BC Holmes

@bcholmes.org

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One part Pip; one part Estella Trek nerd. Queer 🏳️‍⚧️. Programmer and pro-grammar. IDIC means Black Lives Matter and trans rights! I'm not going to read your Substack article. I maintain the STA Character Creator. she/her

A heatmap of Wyoming from the 2024 US presidential election showing an almost-entirely red result.
A photo of (some of) the movies in my Apple TV movies list.
A screenshot of the Mac TV app showing the box set of _The Good Place_, specifically missing an episode.
Two images from the Loki miniseries showing Loki dressed in his Time Variance Authority suit, sitting at a desk talking to another character. In the first image, he's saying, "Yes, very sad." and in the second he's saying "Anyway".
Commander Lura Thok from Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
An image of Martian Marine Bobby Draper from the TV series, _The Expanse_, standing "at ease" in front of some suits of power armour.
An image of the 1978 Merlin.
A tweet by Robert Jones, Jr. that says "We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist."
Render of a 3D model of a TNG-era Engineering Kit (the kind that Geordi is often seen carrying).
Meme image of one astronaut (in a space-suit) holding up a gun behind another astronaut. The caption reads "Always has been."
Aubrey Plaza, Kirsten Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, and Daniel Levy as characters from the Christmas romance, _Happiest Season_.
Twiki, the little robot from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He's a short metal-looking robot with a mushroom-shaped head, carrying a tray. Tied around his neck, he's carrying another character -- Dr. Theopolis -- who looks like a cross between a clock and a face made out of circuits.
A drawing of Zatanna in a cute, cartoony style. She's wearing her "top hat, tails, and fishnets" costume, holding a wand in one hand and her hat in the other. Tendrils of magical energy are emerging from the want. Art by Sarah Leuver.
An drawing of the Young Justice character, Artemis, from waist-up, holding a bow. Her stance suggests that she's just fired an arrow. It's a commission from Jamal Campbell, inked with marker and coloured with (I think) Copic markers.
A yellow warning sign that reads "It is possible to survive this, but not unaltered."
The Curiosity rover rolling away on Mars
Matter Eater Lad from the Legion of Super Heroes
A trash panda happily sorting through fresh garbage.
A Duolingo translation question where the “correct” translation is not the same as the original English text.
A cover from a Zatanna comic showing Zatanna, one of DC's mystical heroes who also performs as a stage magician.
A version of the "it's more likely than you think" meme that says: "Russian Assets? In *my* White House?"
The main cast from the 2002 Stephen Soderbergh film, _Solaris_ (based on the book by Stanislaw Lem). I adored this film, even though the audiences stayed away in droves.
An image of Wayne, the main character from the TV Series _Letterkenny_, standing tall and saying "If you have a problem with the magestic Canadian goose, you have a problem with me... and I suggest you let that one marinate."
An instance of the "It's more likely than you think" meme, with the caption: "Russian Assets? In my White House?"
Text of an (mass) email from the Nancy Waugh of the CBC responding to the many folks who complained about that "Canada as a 51st state" discussion that CBC aired on the weekend. Among the points it makes are: 1. The CBC tweaked the wording in response to the hundreds of angry messages; 2. Our job is to have "conversations" and our best way of responding to "this important moment" is to have a cross-boarder chat. 3. They felt it important to quote Fenlon's blog chiding the angry objectors for complaining about a programme that hadn't even aired yet.
A Beguiling pre-order listing for the book _Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Clip Studio Paint_ by Devin Elle Kurtz
An image of Alan Ruck playing Capt. John Harriman from _Star Trek: Generations_, standing and clapping.
Three pictures: the first a headshot of Aaragorn from _The Lord of the Rings_ saying "You have my sword...". The second, a headshot of Legolas saying "And my bow". The third is Milton from _Office Space_ saying "And I believe you have my stapler."
Picture of Mariner Beckett from _Star Trek: Lower Decks_ looking in from the other side of a window, saying "Yes.... ha ha ha... Yes!"
A dependency table showing the relationship between different packages in an application.
Small example of package dependency analysis.
A package dependency graph generated by PlantUML, based on some static code analysis.
An analysis of package dependencies in a Java codebase.
The cover of the art book _Framed Ink vol. 2_ by Marcos Mateu-Mestre
Two side-by-side short videos, as previewed Facebook. The text across both of them appear to read "Golden Retrievers have no known natural enemies except... American tourists in Europe."
Meme image from _The Office_ showing a white woman in business clothes saying "They're the same picture"
Betty and her clone Betty from the TV Series _Quark_. (Two twin, blonde, white women in pale blue science fiction crew uniforms).
Revised version of the Par'Tok freighter ship outline as it appears in the character creator.
Screenshot of the Par'Tok frieghter, modelled in Blender using a good set of diagrams as a reference.
Screenshot of a Par'Tok class starship, showing the old style of profile silhouette.
The cover of FASA's Star Trek: The Role Playing Game Adventure Book, which came with the original 1st edition rules.
An animated gif of Lola, the main character from the film _Run Lola Run_ screaming into a telephone receiver.
An animated gif of Lola, the main character from the film _Run Lola Run_, screaming while holding a telephone receiver.
Screenshot of Donald Sutherland from the end of the film _Invasion of the Body Snatchers_. In this image, Donald Sutherland is wearing a suit and a beige overcoat. His facial expression shows his mouth agape and eyes wide, and he'd pointing, accusingly, toward the viewer.
Meme photo of a young white woman with long brown hair covering her ears with her hands and walking ahead of a young man playing a trumpet. This photo might be a visual metaphor for many things.
An image of me -- a white trans woman with long brown hair, wearing a beret and a dark, multi-coloured sweater -- scowling at the camera.
Small screenshot from a GitHub page showing that my repo has exactly 1000 commits in it.
A version of the new landscape character sheet, coloured in the "Klingon Red" colour scheme. Note the Klingon symbol in the corner.
A custom character sheet for the Star Trek Adventures TTRPG, modelled on Modiphius Quick Start sheets.
Screenshot of a social media post from Ben Stager saying "Canada has a unique democracy unlike anywhere else in the world it is governed by two rival cellphone companies and a powerful grocery store."
A screenshot of a portion of the Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition standard character sheet, showing different fields for "Species Ability", "Talents", "Special Rules" and "Equipment"
Nancy McKeon as the character Jo Polniaczek from the 80s TV series, _The Facts of Life_
Alien captain, Dathon, from the Star Trek: TNG episode, "Darmok", standing in a field holding a dagger, looking forward and slightly to the right of screen.
A snippet of an "alternatives to Adobe" chart showing three alternatives to Acrobat: PDF-XChange, Xodo, and PDF24
Screenshot of the Foxit toolbar, and in-window menu bar, even though the "normal" place to put a menu bar on a Mac is at the top of the screen.
Screenshot of a Xitter post announcing a Clear Skies STA live stream called The Last Excelsior.
An image of an exported Star Trek Adventures RPG starship sheet.
An example of a test phrase using different weights of the Big Shoulders Display font, as rendered with default spacing in Affinity Designer 2.
Example of a dynamically-generated Star Trek Adventures supporting character sheet.