is likely a reflection of the observation that the geniuses of the past (like Euclid, Newton, Galileo, Copernicus) knew how to get their data laden points across using efficient and effective presentation techniques; while we today have settled for the inane, data-sparse eye candy of Power Point™ graphics.
- Computing
- Oddly enough, I also enjoy working with computers. Darn good thing, since I’m a software engineer. Anyway, this area of our website deals with using and programming computers.
- Website Development
- I enjoy developing and maintaining websites and other online resources. In addition to this website, I also maintain the website for the Algonquian Confederacy of the Quinnipiac Tribal Council (a passion of my mother’s) and an internal website for my employer.
- Friends & Family
- This section is geared toward those that know us personally. If you are not among those privileged few, you are welcome to be nosy — but you may quickly get bored.
Car Attacks House
Shortly after midnight on Sunday, 17 August 2003, a car jumped the curb and flew over 60 feet, coming to rest fully inside our house. It took out the side and a corner of the garage, half the laundry room, and destroyed the dining room and entryway, including the upstairs staircase. Despite the devastation to property, thankfully no injuries resulted from the incident. The driver, a 17-year-old at the time, fled the scene, was arrested by police a couple of days later, and eventually received only a slap on the wrist from our marvelous judicial system. read more…
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