Born unable to feed and clothe himself, with hard work and dedication Mike was soon able to teach himself how to work the vending machine. Clothing, alas, still remains a mystery.

A programmer/web developer and self-described "problem solver" (whatever the hell that means), Mike works in collegiate publishing and freelances on the side for a number of different clients. He enjoys programming in Perl, PHP, JavaScript, C/Objective-C + Cocoa and, while not programming languages, digs (x)HTML, CSS and various and sundry XML formats.

A husband since 2004 and a daddy since 2006, he also lives in a constant state of panic. He enjoys hot sauce, Apple products, Blues Traveler, Meijer brand tortilla chips and writing in the third person.

Why Mode3?

While trained as a programmer/systems administrator/miner of bits and holding a degree in Telecommunications from Michigan State University my passion has always been archeology.

No, seriously.

Mode three is just a reference to a certain level of lithic technology closely associated with Neanderthal peoples.

More info on that can be found Antiquity of Man and Wikipedia