I’ve begun work on the super-secret project on JavaScript stuff I had been planning. Haven’t made much progress yet, but had to set some stuff up with VCS first. Fun.
Author Archives: Mike
Week 31 2025
- Calculating weeks of the year
- JavaScript beginner videos
- Obsidian note cleanup
- Notes on Algorithms to Live By
The Access-ible Expert
I assure you, everything you are about to read is tragically completely true.
A number of years back, I was dealing with a new hire who claimed to be an “expert” in all Microsoft products. I won’t go into specifics as to why, but know that we needed someone who specifically could work with Microsoft Access. After several months of postings, interviews, and, subsequent rejections, we came across a fellow who claimed he could do the work.
Not only had he used it, he assured us that he had used it extensively, and was an expert at it! I remember on his first day confidently saying, “It will be no problem at all for me!”
Also note that I had no part in this hiring process, but merely had to deal with whatever we were handed in terms of staff.
Go live
Looks like the site is live, sweet!
Huge thank you to SpaceRex for a really in-depth tutorial on how to set everything up for a Synology NAS! If you find yourself interested in setting up a WordPress site on your own NAS, I highly recommend giving his video a watch!
I don’t have any “grand plans” in terms of what I’ll be doing with this site. Generally speaking though, I would like to be able to document, update, and post about the various technical skills I’m working on, and the various problems and (hopefully) solutions to those problems.
If that sounds like your sort of thing, I’m glad to have you!
-Mike