Gordon
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All is quiet (ish)
Parked up for the night near Perth, motorhome setup and some snacks before bed. Calm and peaceful, just me, Becca, Jack, and Dave (who is already snoring, it’s hard being a dog). This motorhome, Vera, was THE best investment. Much happy.
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No more AI images
I had good responses to my post the other day and it made me realise that, given my renewed focus here, I should treat it better than I have been. So I’ll be trying a couple of plugins over the coming weeks to see which one I like best, all of which will pull from…
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Cancel that, don’t stockpile
I think I’ve fallen victim to an AI blunder, and I’m not sure I’m alone. I use an app called Particle, it collates news from various sources, and has proved reliable over the past few months. You can dial up/down the things you want to read so as a way to manage the horror of…
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Mastodon bad, fediverse meh?
Apologies for the slightly, deliberately, click baity title there but honestly, the entire thing just seems a bit.. over wrought? I’ll admit I’m a little behind the curve as I, rightly or wrongly, view the whole fediverse/mastodon thing as geeks being a little too geeky for their own good, it’s all a little too exclusionary…
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Reasoned nuance
Manuel is usually opionated and occasionally correct. I agree that nuance is missing from a lot of discourse on the internet, and it’s a reason I wholly encourage blogs to have comments so enable a little back and forth. As someone who’s never ‘gone viral’ and never wrote or posted anything with that in mind,…
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When is AI image slop ok?

There is no escaping the galloping rise that AI is seeing across the tech world. It’s spreading out everywhere, not quite like a virus — although I’m sure they are already prowling about out there — more like the exploring tentacles of an inquisitive octopus. I have used, and will continue to use, AI for…