Here is a performance brought to you by the Royal Shakespeare Company starring Patrick Stewart. Title: To boldly go… 😉

CBS News 1967

Women, listen up, you can use that fancy technology for recipes! And leave the heavy lifting like engineering problems to your husbands. Such a Brave New World.

😂 😆 😉

This quote from a book I read several years ago summarizes perfectly what translation is all about, and why no DeepL or AI will ever be able to produce perfect translations.

Alfred Hitchcock shot the movie I Confess in 1952, in Quebec City. Then and now.

Just around 15 minutes from my place.

In many cultures, people celebrate their birthdays, as well as their “name days”. Each day of the calendar is dedicated to a handful of different names, usually patron saints and such. As it happens, April 18 is Werner Day.

May the force of Werner be with you!

I have an important message for Paramount and anyone involved in the production of #StarTrek.

There is no need for reboots, and any future Star Trek must be in compliance with the canon established so far.

Lucky bastards

From the Bible straight to Star Trek and beyond…🖖

J’ai reçu aujourd’hui le nouvel iPhone 17 Pro Max

Earth Reaches for the Stars Following humanity’s first warp flight and historic first contact, QCCT names Werner Patels to lead a goodwill mission to Vulcan

Someone (don’t know who) from the future sent me a news report from April 6, 2063. Imagine my surprise…

Read it here: wernpat.substack.com/p/earth-reac...

Read Werner's new article on authorship, creativity, and automation in art, writing, and translation:

wernpat.substack.com/p/prompting-...

NASA opted to use Microsoft Outlook on the Artemis mission. As you can imagine, it went as well as expected. Already asking IT support to remote in.

Microsoft has always been garbage. You want reliable quality? You go with Apple. When you choose Microsoft, you choose garbage.

Oh dear…too bad 😂

Lousy journalism even back in 1967. How can you not know that the name of the planet is Vulcan and not Vulcanis?

I used AI to create an image of the Québec village Three Pines from the Louise Penny novels including the main characters. Welcome to paradise, welcome to Québec.

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫

May this Passover bring you and your loved ones endless blessings and joy. Wishing you a meaningful holiday filled with love and tradition.

Happy 50th anniversary, Apple! The best IT company out there. Microsoft has always been garbage, so thank goodness we have Apple! 

Louise Penny on The Grey Wolf // Book Club YouTube video by The Queen's Reading Room

Watch this interview with Louise Penny
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Leonard Cohen & U2 (2006) – Tower of Song (REMASTERED 2023) YouTube video by Werner Patels Remastering on YouTube

I love this song by Québec’s very own Leonard Cohen, and I especially love this 2006 version with U2. As I say in the description of my video on YouTube, they were pretty sloppy recording it, but I fixed all the flaws.

youtu.be/gbkRJ6blyUI?...

Werner's Jukebox | Werner’s Jukebox Vol. 19 Step into Werner’s vault of sound. Spin through a rich collection of master tapes, remasters, and vinyl gems, where the magic of authentic record sound still reigns supreme. From the 1950s to the 1980...

Step into Werner’s vault of sound. Spin through a rich collection of master tapes, remasters, and vinyl gems, where the magic of authentic record sound still reigns supreme. From the 1950s to the 1980s, hear great music in English, French, German, Italian…

Listen: wjb.mixlr.com/recordings/3...

It’s true!

Winter ain’t over, and I for one am glad!

Here is the next ticket to Three Pines. Departure: October 20

The recent cancellation of Star Trek Starfleet Academy is proof that Star Trek should be taken away from Paramount. Maybe it’s time to bring back Desilu, that wonderful company started by Lucille Ball, that visionary who gave us Star Trek in the first place.

Happy 95th to our favourite Montrealer, William Shatner! @williamshatner.bsky.social

Happy tummy = Happy Werner!

Sixty Years of Star Trek: Still Boldly Going How Gene Roddenberry’s vision of hope, progress, and human dignity still defines the final frontier

Sixty Years of Star Trek: Still Boldly Going

Read here: wernpat.substack.com/p/sixty-year...

#StarTrek60

Get it now and start celebrating 60 years of Star Trek! #StarTrek60