Thanks to my local public library recently adding games & recipes to its complimentary NYT access, I finally tried Wordle for the first time. #LateToTheParty I have no desire to post my Wordle results, but I'll make an exception for this first attempt. Wordle 1,616 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

D'oh! I remember reviewing the #DoctorWho story Time Heist for my podcast back when it first premiered and liking it a bit better than my co-hosts. For whatever reason, the fact that #JonathanBailey was the actor who played Psi completely escaped me until I revisited the episode yesterday. #Wicked

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird... It's a plane... Nope... it's just the winning bid. #Superman www.cllct.com/sports-colle...

William Russell Enoch was born on this date 101 years ago. (Notes: I'm U.S.-based. So as of this post's timestamp, the date is still November 19ᵗʰ in my neck of the woods. The image of Ian used was a b&w photo that I manually colorized via Photoshop.) #WilliamRussell #IanChesterton #DoctorWho

#Stargate is back. youtu.be/e82uV9sBt4I?...

Tonight at 9pm ET, 8pm CT, the Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and directed by Saheem Ali will be on PBS Great Performances. You can stream at pbs.org/gperf or on the PBS app.

I didn't know this book existed until today. It's teeming with illustrations depicting Meinhardt Raabe as the Munchkin coroner character he played in MGM's the Wizard of Oz. The list of contributing artists is mind-blowing. Added bonus: this copy is signed by #MeinhardtRaabe. #illustration #Oz

☢️🗲👍 #Fallout youtu.be/ECI3eCAxRGw?...

In light of Tatsuya Nakadai's recent passing, I've decided to bump Akira Kurosawa's RAN to the top of my to-watch queue, as I've never seen it. I'm a bit too knackered to start a movie with a runtime of 2 hours & 40 minutes tonight, so I'll likely view it over the weekend. #TatsuyaNakadai #RAN

55-years ago: 🧨🧨🧨🐋💥 (Lest we forget.) youtu.be/V6CLumsir34?...

Illustrator John R. Neill (a.k.a. Jno R. Neill) was born on this date (i.e. November 12ᵗʰ) 148-years ago. Depicted is a scan I did of a first printing, first edition of L. Frank Baum's 6ᵗʰ Oz book "The Emerald City of Oz" (1910). #JohnRNeill #JnoRNeill #Oz #illustration #LFrankBaum

Have Photoshop - Will Dabble #GABECUBE #STEAM MACHINE/ #NINTENDO #GAMECUBE

🫂 youtu.be/0xlVAr6JZ9A?...

repost with an iconic fictional band

Circa the early to mid '80s, a local independently run movie theater near me hosted a midnight showing of The Creature From the Black Lagoon in glorious anaglyph 3D. Dad surprised me with tickets and on a school night no less.

Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.

This is The Colour of Magic comic book adaptation issue #1 published by Innovation in 1991. #TerryPratchett kindly signed all my #Discworld comics and several of my DW novels during a visit to independent bookseller Future Fantasy in Palo Alto, CA (circa the late '90s). RE: ALT text for more info.

RAM prices continue to skyrocket on account of AI "demand". To be clear, those demanding more RAM so they can push AI usually aren't the same folks buying RAM for their personal computers. Yet, the home users are the ones paying the price. #RAM www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...

I finally got my flu shot and COVID shot today. If my past COVID shots are any indicator, I'll likely need a day to recover. 💉💉

"I could smell the onions and mustard." spoilers: youtu.be/A7CIH7MZ1ko?...

Have Photoshop - Will Dabble. 😛 (This was my response to the Doctor Who Hub Facebook site's "name this '90s sitcom" challenge.) #DoctorWho #SavedByTheBell #mashup

While not the World Series outcome I was hoping for, this S.F. Giants fan tips his cap to both teams (yes, even the Giants' arch rivals, the L.A. Dodgers) for delivering a well-fought, entertaining series that went the full seven games, plus several extra innings to boot. ⚾

PSA: My laptop isn't able to run Win 11 on account its processor missed the eligibility cutoff by one generation. MS does offer another year of Win 10 security updates for $30, but there are also a couple ways to get that year for free, which weren't evident until I clicked the enroll in ESU option.

It's officially Halloween as evident by a former neighbor of mine upholding her annual tradition of stopping by and dropping off a loaf of her freshly-baked spider bread. #Halloween #tradition

Well that was a first. A trick-or-treater rang my doorbell and when I answered the door she said, "I don't want candy." Note to self: next year by a bag of tricks too.

Another year, another pumpkin carving. 🎃 Happy Halloween, y'all! #Halloween #StarWars

Happy Halloween!

I updated my profile with a picture of the #Wicked -themed pumpkin I carved for #Halloween last year. I'm not sure what this year's carving will be. I won't have as much time to work on it before trick-or-treaters star arriving, so it likely won't be as intricate as carvings I've done in years past.

Oof! It was time to replace my aging desktop computer, which originally shipped with Windows XP. I upgraded the GPU, added a second Xenon processor, & was running Win10, but 18 years is awfully long in computer years. Glad I got my miniPC w/64GB #RAM when I did. www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

YouTube is rolling out an automated "feature" (already opted out) that AI up-scales videos that are below 1080p to HD. If #YouTube is so concerned about HD content, why is it that digital content I PURCHASED via #Google Play, is limited to 480p YouTube playback, even though my purchase was for 4K?

6️⃣7️⃣ Well, it's about time (and space). #DoctorWho #SixSeven @oldsixie.bsky.social @4sylvestermccoy.bsky.social

Yesterday, I received the latest issue of #NationalGeographic magazine in the mail. The November, 2025 issue features spectacular close-up imagery of insects shot by macro-photographer #TakuyaIshiguro. Check out Takuya's amazing pictures here: www.instagram.com/c_s_b.t.13/ #macrophotography

Game 3 of the World Series will continue until morale improves.

Game 3 of the World Series is headed to the 16th inning. What a game!

They had me at LAIKA. #Wildwood #LAIKA youtu.be/3HQ-HrwIgOc?...

R.I.P., June Lockhart (aged 100). #JuneLockhart #Dr.MaureenRobinson #LostInSpace

Stop scrolling and post a GIF of two characters who bring you happiness. Nick and Nora in the evening.

The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy

Eighteen years is a longtime to keep a computer, but my 2008 Dell T7400 workstation isn't worth clinging onto anymore (stock image shown). It shipped with Windows XP & is currently running Win 10. I'm okay that it won't run Win 11; it's my 2017 laptop that I won't run win 11 that I take issue with.

If you see this, post an Image Comics cover you love. Gen ⑬ ongoing series #1 (variant cover with the draw-your-own cover portion rendered by Terry Moore). Refer to ALT text for a cover description & additional details.

There’s been a lot of well-deserved appreciation for Drew Struzan’s iconic theatrical art, but I’d like to also celebrate the art he did for @carolekingofficial.bsky.social’s 1973 album FANTASY. It has such a sublime warmth and personality to it, and it’s the perfect gateway to a great album.

Happy 33ʳᵈ birthday, Ncuti Gatwa! 🎂 And a belated happy 79ᵗʰ birthday, Katy Manning! 🎂 (I didn't have access to Photoshop for a couple days on account I was in the process of performing a clean install of Windows, hence the reason for my tardiness.) #NcutiGatwa #KatyManning #DoctorWho

I'm trying out a new extension for the Firefox browser that's designed to block Google's AI-generated search results. So far, it seems to working as advertised. Though, occasionally AI results flash briefly, only to immediately disappear. If anyone has other suggestions I'm all ears.

For those of you who reside in the U.S. (possibly other countries as well, as content varies by region), the 2012 documentary "Drew: The Man Behind the Poster" is available to stream on Kanopy, which is a free-to-use streaming service offered by many public & academic libraries. #DrewStruzan #Kanopy

Thank you, Drew Struzan! You may have departed this world, but your legacy will never die. Drew used layers to create several variations of his Goonies poster art for use in newspaper ads. That way the various characters would have their respective turns in the spotlight. #DrewStruzan #Goonies

R.I.P., movie poster illustrator extraordinaire Drew Struzan. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... #DrewStruzan

Having performed a clean Win10 install, I'm going to make a concerted effort to keep my laptop more organized. My desktop clutter is in the form of folders (well organized, but still a bunch of folders). This hack to make folders pinnable to the taskbar is a godsend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEHo...

As I continue my clean install of Win10 & all my frequently used apps, I'm blown away by how much time I'm spending disabling unsolicited "features" & other such fluff apps insist on inundating users with. When I launched Acrobat, I was like WTF is this? View ⇒ Disable New Acrobat to the rescue.

Heeding my own advice, yesterday (i.e. prior to Windows 10's retirement on October 14th) I created a Windows 10 recovery USB drive and proceeded to perform a clean install of Windows 10 (I backed up my laptop's two internal drives earlier in the week).

#Windows10 support officially ends on Oct. 14th. If you still use Win10, I suggest creating a Windows 10 recovery USB drive while Microsoft still presents users with that option. This link is for a creating a clean Win10 installer. Note: MS link is to the U.S. site. www.microsoft.com/en-us/softwa...