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Posted inSite Info Posted inAbout MeMeta The Man Behind The Curtain: About Michael KupietzWell, a year of this site, my baby, my pride and joy, ranking on page four of Google search results for my own name has convinced me it's time to… Posted by By Michael Kupietz July 7, 2024Tags: Site Info| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9103
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