Hi, I'm Ben.
Creative developer.
Web building since 2007.
I've spent nearly 20 years building for the web, including websites for major game franchises like No Man's Sky, Dead Island, Saints Row, and Fable Legends (RIP). This is my personal site and microblog: a stream of what I'm learning, making, playing, and thinking about.
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Basic Gmail SMTP setup for Ghost
Item flow: a potential concept for masonry layouts
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Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary is easily the best film I've seen in a while. I enjoyed it from start to finish, and with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94% at the time of writing, it seems plenty of others feel the same way.
A shout out to my friend, Adam Burt, who is an extra in the film, and absolutely smashed his two seconds on screen. Can't wait to see what you and Ryan team up to do next!
2026-05-08 16:
The launch trailer for MIXTAPE dropped yesterday. One of the coolest trailers I've seen in a while. Definitely going to be playing this...
2026-04-21 18:43
A chunk of one of my molars broke away whilst eating dinner. 🦷 Zero pain, fortunately. But now the tooth has a very sharp edge that my tongue keep brushing up against.
What's weird is that I wasn't even eating anything that would have been tough on my teeth, just some potato and veg.
I actually have a dentist appointment in 5 days time, so if ever there was a good time for this to happen then it was now. Fingers crossed it hasn't weakened the tooth.