Nobody has personal home pages anymore. Online identity is now a brand choice -- FaceBook, MySpace or whatever is coming next. I still have this old page though, which I originally built with my own two fingers many years ago.
A good home page gives a brief bio, so ... my name is Mike Campbell; I was born in the mid-70s in Tofino, a tiny town on the west coast of Vancouver Island; I live in Victoria at the very south of the island with my wife Tara and our young daughter. I work from my home for a small software company called AKTIV Software. Hobbies include doing puzzles, drawing, writing, playing hockey, and listening to trippy music.
As a true data nerd, I'm interested in the collection, storage, manipulation and display of (what I consider) fascinating data. What do I consider fascinating? Linguistics and human languages, onomastics, history, mythology, and philosophy -- especially epistemology and theology.
My linguistics/history project on the web is
Behind the Name.
It is a look at the etymology and history behind first names.I have also begun work on
Behind the Surname
which focuses on last names.A neat project that I've been heavily involved in through AKTIV Software
eXorithm
It is a database of user-created algorithms which can be executed online.I have a collection of corporations called
Corpista
which I hope will become collaborative.My experiments with the Java programming language led to
Netris
which is not the most original name, as it turns out. Anyways, it is a version of Tetris that can be played online. Fairly plain by today's standards, but it's got a few extras.
I can be contacted at .
This page came into being on the 17th of December, 1995.
