2021-02-28 08:46
I read a few of Keith’s posts, checked out the rest of his website and found so much static site inspiration in it. A lot of what I wanted to do but wasn’t sure could be done is… Read More
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2021-02-28 08:34
This is making me rethink using WordPress for IndieWeb support Read More
2021-02-28 06:59
I Hate WordPress (or why I’m changing my Website) I feel like I start a lot of blog posts like this, but I really hate WordPress. However, I’m also kind of stuck with it un… Read More
2021-02-20 07:47
If you’re of the “Oregon Trail” micro-generation, you likely have vague memories of cereal commercials, including several for Cinnamon Toast Crunch with not one, but three… Read More
2021-02-13 06:12
If anyone ever finds a pair of these shoes, please please PLEASE pick thm up for me!!! I almost picked up a pair at a Puma store in Las Vegas. I figured I’d buy a pair when I got back… Read More
2021-02-13 04:15
If you haven’t noticed (perhaps because you’re using an Ad Blocker), I have Google Ads running on my site. In general, it’s been a beneficial relationship. I’ve writt… Read More
2021-02-03 07:28
2021-02-03 01:25
Some Background Before Discussing Robinhood For the past year, I’ve been putting a few bucks into short sale investing. That’s where I buy a stock or an amount of cryptocur… Read More
2021-01-31 15:52
I was working on updating the CSS for KTracy.com last night and needed a break, so I popped in towards the end of NateyCakes’ pixel art stream on Twitch. He was doing short 3 min… Read More
2021-01-27 04:56
I decided to start backing up my videos onto Odysee. I don’t know how I’m going to use it yet, but it seems like a good choice given how censor-y YouTube has been getting Read More
2021-01-23 02:46
I’m going LIVE on Twitch!!! Come hang out while I try to fix the background for my Claymore anime fan art piece featuring an epic stained glass window Read More
2021-01-20 01:14
I need to remember to try this!! I’ve been thinking about how to organize the food blog and shorter posts so small and short posts don’t take up the entire page width. This might… Read More
2021-01-17 00:47
I want to build a NextCloud server with a Raspberry Pi and some old external hard drives Read More
2021-01-15 07:51
This is a great site for free plans. I’ve built a few of their bench projects and they look great. However, they almost always fail to consider support from lateral forces. Make sure y… Read More
2021-01-14 14:44
Short Version (how to fix the feed) I’m changing how the website works. If you’re subscribed to the blog and only want to see my articles and rants (none of the other littl… Read More
2021-01-14 12:04
2021-01-11 23:09
Evan Stoner has an incredibly well written (and very to-the-point) article about IndieWeb up on his site that needs more attention. As I mentioned last year, I’ve been playing around w… Read More
2021-01-10 22:44
On Friday, January 8th, Twitter “permanently suspended” the Twitter account of the President of the United States of America. Just so you understand my bias in discussing t… Read More
2020-12-05 13:13
A little while ago, someone from Georgia – the American state, not the Eurasian country – left a comment on KTracy.com saying there was no smoking gun for election fraud in Georg… Read More
2020-12-03 13:31
the NCAA should have reached out to EA Sports and paid for the AI that controls crowd noise in their football games Read More
2020-12-02 07:44
notice that Bill Barr didn't say there wasn't voter fraud. He said it wasn't enough to overturn the election results, meaning that Bill Barr thinks voter fraud DID occur. That im… Read More
2020-11-27 09:23
Paramount Pictures released a teaser trailer for a new big screen adaptation of Norman Bridwell’s Clifford The Big Red Dog. Now, as a little kid just learning how to read, I abso… Read More
2020-11-25 23:30
A conservative SuperPAC, The Committee for American Sovereignty (heads up: it looks like they may have been hacked and the link now directs you to a pest control website), is pushing people… Read More
2020-11-25 09:32
I just wrote about the increasingly popular Twitter alternative Parler a few days ago. Imagine my surprise when I logged into Twitter this morning to see #ParlerHacked trending. … Read More
2020-11-24 00:41
Without a doubt, Adobe Flash could be a pain in the butt for casual web surfers. Each browser required you to personally go to the Adobe website and download flash. Later you cou… Read More
2020-11-23 03:09
Gillian Brockell has an interesting but misinformed article up on The Hour; which serves the purpose of disparaging President Trump in what will likely be his final weeks in office. In… Read More
2020-11-21 01:35
Thanks to the Drudge Report linking to an old article about Catholic Bishop Joseph Brennan from Fresno, California saying Catholics shouldn’t take a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer or Mod… Read More
2020-11-19 02:33
In a series of recent Tweets, Nancy Pelosi has implied that, if she’s re-elected as Speaker of the House, it will likely be the last time she leads the Democrats in the House of Repres… Read More
2020-11-17 16:02
Disclaimer: I’m a Printful affiliate. If you sign up for Printful via the links here, I do get a financial kickback. However, I’ve been a happy Printful customer for… Read More
2020-11-16 08:09
Every election season, Democrats launch ad campaigns targeting suburban women proclaiming the myth that Republican men, by nature of being pro-life, want to control what a woman can or canno… Read More
2020-11-15 09:28
I finally signed up for Parler a couple weeks ago. Admittedly, I haven’t been terribly active posting on there, but I have been following a few people and trying the Parler exper… Read More
2020-11-10 01:09
Last Night, I began the process of adopting IndieWeb’s tools onto KTracy.com. Right now, it’s still experimental and a couple of insignificant things broke. It doesn’… Read More
2020-11-09 19:32
Throughout the election, Donald Trump remarked sarcastically how “The China Virus would magically disappear on November 4th” if Joe Biden won. Of course, that would be a little t… Read More
2020-11-08 18:21
Voter fraud and ballot tampering is real. We all know it happens every election. What we don’t know is how widespread it is. Truthfully, I would be shocked if voter f… Read More
2020-11-08 16:36
Whenever there’s a new President, it’s generally assumed that the new leader of the United States carries with him a mandate from American voters to make some sweeping policy cha… Read More
2020-11-06 22:31
Very early on after Trump secured the Republican nomination back in 2016, I began to wonder what damage would be done to the Republican Party. No so much in the short term, as I though… Read More
2020-11-05 20:31
The vote margin in Michigan isn’t such that a recount or even election fraud can truly account for Donald Trump losing the state to Joe Biden. The scale of election fraud would h… Read More
2020-11-05 19:12
50 years from now, few of us will remember Twitter or Facebook. We won’t remember how they unfairly censored conservatives for expressing valid opinions and thoughts, but let pro… Read More
2020-11-03 19:50
Election Day is finally here! I thought it would be fun to film my Election Day Experience. This isn’t the same election process used everywhere in the state, but it works incred… Read More
2020-11-02 16:31
Back in 2014, I wrote and illustrated a graphic novel called The MSPaint Comic: Volume 1 and in this book, two of the characters are arguing about JOGs and TPCs. If you served in the… Read More
2020-11-01 22:25
A couple weeks ago, I began seeing television ads on Chicago television stations promoting the Illinois Fair Tax proposal. I was shocked. As you know, I supported, and still supp… Read More
2020-11-01 17:26
Last night was Halloween and despite the COVID-19 pandemic starting a second wave, our town and towns around the country decided to allow Trick-or-Treating. I’m not totally… Read More
2020-11-01 12:49
While not necessarily fair, separate court rulings in Wisconsin and Michigan are great news for the cause of national and political stability after the November 3rd election. The court… Read More
2020-10-31 12:50
In the same Fox News poll mentioned in an earlier article about the shift in “undecided” voters from 2015 to 2020, there is data showing President Trump absolutely destroyi… Read More
2020-10-31 11:50
Last night, Fox News released the results of their latest 2020 Presidential polling data showing 4% undecided. The headline was “Biden’s Lead Over Trump Narrows.”&nbs&hell…Read More
2020-10-30 14:07
In 2015 and 2016, I was pretty solidly in the Marco Rubio court. When he dropped out of the race, I aligned myself with the #NeverTrump crowd. I was convinced that Donald Trump w… Read More
2020-10-30 12:54
As I was looking at my internet traffic for the past week, I was surprised that my posts about Kanye West’s Presidential Run were still generating a decent amount of traffic. A f… Read More
2020-10-30 10:43
Yesterday, while attempting to troubleshoot and repair my antique Delta 40-440 scroll saw, I ran out of the motor oil the machine uses and had to make a trip to Walmart to get more. I… Read More
2020-10-28 13:04
The Klu Klux Klan (KKK) is in the news again. Not because anything they did, but because President Trump released a campaign video highlighting all the times he’s disavowed and condemn… Read More
2020-10-27 21:03
I began writing websites in pure HTML back in 1996. In 2004, I learned PHP to use includes and maintain consistency between old and new pages. By 2005, I had chosen my first CMS… Read More
2020-10-27 11:32
Voter Turnout isn't nearly as important of a metric as Democrats say it is. In the last four Presidential elections, they've had success in the years with both the highest voter turnout (20… Read More
2020-10-26 12:12
A couple weeks ago, a Bernie Sanders-supporting reader e-mailed me and we had a nice conversation about the enthusiasm gap. It wasn’t a matter of debate. We both agreed tha… Read More
2020-10-21 17:01
From its inception in 2004 until 2011, I refused to put ads on KTracy.com. I thought ads were annoying, bothersome, and distracting from the content I was creating. And in some r… Read More
2020-10-13 03:59
This is exciting! For a few years, one of my Air Force buddies was running a business that sold vinyl decals. Patriotic designs, stuff that will make you laugh, and even some pre… Read More
2020-10-12 05:27
Not a lot of people know this, but Washington, D.C. was built in a literal swamp. After winning their independence, the young government debated where the capital should be. Phil… Read More
2020-09-17 04:15
This is a follow up to my July analysis of what was then a potential Kanye West 2020 campaign. For the most part, ballot access has been finalized (we’ll talk about Virginia late… Read More
2020-09-04 12:00
Pretend for a moment that you’re a conservative-leaning American. You’re not an ideologue, but you work hard and believe you should keep the money you earn, you suppo… Read More
2020-07-07 10:00
As some of you may already know, I’ve worked on a presidential campaign and run several lower level campaigns as a campaign manager, chairman, treasurer, and general advisor. I&r&hell…Read More
2020-07-06 09:18
Did you ever read a story and wonder whether it was true because you couldn’t comprehend people being that stupid? That happened when I read this article in the LA Times by Ahn D… Read More
2020-06-07 08:29
I NEED YOUR HELP! Read the article below and tell me if you have any information about a family and bluegrass band called ‘The Boohers’. Way back in June (or maybe early Ju… Read More
2020-05-17 13:13
Even though I voted for him in 2008, I regret it. Like many Americans, I was excited about voting for who would become our first African American president, assuming you don’t count Bi… Read More
2020-05-15 09:53
I defended Vice President Mike Pence for not wearing a mask, so it’s time to be fair and defend Joe Biden. In this post, I’m going to send some praises Joe Biden’s way.&nbs&hell…Read More
2020-04-29 03:54
I came across an short but interesting AP article today and thought I’d share my two sense about it. The article; which was co-penned by Steve Karnowski and Kevin Freking, discus… Read More
2020-04-21 21:22
About this Video In this video, I’m going to try to show you how to create a realistic “cartoon” pixel art portrait in the Open Source art program Paint.NET. As usual… Read More
2020-03-18 21:24
Check out the 12×18 Print! I had a ton of fun drawing this while re-watching Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (season 1). Every time I watch this anime, I pick up on somet… Read More
2020-03-11 03:42
Links: Lyon Con Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/lyoncon LyonCon Website: http://www.lyoncon.net LyonCon YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfs8izXLXrZuhgp5qrBfgvQ Here… Read More
2020-02-12 11:48
Summary If you don’t already subscribe to my content on YouTube, I hope you consider it. We have a really tight knit community that kicks butt. A couple commenters were res… Read More
2020-02-03 17:44
Show Notes Bulls vs. Blazers In this video, I mention one of my most-played video games for the Super Nintendo: Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs by EA Sports. This game was relea… Read More
2020-01-24 17:07
The following unboxing and review of the LG 32MP58 was not sponsored. I am not receiving any financial or other benefit by offering this review. If you have any questions for an… Read More
2019-10-28 11:21
Everything in Context October 11, 2000 – Second Presidential Debate of the 2000 Election (Video on C-SPAN) (Transcript) It’s worth noting that in this debate, then-Governor Georg… Read More
2019-10-18 18:44
Video Summary Hey! Heads up! I draw an exposed nipple in this piece! If you’re extremely prudish, you may want to skip this video! Likewise, if you’re at… Read More
2019-10-11 11:31
Introduction to the Piece I decided to do #Inktober this year. I’m not posting everything I draw to social media and I’m certainly not filming everything. However, se… Read More
2019-09-30 13:45
Links and Notes Ralph Bakshi’s Website – Check out all of Ralph Bakshi’s many projects. The guy is a creative genius. He also has an online store where you can… Read More
2019-09-15 09:06
Angus McFife Portrait Creation Details: This drawing of Angus McFife is 575 pixels wide and 875 pixels tall for a grand total of over HALF A MILLION PIXELS! What better way to honor th… Read More
2019-09-06 21:59
My one day pixel art took a bit of an extreme turn this week as I decided to draw a higher-than-usual high resolution pixel art portrait of Naomi Osaka in Microsoft Paint. As in the previous… Read More
2019-08-30 19:14
Changes in YouTube’s policies have made it risky to link to any URL that creators don’t control in the YouTube video description. If I link to a website that later violates… Read More
2019-08-23 19:03
Today, I’m checking out a free, open-source software project called Paint.NET and reviewing its functionality in creating the high resolution pixel art that I typically create in Micro… Read More
2019-08-23 18:07
Several months ago, I was curious to see what art contests were available on YouTube and nothing really struck my interest. I decided to search again this past week and, again, all I f… Read More
2019-08-10 08:17
Last year, a family friend donated a much needed table saw and an incredible World War 2 era antique Delta scroll saw. Ever since then, I wanted to get a decal or something to dedicate… Read More
2019-07-31 07:27
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” A couple years ago, I learned about this wonderful thing in the ancient world called the dozenal or duodecimal number system. … Read More
2019-07-20 11:09
I have to say, I have rarely been so impressed with a cheap, generic art product as I was with these generic colored pencils from The Fine Touch; which I picked up from Hobby Lobby for $12.9… Read More
2019-07-12 09:02
Every summer, it gets stupid hot in my garage. For this reason, my awesome parents decided to surprise me by giving me the MasterForce 5200CFM Shroud Floor Fan, with the singular condi… Read More
2019-06-29 10:29
After expressing some disgust with my audio quality in my videos, Krista hooked me up with the Maono Studio Microphone Set, model number AU-A04. Maono offers this microphone in several… Read More
2019-06-21 09:10
So, although I don’t think I’m breaking the intent of YouTube’s Community Guidelines by coloring “The MSPaint Comic: Painting North Korea Red,” I’m concer… Read More
2019-06-11 03:48
This gliding garden bench swing was by far my most ambitious woodworking project to date. As you will see in the video, I made this for my awesome mother-in-law who desperately needed… Read More
2019-05-04 19:11
I’ve wanted to make a woodworking video for a while, but capturing footage while doing this stuff can be irritating. However, for Krista’s birthday, I wanted to go all out… Read More
2019-04-19 23:25
If you’ve subscribed to my YouTube channel, you may have noticed that my head was shaved a few weeks ago. I meant to get this video out sooner, but I needed time to edit it and g… Read More
2019-04-13 19:01
We did it! Krista and I finally splurged and went to the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (also known as “C2E2”) to do some market research! This was my wife’s an… Read More
2019-04-10 19:02
When I reviewed the Master’s Touch Pastel Colored Pencils while coloring Page 5 of The MSPaint Comic: Painting North Korea Red, I was overwhelmed by the smell and underwhelmed by the c… Read More
2019-03-23 11:59
This video and blog post were not sponsored by Home Depot or their HDX brand. If you didn’t know, Home Depot puts the HDX brand on their generic items. This means you can o… Read More
2019-03-08 14:11
NO SECRETS! Although it would have been awesome, I was not paid for this review with money nor a free product. However, this post links to Amazon.com product pages using my affiliate code. I… Read More
2019-03-01 04:58
Today, we’re taking a closer look at a 36-pack of generic Twin Tip Brush Markers from Hobby Lobby; which I picked up for the webcomic version of Painting North Korea Red, page 2. … Read More
2019-02-24 07:45
NO SECRETS! Although it would have been awesome, I was not paid for this review with money nor a free product. However, this post links to Amazon.com product pages using my affiliate code. I… Read More
2019-02-20 23:55
Two streams for Pixel Art Live: Episode #19 this week! Part 1 was on Sunday Night on YouTube. Part 2, where I finish the page, was Monday night on Twitch! Sunday Night (Live on Y… Read More
2019-02-16 04:47
NO SECRETS! Although it would have been awesome, I was not paid for this review with money nor a free product. However, this post links to Amazon.com product pages using my affiliate code. I… Read More
2019-02-14 06:00
The Sinking of the Maine February 15th, 1898… a date which will live in infamy. Or so every American thought in 1898. On this night, at 9:40pm, a massive explosion ripped throug… Read More
2019-02-12 09:05
HEADS UP! Pixel Art Live is moving to SUNDAY NIGHTS!!! For the 18th episode of Pixel Art Live, I’m drawing an artillery explosion for my next coloring book, The MSPaint Comic: Es… Read More
2019-02-09 01:14
NO SECRETS! Although it would have been awesome, I was not paid for this review with money nor a free product. However, this post links to Amazon.com product pages using my affil… Read More
2019-02-07 21:21
NO SECRETS! Although it would have been awesome, I was not paid for a review with money nor a free product. However, this post links to a Amazon.com product page using my affiliate code. If… Read More
2019-01-31 20:48
NO SECRETS! Although it would have been awesome, I was not paid for this review with money nor a free product. However, this post links to Amazon.com product pages using my affil… Read More
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