Dwight Silverman

Houston will have some chances for spotty showers today, and then again on Friday and Saturday. Better rain chances may come around a week from today, when the region’s next cold front comes barreling through. #houwx

I'll be on @kpfthouston.bsky.social's Open Journal show at 6p today, talking all things tech. Join us at 90.1 FM in Houston TX, or kpft.org if you're not.

Houston’s typical high temperatures on Halloween have been getting warmer, and that will likely continue this year. Is there another decently strong cold front coming through any time soon? #houwx

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

Pumpkin tester.

If you saw You Can See Everything and have been thinking about the quote controversy ever since (like me), this will interest you: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/i...

Houston voters, a tip: Use the Harrisvotes.com Voter Centers map that shows waiting times. This lets you avoid overcrowded locations. We live near the W. Gray center, which always has a huge line, but voted at the Galleria Hampton Inn. Easy peasy. www.harrisvotes.com/Vote-Centers

Good advice here. The closest center to me has 30+ waiting but the next one over is little to no wait

Houston voters, a tip: Use the Harrisvotes.com Voter Centers map that shows waiting times. This lets you avoid overcrowded locations. We live near the W. Gray center, which always has a huge line, but voted at the Galleria Hampton Inn. Easy peasy. www.harrisvotes.com/Vote-Centers

Apple decided this @nytwirecutter.bsky.social editor's kid was a spammer (spoiler: she's not!) and cut off her iMessage account. Getting it restored was hell. She's not alone. This is happens occasionally. Here's what to do if it happens to you. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

Today's earworm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyV3...

Given the area’s ongoing sunny forecast, we take a trip into the future and offer you a way-too-early forecast for Halloween in Houston. 🎃 Also, don’t sleep on our weather today: It looks absolutely lovely across the region. 😎 #houwx

Bose sees the company as a way to reach a wider audience.

Houston’s pleasant, fall-like conditions will continue at least through the weekend, with mostly sunny skies and moderate humidity. Our clear skies will hold a boon early on Thursday, with good viewing conditions for the Orionid meteor shower. #houwx

It’s an 80s party, baby! Houston’s high temperatures for the foreseeable future should be in the 80s, with lows mostly in the lower 60s. It’s not cold by any means, but it’s a big change from summer heat and humidity. #houwx

We’ve got a Monday evening update on the East Coast storm, which will produce tidal flooding and beach erosion through the week. Plus, significant impacts are expected in the West from rain, flooding, and even some mountain snow later this week. Below or at theeyewall.com!

BREAKING The BBC subpoenaed Jack Smith for a deposition to defend itself against Trump's defamation lawsuit. Smith didn't object to the subpoena. Team Trump opposes. buff.ly/cf6GaG2

CEO Said A Thing! (h/t @karlbode.com) Look, I know stories about Elon can get serious traffic. But if you're going to do them, you have to do your readers the basic service of pointing out the guy's very long and well-documented history of saying he'll make things happen that then never happen.

Fall arrived this weekend, and our weather was certainly gorgeous. Now that we’ve taken the sting out of summer, is there anything to be done about our growing need for rainfall? #houwx

Want to avoid Flock cameras on your commute? MapQuest can help.

Seems relevant to that flood of journalists who in the last few weeks announced publicly that it was okay to return to X, that the platform had gotten better, and the worst aspects of it had been minimized. This is what you have endorsed.

People are all aquiver about the updated Siri Remote included with the $300 updated Apple TV 4K, because it has full FindMy capabilities. You can buy it for $69 to use with a current ATV4K. But there's also an El Lago remote case that holds an AirTag for just $16. www.elago.com/products/202...

Note the $20 is a one-time payment, not annually - sorry about the error. Not sure if membership is an annual charge once early access ends.

Parallels, the software that lets you run Windows in a virtual machine on a Mac, and I go way back. I wrote a 2008 book called "Running Windows on Your Mac," which detailed how to use Parallels. The company recently launched Parallels Desktop for Mac 27, but it's for Apple Silicon Macs only.

Signed up for tweet.app, new paid-only social network that uses some of the old Twitter verbiage and design elements. $20 a year as a "founder," price goes up once it launches. Link is an invitation to join, but you still gotta pay the $20. signup.tweet.app/r/dsilverman

"Small Prophets" on Apple TV is just delightful. Reminds me of @mrrickygervais.bsky.social's Afterlife and Derek series. Quirky, gentle, insightful and full of quiet wonder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7vd...

"Small Prophets" on Apple TV is just delightful. Reminds me of @mrrickygervais.bsky.social's Afterlife and Derek series. Quirky, gentle, insightful and full of quiet wonder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7vd...

If someone takes the time to share a gift article and the publication requires you to create a login to access the free article there are two steps to take. Decide whether or not to create a login. Remember not the complain to or notify the OP because that's annoying and you shouldn't do that.

Eric makes a bold prediction about Houston’s weather for the rest of the year.🤞 Also, temperatures continue to trend downward for the weekend, as the cold front looks even more robust. Watch out for strong winds Friday afternoon, evening, and overnight. 🌬️ #houwx

Parallels, the software that lets you run Windows in a virtual machine on a Mac, and I go way back. I wrote a 2008 book called "Running Windows on Your Mac," which detailed how to use Parallels. The company recently launched Parallels Desktop for Mac 27, but it's for Apple Silicon Macs only.

Well, actually….

We look ahead to Friday’s front, and at just how low temperatures may drop on Saturday night. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that lows reach 50 degrees, or below, for inland parts of the Houston region. #houwx

Houston has a (fairly slim) possibility of showers today, but a cold front on Friday will bring gusty winds and cooler temperatures. Saturday night will be the coldest, and we think most of the region drops into the 50s. 😮 #houwx

Houston’s houmidity™ is back, as are rain chances for today and Tuesday. Then we look ahead to fall’s first real front, which should arrive on Friday and set the stage for a fantastic weekend. #houwx

We have a morning update on what is now Major Hurricane Isaias. Minimal change to track, but folks in the western Panhandle should expect a major hurricane to make landfall tonight. Surge forecasts are a bit higher. We explain the latest. Below or at theeyewall.com.

WANTED: Fall-like weather. Last seen in Houston sometime around April. Suspect is known to bring crisp mornings, low humidity, and open-window weather. Reward offered for immediate return. No questions asked. #houwx

I’ll not be juggled with.

Tropical Storm Isaias has formed in the southern Gulf, and it has a really good chance to become the season’s first hurricane. It is bound for the northern Gulf coast. This should usher a few days of drier air into Houston this weekend. #houwx

Was yesterday the unofficial start of autumn in Houston? Maybe. But while it warms up this week, humidity will stay low for a few days before increasing again later in the week. Matt has a tropical update as well, which is to say probably not a concern in Houston. Details below!

Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.

"It is very threatening ... to have a huge giant corporation that controls the vast majority of communication in our society, to have them tell you you are no longer allowed to participate in any dialogue with your customers or the community that you serve. That's ... a feeling of being silenced."

Likely not to impact #Houston, but folks here should still pay attention. More likely to target LA to FLA, or maybe just fall apart. 🤷🏻‍♂️ #houwx

Hard to say. Hard to look at. Just plain generic gibberish. It's like if Microsoft was allowed to name other companies not just their own products.