Gordon Highland
@gordonhighland.com
Director, musician, author, purveyor of fine jokes and aphorisms
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Gordon Highland
@gordonhighland.com
· Oct 23
A.I. Photo Editing
I'm testing the Google Gemini 2.5 "Nano Banana" artificial intelligence engine in Photoshop's latest beta release, with unreal results. Its focus on editing images over conjuring them is more useful p...
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Enjoy a gallery of fun artistic renderings I applied to my existing pics using the A.I. in Photoshop's beta, which is more useful to me for editing than outsourcing thought. 📷 gordonhighland.com/2025/10/a-i-...
These redactions are quite telling.
February 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
These redactions are quite telling.
It's complex because they're asking to use something that isn't theirs, on an international scale, in many possible iterations. Tech has compounded this, but so have the assumptions of consumers for whom music no longer has monetary value.
Copyright problems have been a recurring issue during the opening week of the figure skating program at the Milan Cortina Olympics, forcing some athletes to scramble for approval and others to ditch their planned programs entirely.
Why are copyright problems plaguing figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics?
Copyright issues have been a major challenge during the Milan Cortina Olympics figure skating program.
bit.ly
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 AM
It's complex because they're asking to use something that isn't theirs, on an international scale, in many possible iterations. Tech has compounded this, but so have the assumptions of consumers for whom music no longer has monetary value.
I feel lingering guilt over having photoshopped a Winger t-shirt onto an old friend post-mortem. Too soon. Buuuuut still accurate in spirit.
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I feel lingering guilt over having photoshopped a Winger t-shirt onto an old friend post-mortem. Too soon. Buuuuut still accurate in spirit.
That's one in a million, for the decimal-challenged.
A 2017 study of 42 jurisdictions with large noncitizen populations in 12 states found that suspected cases of noncitizen voting happened just 0.0001% of the time. (@thebeacon.bsky.social)
Kansas Republicans want citizenship status listed on driver’s licenses. It could worsen profiling
Kansas lawmakers say that requiring driver's licenses to list legal status would reduce noncitizen voting — something that is exceedingly rare. One study says suspected cases happen just 0.0001% of the time.
www.kcur.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
That's one in a million, for the decimal-challenged.
I became an adult the day I found the necessary willpower.
It was a couple of weeks ago.
It was a couple of weeks ago.
Study Finds 98% Recidivism Rate Among Americans Who Burn Mouths On Hot Food https://theonion.com/study-finds-98-recidivism-rate-among-americans-who-burn-mouths-on-hot-food/
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I became an adult the day I found the necessary willpower.
It was a couple of weeks ago.
It was a couple of weeks ago.
The olympic theme music was playing in my head as I arose from bed this afternoon.
February 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
The olympic theme music was playing in my head as I arose from bed this afternoon.
I've only fan-remastered two albums for personal enjoyment: 5150 and OU812, desperate to extract some bass.
Looks like this is enhanced video rather than 16mm film, but still, Live Without a Net was my guitar instruction video in the formative years, so any preservation is welcome.
Looks like this is enhanced video rather than 16mm film, but still, Live Without a Net was my guitar instruction video in the formative years, so any preservation is welcome.
Watch a live performance of "Summer Nights" ahead of the set's release:
Van Halen's '5150' Deluxe Reissue Will Feature 1986 Live Footage
The dawn of the Sammy Hagar era gets a massive memorial.
ultimateclassicrock.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:14 PM
I've only fan-remastered two albums for personal enjoyment: 5150 and OU812, desperate to extract some bass.
Looks like this is enhanced video rather than 16mm film, but still, Live Without a Net was my guitar instruction video in the formative years, so any preservation is welcome.
Looks like this is enhanced video rather than 16mm film, but still, Live Without a Net was my guitar instruction video in the formative years, so any preservation is welcome.
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they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
"But I didn't do that thing he said in the joke!"
That's part of what makes it a joke, not journalism.
In other news, a man from Nantucket was revealed to be of average endowment but superior flexibility.
That's part of what makes it a joke, not journalism.
In other news, a man from Nantucket was revealed to be of average endowment but superior flexibility.
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 AM
"But I didn't do that thing he said in the joke!"
That's part of what makes it a joke, not journalism.
In other news, a man from Nantucket was revealed to be of average endowment but superior flexibility.
That's part of what makes it a joke, not journalism.
In other news, a man from Nantucket was revealed to be of average endowment but superior flexibility.
… and his drummer's got both SNB and MNF intros
Lenny Kravitz has the NBC 'Sunday Night Basketball' intro song.
February 2, 2026 at 1:05 AM
… and his drummer's got both SNB and MNF intros
In my youth I assumed fettuccine was pronounced like the Bon Jovi song "Bad Fettuccine," which still earworms whenever I see the word.
February 2, 2026 at 12:57 AM
In my youth I assumed fettuccine was pronounced like the Bon Jovi song "Bad Fettuccine," which still earworms whenever I see the word.
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
"douche" has become my default mouth sound effect, whether drawn out as a thud or doubled up like rayguns or tom-tom fills.
January 31, 2026 at 10:37 AM
"douche" has become my default mouth sound effect, whether drawn out as a thud or doubled up like rayguns or tom-tom fills.
When I said "miss your face" I meant your previous one.
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
When I said "miss your face" I meant your previous one.
Pretty sweet being able to wear this closet full of Hoosiers gear more than one season of the year. Been the default family gift since I was a teenager.
January 21, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Pretty sweet being able to wear this closet full of Hoosiers gear more than one season of the year. Been the default family gift since I was a teenager.
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TV brain rot: The real reason television shows are getting stupider www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
TV brain rot: The real reason television shows are getting stupider
It’s crazy for streamers to prioritise ‘second-screen viewing’, writes Louis Chilton – but that’s not the only way TV seems to have lost faith in its audience
www.the-independent.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:25 PM
TV brain rot: The real reason television shows are getting stupider www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...
Someone will make RC Cola cool the way hipsters did for PBR a couple decades ago.
January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Someone will make RC Cola cool the way hipsters did for PBR a couple decades ago.
I rarely title songs after people because Ben Folds already wrote them all. Finding yours is like browsing racks at a souvenirs shop.
January 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I rarely title songs after people because Ben Folds already wrote them all. Finding yours is like browsing racks at a souvenirs shop.
Compounding real problems in the first world, I dreamed I was about to get the (snakeskin) boot from the band Poison in 1986 for telling the singer his lazy melodies were gonna make our sheet music look like morse code.
Woke by a joke.
Woke by a joke.
January 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Compounding real problems in the first world, I dreamed I was about to get the (snakeskin) boot from the band Poison in 1986 for telling the singer his lazy melodies were gonna make our sheet music look like morse code.
Woke by a joke.
Woke by a joke.
Dreamed I was back in church, but when we got to the handshakes, greeted each other with "The power of Christ compels you."
🤷♂️
Good exorcise, though.
"And also with you."
🤷♂️
Good exorcise, though.
"And also with you."
January 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Dreamed I was back in church, but when we got to the handshakes, greeted each other with "The power of Christ compels you."
🤷♂️
Good exorcise, though.
"And also with you."
🤷♂️
Good exorcise, though.
"And also with you."
My favorite part of Stranger Things was the 22nd time they explained what the hell is going on. It reminded me of that other streaming series that doesn't require attention.
December 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My favorite part of Stranger Things was the 22nd time they explained what the hell is going on. It reminded me of that other streaming series that doesn't require attention.
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"I'm not going to do it." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/what-i-wou...
What I Would Be Thinking About If I Were Billy Joel Driving Toward a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Was Going to Be a Piano
I’m not doing it.
michaelianblack.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"I'm not going to do it." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/what-i-wou...
No, I said I had no gift to bring (bah-rum-pa-pa-pum). Still got plenty of presence.
December 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
No, I said I had no gift to bring (bah-rum-pa-pa-pum). Still got plenty of presence.
The Raiders did get more consistency this year, shut out twice 31-0.
December 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Raiders did get more consistency this year, shut out twice 31-0.
Overheard someone bragging about a billionaire fellow parishioner, and wanted to remind him there are no billionaires in heaven.
I first thought he said "prisoner," which made way more sense, but thought Why would they name a prison St. Michael's?
I first thought he said "prisoner," which made way more sense, but thought Why would they name a prison St. Michael's?
December 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Overheard someone bragging about a billionaire fellow parishioner, and wanted to remind him there are no billionaires in heaven.
I first thought he said "prisoner," which made way more sense, but thought Why would they name a prison St. Michael's?
I first thought he said "prisoner," which made way more sense, but thought Why would they name a prison St. Michael's?