Hi...I was born in 1957 in Queens, New York and raised in the 1960's and early 70's by catholic parents: Edmund (b.1933) and Edna (b.1934).  As the the eldest of five I have one brother, John (b.1961) and three sisters: Mary (b.1958), Regina (b.1959), and Donna (b.1962).  In 1975 I was admitted to MIT and moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts.  I remained in the Boston-area for more than 30 years, providing mostly hardware and software support, programming and teaching assistance at Harvard, MIT, and other organizations.   As a volunteer I helped the public access tv and free software and open source communities .  Recently I have been spending more time in Port Washington, NY to help reorganize the Twin Pines Food Cooperative & Charitable Thrift.