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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This is a fun "challenge" from Alex on Wry Writer, who got it from David over at Forking Mad who got it from Zachary Kai (at which point we stop with the Tom Lehrer nonsense!) How many sandwiches do you eat a week? I eat a heck of a lot...
I saw this meme floating around and it hit a nerve. So much AI hate is down to the disproportionate claims about the ability of large language models or "Generative AI". AI as it stands right now it's neither artificial nor intelligent....
2nd February - 8th February I am nursing a hot cup of tea while I wait for the decongestants to kick in, allowing the steam up my nostrils and into my swollen aching sinuses. I don't know if it helps but it feels like I'm doing something...
Contrary to popular belief, Rage isn't banned. King pulled it from print in the late 1990s after it was found in the possessions of several school shooters. Far from glorifying school shooters, King wrote a book about human interaction....
I'm sat in a presentation about "agentic AI" — we're going to construct agents (chains of computer systems) to handle to mindless repetitive grunt work that we all hate doing. In many ways, this sounds amazing. I can tell you the pain...
London-based hard rock three-piece, Calva Louise's "Con Corazon" is a Dead Sara-ish grungey "quiet-verse noisy-chorus" in a grimy basement with a slick af bass — heck of a scream on her! Meanwhile, the latest album –2025's "Edge of the...
From 2nd April 2026, Google is reclassifying as a "data processor" instead of a "data controller" for their reCAPTCHA service — that one where you have to prove you're human by clicking bicycles or school buses or traffic lights. What...
The final book in Cooper's epic The Dark is Rising Sequence ties all of the loose ends up neatly in a quite satisfying way that doesn't feel forced. There's a lovely twist towards the end that plucks a heartstring or two but I won't...
Happy February! 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.
26th January - 1st February Storm Chandra hit this week bringing a stupid amount of wind and rain. We were issued with a severe weather warning; snow is predicted but no ice which is good because fuck ice. One lunchtime, I went for a...
I am a fan of software that does one thing well. I also have a tendency to use Todoist for pretty much anything because two opposing things can be true at once. Todoist is brilliant and amazing and so easy to use that I find myself using...
Since I moved out of the city centre I often miss the opportunity to photograph the bustling streets and unique architecture of my adopted hometown. I often use mandatory office days as an excuse to take my camera and wander around on my...
Fresh for 2026, "The Weight of Sound" from Crystal Lake is classic metalcore; breakneck galloping rhythm session, demonic vocals, technical guitar, touches of synth/effects. Somewhat of a tune in there. From its piano ballad intro, "Coma...
Flow charts and diagrams are not as fun as interactive prototypes, but they’re much more important to get right Nic Chan As a technologist, a large part of my job is making flow charts and diagrams to help inform design decisions. And...
19th January - 25th January We handed over a project to a client this week. The IT department confirmed receipt of the dashboard files and said the installation had gone live without a hitch. Amazing work! Congratulatory emails and back...