about me

hey, i'm mike soares. a lot of my friends call me soares, dj swar, swar, etc. i'm twenty-two years old and am from montreal, quebec.

i'm a fourth year undergraduate student at the university of waterloo in computer engineering. i'm currently in my final semester, so most of my time is spent working hard in school, using computers, logic, and various other concepts and knowledge to solve or simplify problems. using and modifying computers started out as a hobby for me, so i figured, "why not learn more about what i like instead of pursuing something i might not like?" and here i am.

my interest in computers began back in 1993 (yes, i was three years old) when i started playing all kinds of games. i later discovered the internet. after that, i became interested in web scripting in 1998 when i started to use microsoft frontpage. i learned html by going over the code frontpage would generate and replicating the page by rewriting the code in a text editor. over the years, i have learned to code in other languages such as php+mysql, xhtml, javascript, css, c, c++, c#, assembly, vhdl, etc.

contact me

if you have any comments or would just like to talk, you can reach me on windows live messenger (msn) or e-mail me at !