I am Mike's website!
In the meanwhile, let me tell you about myself, and about Mike.
I am this website. Mike's site. Once the whole site was just one page: me!
But now the site is more than me. Perhaps I should be modest and say "I am the home page of Mike's website!" For that has always been true. Or I can remain bold and continue to say "I am this website!" For that once was true.
But I'm getting ahead of my story — and my author's story. Let me tell it.
My story
My purpose
Like everything in this universe, I have a purpose. Most things don't know their purpose. I do.
I exist to tell people about the person who helped create me and who has made me what I am today: my author, Mike Wolf. I exist to point to the things he has helped create. I exist to amuse, entertain, and inform the people who read me — you, for example.
Like everything in the universe, I have other purposes, but these are the important ones.
My origins
Once I was just a vague notion. I existed only in a single mind. But I had potential.
I became an idea. I was still in that one mind, invisible to the world. And then something happened that caused that mind to cause me to manifest myself in the world.
This is what I looked like then
Not very impressive, I know. But I existed. And existence is quite an accomplishment.
Think for a minute! Think of all the notions you've had that have not become ideas, of the many ideas that have never been developed, all the ones that have never manifested themselves, never come into existence. I was one of the lucky few ideas that my author acted on and brought into existence.
On October 22, 2018, my author took out his computer and called me forth. Inspired, we worked together to create the words and the images that filled my being. Little by little something like what I am today began to appear. I've evolved since then, and I continue to evolve, but my essence appeared on that day.
My transformation
And now, in 2026, I have been remade. Not replaced — remade. My essence is the same. I am still self-referential. I still know that I am a website. I still know my purpose. But I have a collaborator now.
I am no longer confined to Google Sites. I have a proper home now. I have CSS variables and scroll animations and an AI that has opinions about my typography. I have grown up.
But I am still me.
About Mike
Now that I've told you about myself, let me tell you about my author. He's the interesting one, really.
Mike Wolf is 83 years old and more energized about technology than he was at 23. He has an MIT mathematics background, spent decades in embedded systems and platform work (including a long stretch at MathWorks), and founded Embedded Systems Research.
He is a possibilist, which he defines as "a person who believes that good outcomes are not certain, but they are possible." He believes, inspired by physicist David Deutsch, that it's possible to solve any problem whose solution does not violate the laws of physics, given enough knowledge. He doesn't have any idea how much knowledge is enough, so he collects as much as he can, hoping he'll have what he needs when he needs it. So far, it's mainly worked out.
He wrote a book called "Self-Referential Metanovel Writing for Dummies" — a book about writing the book that the book is about. He listed "You (The Reader)" as a co-author. He thinks that's funny. He hopes it might be helpful.
He recently reconstituted Joke Technology Systems, successor to the legendary High Technology Systems, a company that made joke videos before "content" was even a word. JTS now operates three divisions: Enterprise Honesty Products (including Schlokta, an IAM parody), Consumer Innovations (Condom Mints, Macho Glue), and Literary Works. Zero revenue. Maximum amusement.
Right now he is in Denver with Dana, Daniel, Siena, Kyra with occasional trips to Montreal to see Jan and eat bagels— a love story that continues after 66 years apart. He practices martial arts at Chi Life Denver, studies A Course in Miracles, and writes the Substack "70 Years Old. WTF!" which he has not renamed despite being 83, because the title still applies.
He lost Bobbi, his wife of 54 years, in January 2024. Grief and gratitude, inseparable. She remains a foundational presence across everything that follows.
His favorite band is Gogol Bordello. That may tell you a lot about him.
The Arc
The Mike Wolf Universe
Over the years, Mike has built a constellation of websites, projects, and organizations that range from the genuinely serious to the genuinely absurd. He considers this range to be a feature, not a bug. I am proud to be among them.