Mike has spent a lifetime taking things apart and for the most part getting them back together. Bikes, engines, computers and home projects have all been tackled. He has been doing software development for over 20 years and lives in Arlington, WA with his wife.

Mike started his fascination with learning how things work with his BMX bike as a 10 year old. Continued through two vehicle engine rebuilds in his teens (that 75 Chevy Luv lasted 10 years). He has gotten his hands dirty many times and knows that bolts do in fact spontaneously procreate in the garage.

The desire to see how things worked spread into home renovation as Mike started working along side his dad before he could drive. It started when Mike’s parents decided to finish an unfinished basement that would become two bedrooms and a bathroom. He may have started then, but Mike had been around home renovations from a very young age, falling through the support mesh for a concrete build he wasn’t supposed to be near and slicing himself on a wallpaper cutter that he was expressly warned not to touch.

As he got old enough to stop injuring himself (who are we kidding he still injures himself, just ask about the vase), he continued helping with his parent’s different renovations and then began working on his own, culminating in building out his own unfinished basement, refreshing two bathrooms and a major kitchen remodel.

Mike and his wife just moved to rambler with property where they will do more home projects and Mike hopes to turn the pole barn on the property to a large workshop to build projects and continue to learn every day.

For Mike’s personal blog, please visit michtu.wordpress.com.