Becinator
@artdragon86.bsky.social
Artist and writer. Lecturer and researcher with a PhD in IT/HCI. Gardener. Actually three bin chickens in a trenchcoat. Melbourne/Australia
https://artdragon86.carrd.co/
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Becinator
@artdragon86.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Since more folks are joining BlueSky, I thought I'd do an intro post.
My hobbies/interests:
-Writing/reading (mostly fantasy and sci-fi)
-Art (traditional media, mostly landscapes, animals and still lifes)
-Gardening
-Academia (InfoTech/HCI)
-Games (esp. Pokemon)
-Tea
-Dogs (esp. German Shepherds)
My hobbies/interests:
-Writing/reading (mostly fantasy and sci-fi)
-Art (traditional media, mostly landscapes, animals and still lifes)
-Gardening
-Academia (InfoTech/HCI)
-Games (esp. Pokemon)
-Tea
-Dogs (esp. German Shepherds)
A belated photo of Rosco with yesterday’s modest harvest.
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A belated photo of Rosco with yesterday’s modest harvest.
If I get one more phone call today I am going to shit bees
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
If I get one more phone call today I am going to shit bees
Yeah, I... I don't think that's right but whatever...
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Yeah, I... I don't think that's right but whatever...
Having a go at doing some quick thumbnail paintings to practice colour and value in my new Stillman and Birn Nova sketchbook. I'm using dried gouache set up in my Art Toolkit Folio palette.
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Having a go at doing some quick thumbnail paintings to practice colour and value in my new Stillman and Birn Nova sketchbook. I'm using dried gouache set up in my Art Toolkit Folio palette.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
The BOM website wanted me to give feedback while I was checking the forecast, so I obliged.
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The BOM website wanted me to give feedback while I was checking the forecast, so I obliged.
1996, my mother took me to a work Christmas party as they had family/kid activities as well as a potluck. As she set down the cake she said she'd "made", 10-year-old me piped up, "No you didn't, we got it at the Cheesecake shop on the way here!"
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
1996, my mother took me to a work Christmas party as they had family/kid activities as well as a potluck. As she set down the cake she said she'd "made", 10-year-old me piped up, "No you didn't, we got it at the Cheesecake shop on the way here!"
But what if I NEED one of those obsolete cables one day?
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
But what if I NEED one of those obsolete cables one day?
Printed out some reference photos ready to start playing with some little gouache colour and value studies in my new toned sketchbook.
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Printed out some reference photos ready to start playing with some little gouache colour and value studies in my new toned sketchbook.
A tutor quit the week before classes started because he got a job in industry. As the lecturers were in their office panicking about how they could replace him, I happened to wander past on my way back from the canteen, stuffing my face with chips. They asked if I wanted to teach the classes...
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
A tutor quit the week before classes started because he got a job in industry. As the lecturers were in their office panicking about how they could replace him, I happened to wander past on my way back from the canteen, stuffing my face with chips. They asked if I wanted to teach the classes...
Behold! Today’s bountiful harvest.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Behold! Today’s bountiful harvest.
Online retailer sent me an email saying my cart had been left and listing a cheaper price for the item I'd left in there, but when I went to look, it was still full price.
Turns out the 'reduced' price is just what it costs without the GST -_-
Turns out the 'reduced' price is just what it costs without the GST -_-
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Online retailer sent me an email saying my cart had been left and listing a cheaper price for the item I'd left in there, but when I went to look, it was still full price.
Turns out the 'reduced' price is just what it costs without the GST -_-
Turns out the 'reduced' price is just what it costs without the GST -_-
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Finished teaching for the year, so I'm back with another #painting demo! 'Starry Night' pet portrait in #acrylics.
artdragon86.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/a...
artdragon86.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/a...
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Finished teaching for the year, so I'm back with another #painting demo! 'Starry Night' pet portrait in #acrylics.
artdragon86.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/a...
artdragon86.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/a...
Today’s harvest. Silverbeet, plus some mustard greens and my first two raspberries! Rosco was in there background having a rest after chasing Dad around with his green ball.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Today’s harvest. Silverbeet, plus some mustard greens and my first two raspberries! Rosco was in there background having a rest after chasing Dad around with his green ball.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
Finished teaching for the year, so I'm back with another #painting demo! 'Starry Night' pet portrait in #acrylics.
artdragon86.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/a...
artdragon86.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/a...
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Finished teaching for the year, so I'm back with another #painting demo! 'Starry Night' pet portrait in #acrylics.
artdragon86.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/a...
artdragon86.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/a...
I will admit I squealed out loud when I saw that a new Stargate series has been greenlit. I just hope it's more like SG-1/Atlantis rather than like Universe.
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I will admit I squealed out loud when I saw that a new Stargate series has been greenlit. I just hope it's more like SG-1/Atlantis rather than like Universe.
There are people from the council working on repairing our fence today and one of them has the funniest sneeze.
Imagine the sound an elephant would make if you kicked him in the nuts. That's what this guy's sneezes sound like.
Imagine the sound an elephant would make if you kicked him in the nuts. That's what this guy's sneezes sound like.
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
There are people from the council working on repairing our fence today and one of them has the funniest sneeze.
Imagine the sound an elephant would make if you kicked him in the nuts. That's what this guy's sneezes sound like.
Imagine the sound an elephant would make if you kicked him in the nuts. That's what this guy's sneezes sound like.
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
Lol Cloudflare’s shat the bed again so half the internet is dead 😬
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Lol Cloudflare’s shat the bed again so half the internet is dead 😬
Nothing turns me off faster from trying something I'm indifferent towards than someone nagging me to try it and refusing to listen when I say I'm not interested.
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Nothing turns me off faster from trying something I'm indifferent towards than someone nagging me to try it and refusing to listen when I say I'm not interested.
Another bloom on my Camille Pissarro Del Bard Rose (one photo from yesterday and one from today).
November 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Another bloom on my Camille Pissarro Del Bard Rose (one photo from yesterday and one from today).
New art supplies arrived. Four tubes of watercolour in a new brand I haven't tried, and two Stillman and Birn sketchbooks with toned paper (one beige and one with beige, black and grey).
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
New art supplies arrived. Four tubes of watercolour in a new brand I haven't tried, and two Stillman and Birn sketchbooks with toned paper (one beige and one with beige, black and grey).
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.