A few times now, I have placed prompts and ideas into AI art generators. The results come from an app called Imagine, and via Bing. Personally, I think Bing is slightly better, but both apps/sites have served up some colourful and creative interpretations of the suggested prompts. Yes, I am going to show you what […]
A good question, and one I am struggling to find an answer for. It’s easy to address this from a hindsight point of view (50 years ago, people used landline phones and phone boxes on a regular basis, not anymore), but from the perspective of now, what is going to go out of fashion, to […]
This prompt is inspired by a trip into town the other day. My wife, daughter and I happened upon this: Automation is already a huge part of our lives. Sometimes, we don’t appreciate the extent to which machines do the work. For example, the job of painting cars often falls to machines. The job of […]
We live in a technological age. Nearly everyone in the developed world – and a lot of people outside of it – has access to a mobile device that grants them access to the sum of human knowledge and achievements. We are interconnected far more than we have ever been. Most processes now require the […]
Do you remember life before the internet? The answer is yes, I do remember a time BI – Before Internet. My early childhood was largely computer-free, until the early 90s, and the internet didn’t kick in for a few years after that. We had games consoles in the house, but these weren’t net-enabled, because the […]
I am a sucker for a gadget. Recently I upgraded my phone to one of Samsung’s Z Flip Series, because A: it flips and B: uh, it flips! It also boasts a larger screen than my previous phone, and does represent somewhat improved hardware, though the other chief benefit is that overall, it’s cheaper. In […]
If the Roman Empire never fell, the world would be drastically different today, as the influence of Roman civilization can still be felt in many aspects of modern society. Here are a few possible ways the world might look: Overall, it is impossible to predict exactly how the world would be different if the Roman […]
Where would you go on a shopping spree? What would make me most happy to splurge my money on? A good question, and not one with an automatic answer. I am tempted to say ‘good food’, but then, there are so many options that I’d tie myself in knots deciding! So, we’ll rule out food […]
Back in March, my entire site produced an error message that I did not understand in the least. The site was inaccessible, and I couldn’t even get into the admin pages to correct it. How did I fix this? Well, technically, I didn’t. I turned to my technical guru, my man with the plan, my […]
Well now, here comes a distinctly double-edged sword. Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr etc) has enabled millions of us to have our own little pockets of the web, tuned to our wants and needs (sometimes scarily so). These little ‘bubbles’ can be shared with family and friends, who might in turn share their bubbles […]
'Ah, at last, I can finally go home!'
I just visited Warmwell - Boathouse. This is what I thought: #feeditback
This has been an... eventful train ride. Well, less eventful, more long.
We peel back the door of the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar… and today, it’s decorations! Now, I would say I have something of a love/hate relationship with decorations. I love to look at them. The streamers, the lights, the tree, in their colours of gold, green, red, purple, blue, and more… they are gorgeous to […]
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