In June of 2014 I bought a house in Wilmington, DE. I was looking for something in the greater Philadelphia area with some level of civilization, but which was also cheaper (and with lower taxes) than New Jersey. Wilmington fits the bill and is smaller and more relaxed than Philadelphia (not to mention NYC), while having many of the advantages. It's also convenient to Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and DC.

I've been running my consulting and software business, Eclipse Software, since the closing of the investment banking business of NatWest. Topics in financial transaction processing applications are published to the website on an on-going basis.

Working

Moving Around

This is where I've been since graduating from Caltech in 1973.

Education

This is my formal education after graduating from Chofu High School in Tokyo, Japan.

Professional Activities

Affiliations

Standards Development

I've been a member of the working groups for a number of industry software standards developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers:

Presentations

"Software Development Life Cycles", New York. Presented this seminar at the invitation of the New York Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society. Discussed the background of software development methods and current results from research and practice.

Trips & Pix

Recent trips and pictures.

• In Gettysburg again for the 2010 Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Click Gettysburg Festival 2010 for pictures.
• I've walked the path of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg a few times. If you have any interest in the battle it's a very worthwhile exercise. Easy to do and not exactly what it seems. Click Walking Pickett's Charge for pictures.
• To Pennsylvania in June of 2009 for the 4th Honesdale Roots & Rhythm Music & Arts Festival, headlined by Junior Brown. Click Honesdale Festival 2009 for pictures.
• Back to Gettysburg in May of 2009 for the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Click Gettysburg Festival 2009 for pictures.
• In May of 2008 I took some vacation time in Pennsylvania, ending with 4 days at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival. Click Gettysburg Festival 2008 for pictures.
• In 2007 I took a trip to the western region of North Carolina, centered around 4 days at MerleFest in April. Click MerleFest 2007 for pictures.

Family Links & Pages

Links to family sites and to local pages.

• Some genealogy information can be found at Wigle. This site is currently under (re)development.
• My brother John's obituary. He died in 2010 from pancreatic cancer.
• My father's obituary from "Taps", plus a few Notes.
• Information on my mother's parents (and the company her father started) can be found at William Mitchell Rile & Mitchell Supreme.
• If you're looking for Sam, the black cocker spaniel, he has his own website: Sam.dog. You can send him messages there.

Odds & Ends

The things that didn't fit anywhere else.

• Member of the USNR from 1982 to 1995.

Petty Officer Second Class, Data Processing Technician (DP2).

This is pay grade E-5. If you're familiar with the other branches of the service, this is equivalent to a Sergeant (Marine Corps and Army) or Staff Sergeant (Air Force).

If you're not familiar with military pay grades or ranks, then it's the rank just below Admiral.

• Play the guitar and piano.

  There is quite a bit of on-line chatter regarding calluses from fretting the guitar and how they may negatively impact piano playing. This is from the liner notes for Great Pianists Of The 20th Century, Vol. 19 - Van Cliburn, quoting Van Cliburn on his return to public performance in 1987 after a 10-year absence.

  "In fact," he recalls, "I had been ready for some time. I always played for myself, but it was only a year or so before that I started practicing seriously and trying to get the calluses back on my fingers."

• Art lessons at Parsons School of Design from 1985 to 1992.
• Born Andrew Hudson Weigel, Jr. in Beaconsfield, U.K.

About .name

The .name top-level domain (TLD) was developed to allow individuals to own an Internet address (mine is andrew.weigel.name) and associated e-mail addresses (see mine below). You never have to worry about it after that, regardless of where you live or whom you use as an ISP.

Unlike other e-mail addresses, you own your .name. If you have your e-mail through a company like Yahoo or Google, they are providing you a service but are under no obligation to you. They could change the naming scheme, give the address to someone else, go out of business, merge with another firm, or decide to start charging a fee.

The situation is similar with ISPs (e.g., Comcast, RoadRunner), but there you have the added problem that you may move to an area not supported by that ISP. Then you have no choice but to get a new e-mail address.

.name simply makes things much simpler.

The downside is that it is not widely supported by registrars and hosters. Part of it is that the TLD is four characters; many applications still expect three (e.g., ".com" or ".edu"). The domain is also unique to three levels; other domains are unique to only two. andrew.weigel.com, for instance, would be a subdomain of weigel.com, not a standalone domain. This also causes problems for many hosters. In the end I had to add a second domain (andrewweigel.name) just so that the home page would display properly.

The authorities have now permitted two-level domains (e.g., weigel.name), which is confusing registrars, hosters, and users.

Click here to learn more about .name in Wikipedia.

Contact Information

Andrew Weigel
908 Greenhill Ave
Wilmington, DE 19805-2640
212 727-1136

Last updated: January 6, 2022.   Copyright 2005-2022, Andrew H. Weigel (AHW).  E-mail: Web2022@andrewweigel.name.