Morning. I’m back at the blogface after a much-needed break. (Well, quasi-break.)
How have you been? Good, I hope?
My daughters have watched this three times. The album is on repeat. It’s the cultural phenomenon of Summer 2025.
It’s Golden.

I am in this photo and I don’t like it:
Geekification of British men almost complete, announces Games Workshop
The future is too important to leave to a bunch of ADHD geeks from California.
Not a lot makes me sadder than seeing a very small child desperately trying to get the attention of a parent who is just staring at their phone.
The one downside of being a contact lens wearer is that, very occasionally, I put them in the wrong eye. And sometimes it takes me a few hours of mild fuzzy-headedness to figure out what’s wrong, and swap them around.
Today has been one of those days.
Cultural whiplash - from a graduation ceremony at the Barbican to watching K-PoP Demon Hunters with my youngest.
Still, it’s a varied life.

Today, I shall be attending my first graduation ceremony since my wife got her PhD nearly two decades ago. And I shall be wearing a gown for the first time since my own graduation over three decades ago.
And so, farewell, Firewire. Decades ago, you defined my music listening and early video editing experience. We haven’t seen each other in years, but I still mourn your loss.
Thesis: AI illustration is now baseline, human art and photography becomes value added. Human creativity becomes a signifier of a premium product.
Thoughts?