https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3muztdojlz542Star Trek aired three years before I was born, yet it has had a significant influence on my life. The only thing more profound and more influential has been my faith and salvation in Jesus Christ, my Lord and Savior. To me, Star Trek has... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/star-trek-at-60/08 Sep 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muztdojlz542https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3muvcs5vc6hm2⚠️ **SPOILER WARNING:** FULL SPOILERS **My Rating:** ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ (4.5/5 stars)** Overall, I liked it a lot. I think Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau do the Star Wars Universe justice. My favorite moments were probably the little guys and Grogu. I... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/watched-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-2026-on-disney/07 Sep 2026 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3muvcs5vc6hm2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3musrqimf4py2**TiVo Plans to End Free Automatic Commercial Skipping in November, Tests Paid Premium Replacement Service** By Luke Bouma · via Cord Cutters News Read original post → TiVo, there is a name I haven't heard or thought about in a while. I... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/post-e3b0c442-2/04 Sep 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3musrqimf4py2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mucpm5qnviy2⚠️ **SPOILER WARNING:** FULL SPOILERS **My Rating:** ½ (0.5/5 stars) Don't waste your time. It looked interesting and had some big-name actors and actresses, but it wasn't worth it. The movie was too long for the ending it had, and the... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/watched-slingshot-2024-on-prime-video/30 Aug 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucpm5qnviy2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mublr6ogahx2This has been some week for hardware and appliance problems in my household. Thursday, I had a silent hard drive crash. It could have happened before then, but I didn't notice it until Thursday. The drive was there last week, but Windows... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/this-has-been-some-week/30 Aug 2026 01:33 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mublr6ogahx2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mtaakqtgsz52Read on ign.com · View original Mastodon post Here is another example of what I was talking about in a recent blog post TV Isn't What It Used to Be. According to IGN, the first season came out 3.5 years ago. That is a long time to wait... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/star-wars-disney-series-ahsoka-season-2-finally-ha/16 Aug 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaakqtgsz52https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mt7kwe4smxu2⚠️ **SPOILER WARNING:** FULL SPOILERS **My Rating:** ⭐ (1/5 stars) Not worth watching there were several times I wondered why I was watching this. Plot was kind of a mix of Giver, Enders Game, The Allegiant and Hunger Games all in one but... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/watched-altered-2025-on-prime-video/16 Aug 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7kwe4smxu2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3msv2iugdlpp2Happy Anniversary to Hello Games, No Man's Sky. It is 10 years, and hopefully another 10. A sequel would be great. Thanks, Sean Murray, for a great game that started rough but has grown into a masterpiece, and all free after initial... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/no-mans-sky-10th-anniversay/12 Aug 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msv2iugdlpp2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3msosb63pcji2Read on ign.com · View original Mastodon post I don't watch this series, though it has interested me. Still, its general theme fits what I want to talk about here. People wonder why TV viewing and TV series are dying. Well, when you have... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/tv-isnt-what-it-used-to-be/09 Aug 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msosb63pcji2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3msfxrcgkcot2August 6, 2001, 25 years ago. I started blogging. I had a website made by Microsoft FrontPage and hosted on GTE (now Verizon) in the homepages they offered back in those days for residential customers. In fact, your ISP provided... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/august-6-2001-25-years-ago-i-started-blogging-i-ha/06 Aug 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfxrcgkcot2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3ms3gi62paz62I saw the title of Antonio’s post the other day on bubbles.town, “I Couldn’t Live Without My Glasses”, and it intrigued me. > The first thing I do when I wake up isn’t checking my phone or making coffee. It’s putting on my glasses. This... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/learning-to-live-without-my-glasses/02 Aug 2026 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms3gi62paz62https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mrjdqibe3dt2Do you ever have a bunch of blog post ideas bouncing around in your head but no idea where to start, what would actually be interesting, or how to flesh them out? That's been me lately. My vision is improving, but my eyes aren't fully... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/do-you-ever-have-a/26 Jul 2026 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjdqibe3dt2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mrecrwqpz6n2I just wanted to say I saw the news of John C. Dvorak passing yesterday. I hadn't heard much from him in years and often assumed he had retired. I was first introduced to him by watching Leo LaPorte and TechTV back in the day. I remember... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/i-just-wanted-to-say/24 Jul 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrecrwqpz6n2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mqzrs33v7ay2I was browsing topics and titles on bubbles.town when I came across a post by Panagiotis Vryonis, AI-generated blog post images are not cool any more. It reminded me of another post I read a few months ago, On AI Images and Feature Images... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/responding-to-the-ai-image-debate/19 Jul 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzrs33v7ay2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mqwgh34udaf2This is a year of anniversaries. Moody Bible Institute turns 140 and Moody Radio turns 100. I listen to Moody Radio almost daily. I think Moody Church and Moody Bible Institute are the premier Evangelical Christian sword in today's world... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/cheers-to-100-years-moody-radio/18 Jul 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqwgh34udaf2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mqhwxakpead2I just shared good news about my heart journey, and now I can finally share another medical milestone for 2026: my cataract surgeries are done and my vision is back. For the last couple of years, my sight kept slipping, no matter how many... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/my-visions-big-comeback/12 Jul 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhwxakpead2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mqdswxuelae2I wanted to share a long-overdue health update about what has happened this year and why I can finally talk about it. I recently had my second Camzyos cardiology echo and doctor’s visit of the year. I normally go every six months, and... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/echo-results-looking-good/10 Jul 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqdswxuelae2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mpvpjw7viop2⚠️ **SPOILER WARNING:** FULL SPOILERS **My Rating:** ⭐⭐⭐½ (3.5/5 stars) --- Okay, first thing: overall, it wasn't a bad movie. The pacing drags at the beginning, and several scenes could have been explained more clearly or cut shorter... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/popcorn-watched-project-hail-mary-2026-on-prime-video/05 Jul 2026 05:45 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpvpjw7viop2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mpu4rcnxhbn2Happy 250th birthday, United States of America! What a strange moment to mark a birthday, given everything going on in the world. Even so, I believe the U.S. has done enormous good and has served as a beacon for the world since at least... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/happy-250th-america/04 Jul 2026 03:59 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpu4rcnxhbn2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mo6smyukohw2This was hilarious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__bvWU_mzEY https://michaelreflects.com/notes/british-humor/13 Jun 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6smyukohw2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mo4ttxhycjh2As you get older, anniversaries and milestones hit you differently. I don't know why. I don't regret anything in my life, but I do feel nostalgic sometimes. The other day, driving to work, I learned that the University of South Florida is... https://michaelreflects.com/blog/usf-turns-70/12 Jun 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4ttxhycjh2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mnrdz4zw7py2 https://michaelreflects.com/star-trek-outposts-unknown-pc-game/07 Jun 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrdz4zw7py2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mmqnwfjaxdk2 https://michaelreflects.com/popcorn-watched-tom-clancys-jack-ryan-ghost-war-2026-on-prime-video/25 May 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqnwfjaxdk2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mmqnwkzbg7m2 https://michaelreflects.com/whos-the-real-loser/23 May 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqnwkzbg7m2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mmefm3q77xp2 https://michaelreflects.com/ai-isnt-black-and-white/17 May 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmefm3q77xp2https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mmefm7sbpl52Jim Mitchell adds notes to his site via a webmention. His note post tells all about it here and I am testing to see if it works and if my sending webmentions work. Jim your site looks great you done a great job with Clodd CMS. https://jimmitchell.org/2026/05/09/97/09 May 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmefm7sbpl52https://bsky.app/profile/michaelreflects.com/post/3mmefmgbehbp2 https://michaelreflects.com/parsley-pot-roast-and-changing-tastes/09 May 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:2nnlojyhluftr7pcobjecpxr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmefmgbehbp2