{"id":20,"date":"2026-04-20T17:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:39:29","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Volpe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"830\" src=\"https:\/\/volpe.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boatportrait.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7228915462051382;width:387px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/volpe.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boatportrait.png 600w, https:\/\/volpe.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/boatportrait-217x300.png 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>IT Manager \/ Diver \/ Tinkerer \/ Collector<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>I&#8217;ve worked in IT for nearly two decades<br>and am currently in an IT Manager role.<br>That being said, this site&#8217;s for the fun stuff in my life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My hobbies include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>SCUBA Diving<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SSI certified in 2016 in Massachusetts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Master Diver, Advanced Open Water, Rescue, and more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>136 logged dives as of 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Amateur underwater photographer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Previously used SeaLife DC2000, now use DJI Action Pro 5<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Tinkering with microcontrollers<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Originally used Arduino devices with code written in C<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most hardware is now Adafruit or Pimoroni<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Code written in CircuitPython or MicroPython<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Collecting and restoring vintage computers<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over two dozen computers from the late 70&#8217;s to the early 00&#8217;s<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most are working, with many enhanced to extend useful lifespan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT Manager \/ Diver \/ Tinkerer \/ Collector I&#8217;ve worked in IT for nearly two decadesand am currently in an IT Manager role.That being said, this site&#8217;s for the fun stuff in my life. My<span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/volpe.live\/?page_id=20\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Andrew Volpe<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104,"href":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/volpe.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}