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"!!

"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.