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Raving And Drooling: (An Accidental Review and) Lyrical Illumination of Pink Floyd’s “Sheep”

Pings On The Wig: Raving And Drooling: (An Accidental Review and) Lyrical Illumination of Pink Floyd’s “Sheep”

☞ Skip introIntroduction: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…
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WordPress Shortcode & Function Performance Optimization with Transients

Optimization-A-Go-Go: WordPress Shortcode & Function Performance Optimization with Transients

I suffer from that paradoxical form of laziness peculiar to computer geeks where I will save myself save myself 15 minutes of work on something by spending 4 hours creating…
Visual Art » Generative Illustrations
Dream Jobs (the surreal preoccupations of an out-of-work IT consultant)

Welcome To My Nightmare: Dream Jobs (the surreal preoccupations of an out-of-work IT consultant)

Another AI generative art project. 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…
Visual Art » Adventure Photojournals
UC Berkeley Steam Tunnels Photojournal—Urban Exploration

Beneath Berkeley: UC Berkeley Steam Tunnels Photojournal—Urban Exploration

Back 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…
Writing » Topical Writing » "Mikesplaining": My Answers to Your Infrequently Asked Questions
What’s the best day of the week to take off if you work a four day, 10-hours-a-day work week?

Infrequently Asked Questions: 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…
Writing » Topical Writing » "Mikesplaining": My Answers to Your Infrequently Asked Questions
Why do people respect George Carlin?

Infrequently Asked Questions: 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…
Writing » Topical Writing » "Mikesplaining": My Answers to Your Infrequently Asked Questions
Why are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note?

Infrequently Asked Questions: Why are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note?

Q. Why are musical notes an octave apart considered to be the same note? -Charlotte V., Seattle, WA Notes an octave apart are the same note because of the mechanics…
Writing » Topical Writing » "Mikesplaining": My Answers to Your Infrequently Asked Questions
Do the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? Is flipping tails more likely after four heads in a row?

Infrequently Asked Questions: Do the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? Is flipping tails more likely after four heads in a row?

A.) Do the odds of winning the lottery change if more people play? B.) What if 5 people each flipped a coin. If the first four all land on heads,…
Writing » Anecdotal Evidence & Raconteurism » Local Color: True Stories From Near And Far
How to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In Ghent

Local Color—Ghent, Belgium: How to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In Ghent

Back in my salad days I once tricked the Belgian government into paying to fly me & two friends to give an arts lecture in Ghent under assumed names (long…
Visual Art » "Petit Art": Odds & Ends
Robyn Hitchcock fan club 50th Birthday Card

Digital Objets D’Art: Robyn Hitchcock fan club 50th Birthday Card

Robyn Hitchcock used to have an email fan club that I was pretty active in (hence his name coming up a bunch of places on this site; if you're familiar…
Visual Art » Adventure Photojournals
27 Photos from Burning Man 1997

Good Day at Black Rock: 27 Photos from Burning Man 1997

Introduction, 2023:Back when I first got to San Francisco in the mid-90s, full of youthful idealism, the first thing I did was seek out the San Francisco Cacophony Society and…
Visual Art » Adventure Photojournals
Battery Dynamite — Subterranean Bunker Urban Exploration

Beneath the Bay Area: Battery Dynamite — Subterranean Bunker Urban Exploration

somewhere beneath the Bay Area, Aug 6 2004 Last July, my late* trubbamaking companion was trying to find a shortcut down to the beach when he noticed a hole in…
Visual Art » Adventure Photojournals
UC Santa Cruz Porter Caves & the Hell Hole

Subterranean Serendipity: UC Santa Cruz Porter Caves & the Hell Hole

9/30/2005 I was wandering the trails through the woods by UC Santa Cruz, taking some pictures of trees and stuff and trying to shake off a cold, when fate brought…
Visual Art » Adventure Photojournals
A Visit to Pearl Fryar’s Topiary — photojournal

Back To The Garden: A Visit to Pearl Fryar’s Topiary — photojournal

In August 2018 my mom and I decided to take a road trip from my sister's home in an un-named southern city, where I was crashing for a few months,…
Writing » Topical Writing » Reviews
“Peaks Island Ferry” by Dan Sonenberg — album review

I Like To Listen: “Peaks Island Ferry” by Dan Sonenberg — album review

Finally giving a listen to the prerelease of old friend Dan Sonenberg’s return to solo singer-songwriting, "Peaks Island Ferry". Rather than set down & give him feedback after it’s over,…
Code & Algorithms » Finance
TradingView Pine Script Indicators, Algos & Experiments

Trading Tools: TradingView Pine Script Indicators, Algos & Experiments

Here's a collection of trading tools I wrote & shared on TradingView, a finance markets charting site, in their native Pine script. These were originally published on my old crypto…
Code & Algorithms » Finance
An Excel-based DeFi Uniswap Liquidity Pool/Automated Market Maker Simulator

Untangling Uniswap? Demystifying DeFi? You Tell Me: An Excel-based DeFi Uniswap Liquidity Pool/Automated Market Maker Simulator

For a few years I was in cryptocurrency trading. Eventually, this led me to the wild west of decentralized finance tokens ("DeFi"), an exciting area that I feel has strong…
Writing » I Can't Believe It's Not Poetry!
“The Radish Is The Noisy’st Root…”

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Poetry!: “The Radish Is The Noisy’st Root…”

The radish is the noisy'st root, Its vocal tack beyond dispute, effusive in expounding truth— so talkative, this verbal fruit. In ages prior and aeons hence, have poets, lost in…
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About Sexism In The AI Images On This Site

Hey, You Got Your Social Awareness In My AI!: About Sexism In The AI Images On This Site

A number of the AI-generated images on this site contain artistic depictions of nudity, presented in a way that might seem to reasonably suggest some confusion between real artistic or…
Visual Art » Generative Illustrations » Interesting Leftovers & Bonus Galleries
Previsions of Johanna — preliminary experiments

Work-In-Progress Postview: Previsions of Johanna — preliminary experiments

As I worked on my "Revisions Of Johanna" project, I generated a lot of images I really liked, but which didn't fit into the final project. I decided the best…
Writing » Topical Writing
Critical Reading of a Flawed Information Source

Watch Your Intelligence: Critical Reading of a Flawed Information Source

Oct. 7, 2023 I had an interesting talk with my father yesterday. He had a 2-for-1 subscription offer to Mother Jones, and we got into a discussion when I told…
Code & Algorithms » Web
How to make a completely unusable homepage in CSS3 and <strike>jQuery</strike>Javascript

Usability Hell: How to make a completely unusable homepage in CSS3 and jQueryJavascript

One of my favorite bits of code I've ever written is on the front page of my jiggy, ancient, perpetually-under-construction, virtually-never-viewed old personal website, Life In A Mikeycosm. Eager to…
Code & Algorithms » MacOS & Desktop
a FiltaQuilla “open mail folder on receiving mail” Javascript Action script

Thunderbird Customization: a FiltaQuilla “open mail folder on receiving mail” Javascript Action script

Among the many things the late, lamented Eudora email client spoiled me for was, when I checked my mail, opening all the mailboxes that had received mail in new windows.…
Writing » I Can't Believe It's Not Poetry!
Ode to “Ode To A Croaking Man”

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Meta-Poetry!: Ode to “Ode To A Croaking Man”

O! Poem that spoke of a man who croaks, were you not my own, I would quote you! I would think that whomever composed you smokes dope, but I know…
Writing » Fun & Humor
Misinformation Visualization

Fudging The Facts: Misinformation Visualization

Among my many inconsequential but fondly-remembered ideas was about 10 years ago, when for a brief time, I had a blog called "Misinformation Visualization" (subtitle: "Bringing a world of misinformation…
Code & Algorithms » Web
WebCooler userscript

Take The Edge Off Your Web Browsing: WebCooler userscript

If you're like me, you care passionately about certain subjects; the natural flip side of this is being viscerally revulsed by certain things. As a matter of mental hygiene I'm…
Writing » I Can't Believe It's Not Poetry!
Admonishment To A Bad Poet

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Poetry!: Admonishment To A Bad Poet

Bad poems give just cause to critics who revel in finding ways to rag on others' flaws.   When upon poorly set, is personal whose hearts cherish pride, and, gorging…
Code & Algorithms » MacOS & Desktop
Terminal-Notifier Bridge For Thunderbird Email Client

Thunderbird Customization: Terminal-Notifier Bridge For Thunderbird Email Client

Hot off the presses. Direct from my Github, a MacOS BASH script to allow customized per-mailbox notifications in the Mozilla Thunderbird email client. Following is the README containing full information…
Writing » Life In A Mikeycosm
How I Deal With Insomnia

Health & Lifestyle: How I Deal With Insomnia

I'm going to flesh this out at some point, but it was lost in a pile of old notes and I wanted it up on the site as a reminder,…
Writing » Topical Writing
A Young Person’s Guide To Common Time Signatures, and what they mean in real life

Infrequently Asked Questions: A Young Person’s Guide To Common Time Signatures, and what they mean in real life

I have some time to kill so I thought I would write a brief overview of the concept of time signature in response to some questions that arose recently from…