2025

Another year closer to death

Being the miserable sod that I am, I don't usually welcome in the new year. It's something I've never been bothered about. I'm more of a Christmas guy; January only means work is looming around the corner! Thankfully, I’m retired, and I believe I’m probably a happier person? Don't quote me on that.

So, I wanted a way to celebrate this New Year, but I wasn’t sure how. Then, my iPhone suggested something called Gemini. Apparently, it can create an image that you describe. That sounded strange to me, but I thought, "Why not give it a try?" Even so, I assumed it would be terrible and that I’d uninstall the app!

After having a play, most of the generated images were (at best) hit-or-miss. And if you asked to include the text "Atari ST," it often produced a computer that's a bizarre mix of an older 8-bit Atari mashed up with bits of the ST. The results were, to put it mildly, disappointing. That said, a few images turned out surprisingly well, like the house in my Christmas post. Honestly, did you really think I could draw that myself? lol

I can imagine you're all bored reading about how I finally caught up with modern technology? Must admit, I'd have never imagined creating a picture by describing it to a computer. That's weird and a little 'August 29 1997' scary! Anyhow, let's crack on and show you some images that Gemini created for me.

I hope everyone has a fantastic New Year and I wish you all the beST... STay Atari... Stay Atari ST...

The worst part of Gemini was getting it to properly spell "Atari ST"!!

This was a simple request, fireworks with the "Atari ST" words & logo. Not bad!

"AtariCrypt" was often nigh on impossible without resorting to capitals. Very odd.

I asked for a horror image and it came back with this. Which I think is damn cool!!

I wanted the Atari ST to look explosive with flair. It came up with this image.

I love West Texas and asked for a variety of "ST" images. All bad. Except this one!

I asked for a battle scene with "Happy New Year", this was the best of a bad bunch.

I requested numerous "Party" & "New Year" images with the word "Atari ST".
This was literally the best one. To be fair, it's pretty good.