The Advice For All SeasonsAn Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be always true; in all times, and in all… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 10, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4136
Man’s FateThe Beaked Shall Inherit The EarthI believe after humans wipe themselves out a generation or two from now, the eventual next dominant species on earth will be descended from corvids. Most people think it'll be… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 10, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4130
Linguistic ReminderA Kudos For Your Many AgendaRemember: 'Kudos' is singular. 'Agenda' and 'data' are plural. 'Nachos' is also singular. There is no such thing as one 'nacho'. Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 10, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4128
Evolution of a speciesphysical risks vs psychological dominationIt strikes me how far we've come as a species. We've completely minimized the need to constantly be on guard against the endless physical threat of being eaten by a… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 10, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4118
The Common Sense ConundrumIt seems to me that a frequent problem with most people's talk about "common sense" is not that it isn't really so common. It's that it isn't really sense. Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 9, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4068
Truth is Unknowable, Truth is ApparentTruth is unknowable, because we can only know with our minds. I mean, no, of course truth is knowable. I'm sure, to an ant, truth is apparent: follow formic acid… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 9, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4062
Humoretruscanmingle.comTime to renew again, and I just can't decide. I really thought this was going to be the domain I sold for a million bucks. What can I say? Everything… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 9, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4059
Business IdeaThe Behavioral Marketing Dance ClubThis originally was posted in my blog Sloth And Dignity. I just had a great entrepreneurial idea. With things opening up again, this might just be the jackpot. Open a… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 9, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4055
Conversationmusic and a higher powervia text message, 2/28/21. Me: "Sometimes listening to Bill Evans I get a flash that those 12-step people are right, like there’s something out there much, much bigger than me."… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 9, 2023| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=4053
Posted inSite Info Posted inGrody Technical Details Under The HoodProgramming tricks used on this siteThis is (or, will be) a meta-post listing all posts I've written about the techniques used to create this site. Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 4, 2023Tags: Site Info| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3959
Posted inSite Info Posted inSite Images Overview Site Design OverviewFeatured Images GallerySince they're not always clearly displayed on the front page or in every post, for convenience, this is an automated scrape of all original "featured images" (the background or front… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 4, 2023Tags: Site Info| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3947
Posted inSite Info Posted inInfrequently Asked Questions AdministriviaSite Content, Design, & Technical IAQsAn early viewer asked some questions about the art I use on my site, so I thought I would put together a page of Q&A about the site and the… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 4, 2023Tags: Site Info| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3924
Posted inWriting Posted inMemoirs & Reflections Essay-Length MemoirArs Moriendi—Haley’s EpitaphDisclaimer, 2023 Having come a long way from the days related herein, I thought for a while before reposting this 26-year-old piece of writing, originally posted on my old website.… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 3, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3881
Posted inMusic & Sounds Posted inElectronic MusicExperimental Music Digital SingleYiki·dū·sō (A Dream)This digital 0", originally hosted on my Bandcamp page, contains a track that sat unfinished on my hard drive for far too long, now finally having had the burrs filed… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 1, 2023Tags: Music & Sounds| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3838
Posted inWriting Posted inReviewsOpinions Review CompendiumFragrance ReviewsUnbeknownst to anybody except Dan Sonenberg—in fact, practically unbeknownst to even myself—I occasionally write fragrance reviews. These are those. Some people enjoy them. Those of you with the nose can… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 31, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3528
Posted inImages Posted inUrban SurrealismAI Generative Illustration If You Don’t Live It, It Won’t Come Out Your ConeAdoration Of The City — AI Generative Art galleryThis is a series of generative art images I am paticularly fond of. Originally these were going to be part of my RobGAN Hitchcock project, but they kind of stand… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 22, 2023Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3075
Posted inWriting Posted inMemoirs & Reflections Essay-Length Memoir“The Light Shone On Me”Foreword: For some reason, I've always been particularly moved by a sense of loss. It's the sole valuable observation I ever got from a kindly but not particularly effective therapist… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 21, 2023Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=3055
Posted inSite Info Posted inAbout This Site My Raison D'isasterKupietz Arts+Code — An IntroductionHey there! Thanks for visiting my online showcase. I'm Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to Fantasy Island. But seriously, folks... I've had a personal website for about 20 years, as… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 20, 2023Tags: Site Info| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=2997
Posted inCode & Algorithms Posted inWordpress CodingPHP Used on this siteWordPress Custom “Hero Header” ModificationsThis site uses the "Sinatra" free Wordpress theme as its base. Sinatra includes a single "Hero Header" the row of 3 animated featured posts on the home page which changes… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 18, 2023Tags: Code & Algorithms| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=2978
Posted inImages Posted inIlluminated LyricsAI Generative Illustration Giving It To A Soft BoyRobGAN Hitchcock — AI-assisted lyrical illustrations galleryFor a while, I had a Twitter account, @robGANhitchock, where I was posting AI illustrations of Robyn Hitchcock lyrics I created using a Generative Adversarial Network ("GAN"). This was an… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 17, 2023Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=2935