about me

About Me

Hi! I'm Craig. I'm a Software Engineer. I've spent the bulk of my career developing networking software, layered network architectures like TCP/IP for Unisys systems. I worked in IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) on Unisys Clearpath MCP systems. Since 2008 I've been working on Unisys Systems that run banking networks that transfer money in one way or another.

I left Unisys Corporation in December of 2007, and started working for SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) in January 2008 and worked there until 2014. In 2016 I started working for The Clearing House.

I worked at Unisys for more than 26 years and while I was there I collected a few Unisys coffee mugs that you can see here.

Family

I have two wonderful children: Jonathan, born in 1988, and Laura, born in 1993.

I also have a lovely wife, Debra. Here is a picture of Debra on Ellis Island.

And here is our family photo album.

Hobbies

I enjoy cooking. And more than that, I enjoy eating. I have a number of recipes web pages that I will be turning into their own web site: craigs recipes. I like playing trivia games, fishing, playing chess, playing Team Fortress 2 for the PC online, and hanging with my friends. I also enjoy good food and wine, and going to micro-breweries. I used to enjoy working out, body building, weight lifting. Let see... My single rep bench press record is 355 pounds (March 2000), 320 in competition (April 2000). I haven't lifted weights for many years now and I've gotten a belly. I can't lift nearly what I used to be able to.

Speaking of my friends, here are a few old pictures at the gym.

And here is my very effective body-building diet.

Here are a couple older pictures, when I was actually in shape, and had hair -- I guess I'm in shape now... round is a shape:

                 

This Web Site

The popularity of the various pages on this web site has changed over the years. For a while the most popular page was my rot13 page, then later  it was How to Cook Great Ribs. Lately the Hex to EBCDIC Converter page gets more hits than anything else, then the similar Hex to ASCII Converter. I also have a serious page about diet and bodybuilding. What is my IP Address? --  (Tells you the IP Address of your PC), and Tic Tac Toe -- (A Javascript game, source from Dynamicdrive.com)

Links

Fully Informed Jury Association --  (To educate Americans regarding their full powers as jurors.)
JunkScience.com --  (All the Junk that's fit to Debunk)
Past Superbowl Commercials --  (Joe Namath, Mean Joe Green, and others)
Stop Abductions -- (they are serious about this, I find it interesting)