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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In the previous installment of Tomi Adeyemi's West African inspired magical high fantasy, the story ended with a cliff-hanger that cut short a rolling boil. The last book in the trilogy wraps everything up neatly while adding more...
There's a music industry trope about the weak second album that, it must be said, is a cliche for a reason. Musicians spend their lives to date crafting their debut and eighteen months banging out the follow up. Midlands' chanteuse Holly...
I've been struggling with setting up an AI Agent for a client. I mentioned it in my recent weeknotes and suggested it's because I'm used to a specific type of computer and LLMs don't marry with my mental model. Then I thought, the fuck...
6th April - 12th April This week has gone so quickly! Forget-me-nots are carpeting the wood and the desire paths are lined with yellow tulips and daffodils. An angry blackbird suggests I fuck off. A tree fell in the woods, bright down by...
I managed to return my wife's favour after she introduced me to Kill Karl a couple of weeks back by introducing her to The Scratch. A dark indie band from Ireland that blends traditional Irish music with heavy metal in a way that sounds...
30th March - 5th April The clocks did that thing they do each Spring but I didn't really notice. The wall clock in the bedroom had needed a new battery for about a week, my phone updated automatically, weirdly my wristwatch died at...
This sequel to "Children of Blood and Bone" follows all the sequel rules; much action! bigger plot! such characters! wow! In all seriousness, it's a rollicking good fantasy. It feels like a classic "middle book" — a stopgap between the...
Happy April! Here are a few photos from my phone from the last month with neither rhyme nor reason to the theme. Thanks for reading this post via RSS! Let me know your thoughts by sending me an email: rss@thomasrigby.com.
Julia Donaldson is one of the most prolific authors of children's books ever. She writes poems for kids using the same "bouncy" anapestic meter as Dr Seuss and collaborates with artists to bring these tales to life. One of the most...
23rd March - 29th March Unhinged behaviour from the British weather (more than usual, tbh) hasn't dampened the spirits of tree blossom. Several many trees around are in riotous bloom in defiance of the snow and rain. Gorgeous. My friend,...
Sol Seppy has a fucken cool name and, on debut album "The Bells of 1 2", sounds a bit like Jenny Lewis crossed with Lily Allen singing on dark and moody trip hop beats with slow hoover rave. "Listen to this" demanded my wife handing me...
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...