User:Wcrowe

(Aka The Dogfather)

I've been involved in computers for nearly 30 years. I specialize in the IBM AS400/iSeries, but also program in Visual Basic, Perl, PHP and do webpage and networking support. I'm old enough to have been called a hacker, before it became a pejorative term (my first computer was a Heathkit and my first programming language was Fortran). All in all, I think I liked computers better when I was the only guy I knew who had one.

My canine companion is, a black Standard Poodle. She's a smart pooch and has her CGC and [TDI] certificates, and works as a therapy dog. In April, 2005 Josie was awarded the AKC CD title, after qualifying in each of her first three trials, and winning first place in each one.

I am a voracious reader, and have interests in language, cultures, computers, theology, Eastern Orthodoxy, dog breeds  and training, and sporting clays. I am a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a student of Military History.

Here are my Wikipedia topic contributions. Some of these have been heavily edited since I wrote the original stub:
 * United Kennel Club
 * Dog park (dogs)
 * Water dog
 * Setter
 * Irish Setter
 * Irish Red and White Setter
 * Therapy dog
 * Ghoti
 * Sporting Clays
 * Mossberg 500
 * Brittany_(dog)
 * Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
 * William J. Crowe (no relation, but I used to get some of his mail and phone calls)
 * .410 gauge
 * Canine Good Citizen
 * Irish Water Spaniel
 * Colt 1903 .32 ACP
 * Companion Dog Title
 * Marcel
 * Epagneul Pont-Audemer
 * iSeries QSHELL

I've also added bits to the following topics:
 * Poodle
 * RPG (programming language)
 * AS/400 Command Language
 * Forearm (firearm component)
 * Trap
 * Fortran
 * Hunting dog
 * United States Naval Academy
 * Plymouth Brethren
 * American Water Spaniel
 * Nicodemus
 * Atonement