01 Aug #ChthonicThusrday: Ningishzida
I mentioned him last week in connection to the goddess of salt and you were curious, so...
I mentioned him last week in connection to the goddess of salt and you were curious, so...
Last week, I did a selection of lectures from the digital catalogue of Autodesk University (upcoming in October), but that included just events in the "Industry Talk" categories. This week, let's take a look at Case Studies. There's nothing like a practical success case if...
"The Two Cakes" is a story from The Pentameron, or The Story of Stories by Giambattista Basile, here given in the translation by John Edward Taylor. You can also read the story on my Patreon. I have always heard say, that he who gives pleasure finds it:...
Ninpumuna was a deity from Mesopotamian mythology, associated explicitly with salt springs. Her name translates to "mistress of the salt spring," and she is primarily recognized as a goddess linked to these natural features and possibly the underworld. She is mentioned in contexts related to...
The catalogue of classes for Autodesk University 2024 is here, and I have the privilege of having been selected amongst the speakers, so around October 13th I'll be flying to San Diego with my significant otter and I'll bask in a whole week of networking...
Lethe, also known as Lesmosyne, was one of the Greek underworld rivers, and particularly the river of unmindfulness (Amelēs potamos): it gained its properties because it flowed around the cave of Hypnos, the god of sleep, son of Night and brother of Death. Whoever drinks...
Harvington Hall is a moated medieval and Elizabethan manor house located in the hamlet of Harvington in Worcestershire, England. Its moat and artificial island trace back to the 13th century to, and the 14th-century building still survives behind a layer of bricks. The hall was owned...
Jean Restout I (1663-1702) was a French baroque painter, and one of his most notable works is "Orpheus in the Underworld to Demand the Return of Eurydice, or Music" (1763), currently preserved at the Louvre Museum. Today on my Patreon we take a look at this...
A few days ago I posted a brief overview of Kanban (far from being the first time I post about it), and some of you reached out to highlight how the first principle, "Visualize the Workflow", sounded a lot like "Use a kanban board". A...
Pair programming is a software development technique where two programmers work together at a single workstation. The Roles in Pair Programming are divided between: Driver: the programmer who writes the code, typing each line as the pair collaborates on the solution. Navigator: the programmer who reviews the...