Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
Thomas Rigby
A Gen-X/Millennial cusp (Xennial), I'm old enough to remember life before the internet but not (quite) old enough to have seen Nirvana live. Or, as my wife puts it, I adapt to technology like a Millennial but get angry about it like a Boomer.
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I have a dilemma; I wholeheartedly object to companies scraping my website for content to train their generative engines. I also firmly believe that, if a person wants to use a Large Language Model to synthesise my content, that's their...
16th March - 22nd March 6:11am. The birds are having full blown conversations. The weather says Spring but the cold dew under my bare feet reminds me Winter is not that long ago. I pad back to the house to put shoes on leaving wet...
SpoilersMinor backstory spoilers in the first paragraph Our heroine, Zélie, has suffered immensely; her mother is dead, killed by the tyrant king's soldiers for the crime of having magic, her father beaten for the crime of being married...
I didn't really follow Brendon's career post-Buffy but he made a lasting impact on me as Xander. The role of the only non-magic member of the "Scooby Gang" allowed for some amazing storylines ably acted by a young man in an acclaimed...
"Eurythmics meet Chappell Roan in a Big Top" is my pithy one-liner to describe Haute and Freddy, the LA clown duo making some amazingly nostalgic synth pop. Their debut, "Big Disgrace", is an entire album of bangers from this Probably...
I received some rare SPAM today offering web design services Hello, I noticed your website and thought a modern redesign could enhance its impact. We focus on clean layouts, faster loading speed, and mobile-friendly designs. Shall I...
This has to be one of the most popular bags of all time. Manufactured in Sweden in the 1960s (not mine, obviously) and visible on virtually everyone on the commute, this hardy rucksack is big enough for everything I need without being...
Following in the footsteps of Alex and Joel, here's my contribution to the Great Genre Debate™. What is your favourite genre? Fantasy. There's a lot of sub-genres from Sword-and-Sorcery to Historical Fantasy, contemporary Urban to the...
When I was a kid, my dad did an A-level in photography for funsies. He used this beautiful Praktica LTL. At the time I had no idea what that even was. Fast forward 30 years and I'm the photographer and that Praktica has sat in my dad's...
9th March - 15th March I started reading Tomi Adeyemi's "Children of Blood and Bone" this week and I'm really enjoying it. I'll save a more detailed analysis for a proper review when I'm finished but, amongst other things, I'm really...
For as long as she can remember, James's connection with her twin has gone beyond intuition - she can feel what he feels. So when Johnny is killed in a tragic accident, James knows before her phone even rings that she's alone - truly...
A bout of bacterial tonsillitis recently necessitated a course of antibiotics. I had to take them 4 times a day at regular intervals. I did some maths and settled on 06:30, 11:30, 16:30, and 21:30. I have a terrible habit of ignoring...
Especially for those not familiar with the process of design, it can be tempting to see things like discovery and wireframing as obstacles to be cleared before you get to the fun part, designing the visual identity. Unfortunately, many...
2nd March - 8th March Happy International Women's Day to all women I sat down next to a woman who was reading on the train and pulled out my own Kindle. She glanced at it, said "snap!", and clinked hers against mine like wine glasses....
Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land. Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to...