Posted inWriting Posted inWork-In-ProgressCurrent EventsEconomics MikesplainingHow the Section 174 Tax Code Changes Caused a White-Collar Job CrashNote: I want to point something out: I've given no references here. This is my current understanding. I'm still researching it, and you should research it yourself, don't take my… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 4, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=10189
Posted inWriting Posted inWork-In-ProgressBachelor Survival 'n' Style Dinner For SchmucksThe Five Ingredient Cookbook — Kitchen Survival for SchmoesMostly sticking this placeholder into the "works in progress" section to remind me to pull all my recipies together and work on my cookbook. At a certain point in my… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 30, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9868
Posted inImages Posted inAI Generative Illustration Who Trails On A LeashPortraits In Flesh — AI generative art galleryPainted faces, paintings of faces — an exploration of fantastic portraits and fantastic art. (Titled with apologies to the shade of David Bowie.) Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 21, 2024Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9808
Posted inSite Info Posted inLegalese Privacy PolicyWho we are This website address is: https://michaelkupietz.com. It is the showcase website for creative works by artist and technologist Mike Kupietz. Comments When visitors leave comments on the site… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 20, 2024Tags: Site Info| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9712
Posted inImages Posted inAI Generative IllustrationFun Nothing To See Here, FolksJust Some Vacation SnapshotsJust some photos from my vacation. Funny how different vacation photos sometimes are from how you remember things being. Guess I should have used a camera instead of an AI.… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 11, 2024Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9471
Posted inSite Info Posted inContact InfoOther WebsitesExternal links More Kupietz For You?Contact Info & My Other Web PagesContents: Don't call me, I'll call you: my contact info. Links to my other web pages and online presence Contact Info If you have any questions or concerns, I'm absolutely… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 4, 2024Tags: Site Info| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9416
Posted inMusic & Sounds Posted inMisc. Appearances Nearly FamousOther People’s Music — Michael Kupietz Musical Collaborations & Guest AppearancesHere's a page listing some musical guest appearance documented on the web. Currently there ain't much that's been documented, and less of that that's posted, but as I go through… Posted by By Mike Kupietz August 3, 2024Tags: Music & Sounds| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9347
Posted inCode & Algorithms Posted inWordpress CodingWeb Development Video Killed The Pagespeed ScoreNon-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 Mike Kupietz July 17, 2024Tags: Code & Algorithms| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8749
Posted inSite Info Posted inAbout MeMeta The Man Behind The CurtainBio — About Michael KupietzI'm Mike Kupietz. A year of this site, my baby, my pride and joy, ranking on page 11 of Google search results for my own name has convinced me it's… Posted by By Mike Kupietz July 7, 2024Tags: Site Info| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=9103
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic Reviews You Are HearMusic 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 Mike 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 FingersExploration & Explosions, a Nevada Desert Hipster Road TripNOTE: 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 Mike Kupietz February 28, 2024Tags: Photojournals| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=8209
Posted inPhotojournals Posted inCulture JammingTravel & Adventure Vacation PhotosPseudonymous 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 Mike Kupietz February 27, 2024Tags: Photojournals| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7903
Posted inImages Posted inIlluminated LyricsAI Generative Illustration GalleryRaving 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 Mike Kupietz February 10, 2024Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7501
Posted inCode & Algorithms Posted inWordpress CodingPerformance & Optimization Optimization-A-Go-GoWordPress 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 Mike Kupietz February 4, 2024Tags: Code & Algorithms| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7428
Posted inImages Posted inAI Generative Illustration Welcome To My NightmareDream Jobs (the surreal preoccupations of an out-of-work IT consultant) — Generative Art galleryAnother 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 20, 2024Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7279
Posted inPhotojournals Posted inUrban ExplorationTravel & Adventure Beneath BerkeleyUC Berkeley Steam Tunnels Photojournal—Urban 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 Mike Kupietz January 15, 2024Tags: Photojournals| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7083
Posted inWriting Posted inWorkInfrequently Asked Questions MikesplainingWhat’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 Mike Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7041
Posted inWriting Posted inComedy & SocietyInfrequently Asked Questions MikesplainingWhy 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 Mike Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7038
Posted inWriting Posted inMusic TheoryInfrequently Asked Questions MikesplainingWhy 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7024
Posted inWriting Posted inInfrequently Asked QuestionsProbability & Statistics MikesplainingDo 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,… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 7, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=7013