I’m sitting in my kitchen watching old tennis matches in my iPad when it happens: a blasting sound up in the sky followed by…
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2018 Homework Log
In 2018, I want to explore and learn the world of content creation for websites. I came up with a wishlist: WordPress and Website…
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Building mental maps: Creative Suite
Sunday February 11, 2018 Develop a decent Design and Media skillset The world of blogging is vast and foreign. Makes the learning process daunting…
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Developing a mental map of WordPress
Saturday January 20, 2018 Learning the building blocks of WordPress I’m new to the WordPress world. I set up this website in one weekend…
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28 May 1453 at dusk… Books: Byzantium | The Decline and Fall
Imagine yourself crossing the threshold of Hagia Sophia as a random tourist visiting Istanbul. You’re wearing your blue jeans, white sneakers, and a t-shirt…
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The City
"You may imagine how they gazed, all those who had never before seen Constantinople... and the splendid palaces and soaring churches – so many…
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Ethos of Thermopylae
When lost and looking for direction, the simplicity of Cavafy provides the necessary clarity.Honor to those who in the life they leaddefine and guard…
Resources
Adding constraints for peak performance
If you notice, it is exactly the same technique: by removing tools or adding constraints, we are forced to apply ourselves harder and ultimately…
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Books: Byzantium | The Apogee | John Julius Norwich
After three decades of war, he annihilates the Bulgars and extends the dominion of the Empire from Iberia (eastern shore of the Black Sea)…
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The tragic figure of Michael IV the Paphlagonian
Then the final time arrived. He had himself carried to his own monastery of SS Cosmas and Damian, stripped off his imperial clothes and…