Posted inMusic & Sounds Posted inElectricky GuitarVideoLive Performance Electric guitar videos“The Quest For Tone (On A Budget)” — Electric Guitar Tone SafariOver the past few years I accumulated a range of inexpensive but beautiful-sounding equipment: a '94 Standard Stratocaster, both Xtomp and Ampero modeling effects pedals from Hotone, and a Fender… Posted by By Mike Kupietz September 14, 2024Tags: Music & Sounds| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=10292
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 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 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 inMusic & Sounds Posted inVideoBluesAcousticky GuitarLive Performance Got To Pay Your DuesBedroom Full O’ Blooze – (mostly) acoustic blues videosThis is a playlist from my GuitaristInProgress Youtube channel, just a bunch of old blues tunes I ran through at various points. These are some select ones I like, but… Posted by By Mike Kupietz June 15, 2024Tags: Music & Sounds| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=10302
Posted inMusic & Sounds Posted inFolk & BluesRockAcousticky GuitarLive Performance If I Do Say So MyselfThe Best of GuitaristInProgress — video playlistThese are probably my favorites of the various video performances I posted on the GuitaristInProgress Youtube channel over the years I was active there. There's a little variety here — both… Posted by By Mike Kupietz June 15, 2024Tags: Music & Sounds| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=10328
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 Hip, 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 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… 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
Posted inWriting Posted inAnecdotal EvidenceTravel & Adventure Local Color—Ghent, BelgiumHow to Find Your Hotel If You’re Lost In GhentBack 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz January 1, 2024Tags: Writing| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6867
Posted inImages Posted inFun With Scanners Digital Objets D’ArtRH fan club Birthday Card, 2003Robyn 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… Posted by By Mike Kupietz December 31, 2023Tags: Images| Permanent URL: https://michaelkupietz.com?p=6832