Posted inCode & Algorithms Posted inWordpress CodingWeb Development Video Killed The Pagespeed Score: Non-render-blocking YouTube embeds in WordPressOn this site's Music Reviews page (itself built on-the-fly by a shortcode that sorts and displays posts from a "Music Review" custom post type), most of the reviews are accompanied… Posted by By Michael Kupietz March 17, 2024Tags: Code & Algorithms| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8749
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic Reviews You Are Hear: Music ReviewsAs of this writing (March 2024) this is pretty sparse, I only just had the idea. Generally I've never written much about music—I don't need to, because music is just… Posted by By Michael Kupietz March 16, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8650
Posted inPhotojournals Posted inExplosionsUrban ExplorationTravel & Adventure When They Pry It from My Cold, Ironic Fingers: Exploration & Explosions, a Nevada Desert Hipster Road Trip—March 2003NOTE: Some of the activities documented in this photo album, like a lot of what goes on in the Black Rock Desert during the off season (when seven different government… Posted by By Michael Kupietz February 28, 2024Tags: Photojournals| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8209
Posted inImages Posted inCulture JammingTravel & Adventure Vacation Photos: Pseudonymous adventures in Europe pretending to be the Billboard Liberation Front, 2008For a little while I used to run the Billboard Liberation Front's website (INB4: no, don't even bother asking. I have no idea how to reach them anymore. The Old… Posted by By Michael Kupietz February 27, 2024Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7903
Posted inImages Posted inIlluminated LyricsAI Generative Illustration Gallery: Raving And Drooling — AI-assisted lyrical illumination of Pink Floyd’s “Sheep”Introduction:Pink Floyd's album "Animals", for me, might stand alone as the most singular achievement of the rock 'n' roll era. I've always argued that Pink Floyd were not a rock… Posted by By Michael Kupietz February 10, 2024Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7501
Posted inCode & Algorithms Posted inWordpress CodingPerformance & Optimization Optimization-A-Go-Go: WordPress Shortcode & Function Performance Optimization with TransientsI suffer from that form of laziness peculiar to computer geeks where I will spend 4 hours on something to save me 15 minutes of work. As such, the menus… Posted by By Michael Kupietz February 4, 2024Tags: Code & Algorithms| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7428
Posted inImages Posted inAI Generative Illustration Welcome To My Nightmare: Dream Jobs (the surreal preoccupations of an out-of-work IT consultant)I recently was experimenting with creating some work-themed images. I didn't come up with anything I could use on my FileMaker consulting website, but I did wind up generating a… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 20, 2024Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7279
Posted inPhotojournals Posted inUrban ExplorationTravel & Adventure Beneath Berkeley: UC Berkeley Steam Tunnels ExplorationBack around 2005-2006, as social media took off, I was a member of an urban exploration chat group, memory fails but it was probably something on Tribe or Friendster. Mentioning… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 15, 2024Tags: Photojournals| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7083
Posted inWriting Posted inWorkInfrequently Asked Questions Mikesplaining: What’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week?What’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week? -Jeannie F, Marin County, CA Thursday. Trust me, being self-employed I’ve… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7041
Posted inWriting Posted inComedy & SocietyInfrequently Asked Questions Mikesplaining: Why do people respect George Carlin?I have a serious question, and, dead serious, I’m not deliberately trying to provoke. Why do people respect George Carlin? -Brett F., Alberta Carlin was the observational comic who set… Posted by By Michael Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7038