My Reading Log: Interesting Stuff From the Past Few Days (2018-07-10)
I keep track of any posts on the Steem blockchain which I've found worth reading. Here's the stuff I've enjoyed over the last few days.
Minor note: The observant among you may notice that the time between this issue and the previous is a little shorter than usual. The way too observant may have also noticed that while the last issue was dated for 8-July, none of the articles featured within were quite that recent. Gathering and processing articles took a little longer than usual due to some weekly routine changes. I'm going to address this by being more concrete with my readinglog schedule. Instead of 'every 3 to 4ish days', I'm going to shoot for every Tuesday & Friday. That should work well with my current other duties, let's see how it pans out.
Happy reading!
Games, art, and geekery
Speedpaint - Yautja (Predator) (ES)
by @elenasteem
"Hello dear friends! I like digital painting and graphics (pen, pen, marker). But now I am at the stage of development and mastering of these directions. However, this is a ladder to the sky, there is no end point, I understand it, and interest guides me. I want to give positive and happiness to…"
My best 3 comics drawings
by @anonimous
"Hello steemians, As you may know, I am drawing comics illustrations and today I want share some of my best comics drawings, lets go Hulkbuster - ink drawing progress gif Batman - ink drawing progress gif Hulk - ink and pencil drawing progress gif Thats all, if you like my art, upvote or comment…"
VR/ 3D Oculus Medium/ Oculus Rift -Mech Concept Design
by @manthos
"hey guys, long time no post. once again. It seems Im more and more absent as I find it almost impossible to keep up with several social platforms and maintain a busy hectic life as freelance artist and manager of my own stuff and business matters but as well keep up with serious health matters that…"
To Guide or Not to Guide: The Lost Episodes of DOOM by Mendoza, Klie, & Carter (1995, Sybex)
"There were plenty of computer-related and game-related books published prior, but Doom well and truly blew the doors off the industry. Before Doom, you got books about playing different sorts of games. After Doom, you got books about making different sorts of games. iD Software's decision to open up…"
Triverse Presents 10 Iconic Retro Gaming Events for July
by @triverse
"The Summer months have historically been event setting in game events. While not as big as what we see leading into the holiday season, the Summer months can hold their own quite well. This got us to thinking about how to best shine the spotlight on these events throughout gaming history. Here are…"
Ilustración digital en Photoshop (paso a paso) - art digital - Robot #003
by @jpulgar
"Adobe Photoshop es un software que nos permite realizar innumerables acciones relacionadas con la creación y edición de imágenes, en esta oportunidad vamos a realizar una ilustración digital utilizando la herramienta de pincel y jugando con una paleta de color limitada. Para la elaboración de este…"
Daily Drawings: Slow Steve
by @azbeen
""Gunslingers boot camp" hadn't made Slow Steve any less cheerful, but it had certainly turned him into a killing machine."
Nicasia (Steampunk illustration for the fantasy book "The Court of Mirrors")
by @yidneth
"Here is an example of one Steampunk fantasy illustration I did as commissioned work for the Fantasy/Steampunk novel "La Corte de los Espejos" premier some years ago. It's Summer and as I picked a book to read again, I chose to give a second read to this one and that's why I'm sharing this :) This…"
Another McFarlane Beauty
by @blewitt
"It sure seems like when you cannot afford something, that’s when it’s just thrown in your face!! Maybe it’s just because in the last year or so, I’ve been paying way closer attention as to what’s becoming available but man...this sucks. The end splash page to Spider-Man #10 is heading up for auction…"
The Scout | My first ever short film
"A few months ago the idea of writing, shooting and editing a short film came to mind. I didn't have any idea what embarking on such a project would mean. I have a few friends who at one point or another on their life had some encounters with film making. They all had different opinions but they all…"
The Major Arcana VIII, "Justice"
by @sibr.hus
"Responsibility, retribution, payment of bills. Balance adjustment. Be wary, your ideas about justice may not coincide with reality. Paper for drawings, pencil HB, gel pen. 30x40cm Huge gratitude to those who support my work, with comments and advice! Without your support, it would be very difficult.…"
STEM
What is a Makerspace?
"The Steem House will be a makerspace focused on entrepreneurship, and utilizing Blockchain technology to empower creatives the world around, but... Source At it's core, a makerspace is an open work space that provides the tools one would need to make or create anything they can dream up! Not…"
The Great California Flood Of 1861-1862: How An Atmospheric River Shaped The Golden State
"Welcome everyone! As most of the United States is locked in a sweltering heat wave, it gives an opportunity for @socalsteemit to present a time when the state was literally underwater. As Californians…"
Pareidolia of the cute dragonfly. When our brain tricks us
by @alexs1320
"A few days ago, this flying insect with a big smile came to my balcony. And you can easily recognize some "biological" structures... Actually, our brains are trickings us. This is a classic example of pareidolia, psychological phenomenon when our brain is recognizing the well-known patterns where…"
How Humanity is Changing the Course of Evolution Part 1: Under the Sea
"Species must be able to adapt to changed circumstances unless they're to go extinct. There's not really much question that humanity has changed the circumstances for just about every single species on the planet- and as such, species are being forced to adapt to us. We might be driving as much as…"
How Humanity is Changing the Course of Evolution Part 2: New Biomes, New Species
"Humanity is, without a doubt, the most extreme stimulus currently altering the course of evolution on Earth. Some of the changes are more extreme than others. One of the most extreme ways? The changes we've inflicted upon the planet have resulted in entirely new species. Now, to be clear,…"
Beyond the Standard Model: The Muon g-2 Experiment
"On May 31st 2017 the latest cycle of a long running experiment was initiated in the MC-1 building of Fermilab which would collect data for the next three years. This experiment started over 18 years ago and is aimed at measuring with…"
Bizarre Natural Phenomena Vol. 63 - The Flame Hidden By The Waterfall (Eternal Flame Falls)
by @ruth-girl
"Hello there and welcome to another bizarre phenomenon post! This week I got you a mysterious and beautiful sight... as always! 😜 For this episode I'm gonna need you to put your hiking boots on and follow me to Chestnut Ridge Park (Western New York). We are heading to the Shale Creek Preserve, an…"
Understanding Mosquitoes - Their History With Us Humans, Why Are They So Attracted To Us?, Other Diseases Transmitted By Mosquitoes Other Than Malaria and so on ...
by @menoski
"Hello steemians and friends, welcome to my blog again(smiles), today I'm gonna be discussing with you guys about the world deadliest creature, the blood sucking Mosquito. I know some of you, would be like, is that little creature really the deadliest creature in the world? The answer is yes !!! that…"
A Deeper Look At Shallow Geothermal - Part 2: Horizontal Optimization
by @gra
"If I were a gambling man, I would bet on the notion that our global energy future must be multifaceted. Through a gradual transition toward renewable energies, several technologies have gained significant momentum in recent years including solar, wind, and geothermal. While solar and wind are…"
This Post Is About Nothing (The Number Zero)
"Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Nought. Nil. Diddly squat. A great big goose egg. This post is literally about nothing. Zero plays a big role in our society. Without it our computers simply could not work as one half of the binary system is made of the number zero. We are…"
Industrial Engineering: Feasibility Study Prototype (First Trial)
"Today is a very productive day! We, fifth year Industrial Engineering students are now heading to the starting point of our feasibilty study. For this day, we had a very productive day as we had our first trial for making our product. To start making our product, we sent first a letter of request to…"
AI and ML
Are You Ready For Your Alter-AI Ego?
"This is going to have huge implications on the world of business and commerce. We are seeing a paradigm shift presently that is laying the foundation that is going to change the world. So many of our technological advancements are converging. This means that, in a decade, a lot of what is presently…"
Steemitself and steem communities
Sneak Peek: Wise.Vote (An Interview with Noisy)
by @lukestokes
"I had a fun conversation yesterday with @noisy about a project he's been working on. We decided to record a conversation about it, and I think you'll enjoy it! Krzysztof Szumny first talked to me at Steemfest2 about his idea for allowing others the ability to vote with your account according to very…"
Introducing BuildTeam Universe - A New Content Delivery Platform Focused on Educational and Community Driven Articles!
by @btuniverse
"Hello Steemians. It is my pleasure today to announce that BuildTeam has recently launched a new platform on the Steem blockchain and have appropriately named it as BuildTeam Universe. We are very excited to offer Steemians a new hub for interesting content where readers can gain benefit from the…"
Discord - rules of behavior
by @zen-art
"If you are on steemit and not using discord, you have it harder than those who are. People who are using it rarely visit trending pages, we have our "trendy" pages someplace else. You guessed it, discord. This is a magical place where you can actually talk to people and your bandwidth will not go…"
Steemit briefly mentioned in the Economist as the most elaborate working crypto-economic model.
by @exyle
"On the plane home today I had a nice surprise. There was a special report in the economist about fixing the internet. It talks about how the internet should have made the world a less centralised place, but the opposite happened. Part of the report is called 'Raiders of the killer dapp' (and that…"
Introducting @photomag, the photography magazine created by you.
by @photomag
"I have always believed that the Steem blockchain could do more for photographers than it currently does. I want to be able to go to a single place and see some amazing images as well as read articles from some of the great photographers that create content on this platform without having to find my…"
How To Delegate Steem Power With The Vessel Desktop Wallet
by @flauwy
"One of the most popular features of the Steem blockchain is the delegation of Steem Power to other people. This happens often for personal, financial or supportive reasons. It allows others to gain more influence through higher upvotes and curation rewards. Steemit has no option for delegation in…"
[ Housekeeping ] Internet gurus, bidbots and fortunes lost
by @tarazkp
"I haven't done one of these in a long time but I feel that this one needs to be written. I came across an introduceyourself post the other day that was bidbot voted into Trending for ~750 dollars and was absolute nonsense. Here it is. we have come to expect this haven't we which in and of itself is…"
Coding
steemR is now steemRdata and has new features
by @eroche
"We aim to make the R language for statistical analysis accessible to the Steem community by providing an native R interface to the data from the Steem Blockchain. You can read more about it at https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@eroche/introducing-steemr This project was originally called steemR, but…"
Crypto
Explore, Research and Discover - Gridcoin
by @delta1512
"elcome to the Gridcoin community! We are a fun-loving, scientific and enthusiastic bunch that enjoy being volunteer scientists, crunching scientific work for fun, or for Gridcoin. The following post is for anyone new or existing to find their way about the currency and the community,…"
Feed Your Bitcoin to a Flower [The Plantoid]
"A Store of (Nutritious) Value Thought that all you could do with Bitcoin was invest and spend? Not only is the digital currency a promising store of secure value and revolutionary form of global money, it’s also a necessary component in any healthy Plantoid’s balanced diet. That’s right, with this…"
Tech Report: How Blockchain Could Be Disruptive to Property Rights
by @techblogger
"Blockchain is still in its infancy but just looking at what has happened in the past decade in regard to its evolution is quite impressive. First, there was Bitcoin which effectively became a new standard as a transparent digital store of value. Then came Ethereum which did the same thing in a sense…"
Direct currency
Buy Beyond Organic Eggs with Steem or SBD
"Egg Market Today is Market Friday initiated by the lovely Denise @dswigle. Follow the tag #marketfriday and it will take you around the world to wonderful shopping opportunities. Today, I am going to take you to San Diego. San Diegans! Pay attention!! I am going to take you to my very own egg market…"
How To Vote For a SmartCash Proposal Using the QT Wallet
by @lukestokes
"As a SmartCash holder running SmartNodes, I've been meaning to get more involved in SmartCash governance. I finally got around to voting and took some screenshots to walk you though the process as well. Here's a proposal I'm voting on: If you want to vote for a proposal (for or against), just scroll…"
Writing
How Are Your Editing Chops?
"It’s a really busy time for us at The Writers’ Block. We’re shuffling things around, trying different formats, experimenting with innovative strategies all gearing up for the launch of Steemhouse Publishing. That’s still a few months away, so in the meanwhile we’re working on the development of our…"
Big beautiful world
Oregon's Hidden Gem - John Day Fossil Beds
"390kms southeast of Portland, Oregon, stands a very special place. A land so unique, it feels like you’re exploring a different planet. From its Mars like rock formations, to its multi-coloured hills, it's a photographers dream. Welcome to The John Day Fossil Beds National Monument! The John Day…"
Climbing Ancient Mayan Ruins & Cenote Swims
"COBA - An ancient Mayan city, buried deep within the Yucatan jungle ⛰ It's believed that more than 50,000 Mayans once resided here. Within the city of Cobá, stands the tallest Mayan temple on the Yucatán Peninsula. It's one of the last remaining Mayan ruins you can actually still climb. I don't know…"
Savannah Series: Columbia Square
by @for91days
"Already getting bored of our 24 Squares of Savannah features? If so, we're truly sorry, but each square is unique and has its own story. How could we not spend time focusing on Columbia Square, with its beautiful fountain and the Davenport House? This article was first published on our Savannah…"
Roadtrip: Scottish Highlands Part Three
"We vacated the Nevis Range Mountain Resort at around 4pm knowing we still had an almost 80 mile drive to our next base camp which was the Kings Arms Hotel in Kyleakin, Isle of Skye. It was some…"
Yuba River Study / Thoughts on Mining and Repeating History
"N I S E N A N / T E R R I T O R Y () The past few years I have spent mostly the winters just downhill from Lake Tahoe, California in the Sierra foothills, by the Yuba River. This river actually makes three separate forks of itself, North, Middle and South. The forks spread out into the county,…"
Cliff Falls; The Most Unique Rock Eroisons I Have Seen Yet
"@mickeybeaves and I drove out to a state park where cliff falls was, this fall caught my eye because of its unique erosion. The water has been eating away the rocks and creating caves and caverns that hold water until it overfills and falls off to the next pocket awaiting below. This half a mile…"
My Top 5 Favorite Waterfalls I've Visted So Far
"Since @haileyscomet and I have been traveling, waterfall have become our absolute favorite attraction to see! I have fallen in love with the hikes to see them, the views, the sounds, the vibrations, the mist, the everything! It is a truly magical place and always reminds me of why I travel and live…"
Beyond the Iconic Shot - Photographing Berchtesgaden
"A few weeks ago I visited Berchtesgaden. Since this is quite a large area with a lot to explore and photograph, I focussed my photographic efforts on the Hintersee and the surrounding valleys. The Hintersee is one of the most famous photography spots in Germany. There's one viewpoint, which is…"
How to Survive a Homemade Submarine, Part 1 😮
"This is a true story... “If thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee” -- Friedrich Nietzsche I’m staring into the jagged maw of a prehistoric pillbug as its three-inch mandibles rend the hog’s severed head into sinewy stripes of bacon and brains. Karl claims it’s called a…"
Environment
My ArtVenture: Acrylic painting "Plastic ocean"
by @stef1
"Hello my dear Steemians, Summer is outdoor time and of course the waterside such as coast, channel and beach are very popular and beloved by us human. When we decide to spend time at water we would like to stay few hours and of course to have a nice picnic, but as it is very human sometimes we tend…"
FOOD
EASY- Refrigerated Pickled Eggs
by @goldendawne
"I've been on the search for a new pickled eggs recipe for the last few months and after watching dozen of YouTube videos from homesteaders, cooking and recipe channels, I decided none of the ones I was viewing were exactly what I was looking for. I mean, think about it... we all have different…"
Baking Carrot-Mango Cake. A Weekend Special Treat
by @arrliinn
"Baking Time! Well, it was a hectic week as usual and being sick also did not help. Friday being our rest day, I took the opportunity and slept the most of the day. I was so exhausted that just by setting my back on the bed would make me doze. But hey, my kiddos would have to be fed so I have to get…"
So, what's all this then?
My goals here are to foster interaction on steem and provide visibility for good content.
Why not just resteem
This is basically a UI issue; I've noted in my feed that some great accounts which resteem dozens of times a day tend to drown out other posts. Until there's a way to separate author-content from resteems in there general steem-verse (i.e. on Steemit), I don't like resteeming much.
Criteria and format
The only real criterion I have is that the article should be something I was happy to have read. Ideally, it would be recent enough to still be active for 3 to 4 days after I post. A few other other things:
- There's no restriction on category, though I tend to read more STEM/nerdy stuff
- The list is not exhaustive
- If I left you off, it's not because I don't think your post was worth reading
- I'm still figuring out how to arrange topics
- Post order is like the point system on 'Whose Line Is It Anyway' - meaningless
- If you're a prolific author, I might only list one post in full format, then mention others.
- If I post your stuff a lot, I may leave you out from time to time to make room for others.
- If time allows, I may provide commentary on posts, but right now I'm letting them stand on their own merits.
- Artists! I'm trying to post your art in such a way that people can see enough of it to know if they want to follow the link. I definitely don't want to just repost your stuff in full resolution. Let me know what makes you happy.
Call to Action
I enjoyed compiling this list and you can do it, too. Even if your vote counts for nothing and you have 3 whole followers, start keeping track of what you actually liked reading and let the world know about it. I don't think there's a relevant tag yet, so let's go ahead and use #readinglog. If there is a better tag out there, let me know.
Remember, a community without interactions is just a bunch of people. Comment, vote, promote, even resteem!
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Congratulations @blewitt and @zen-art, the random number generator has smiled upon both of you, picking your posts from those who were featured today and telling me to sponsor your both for a share in @steembasicincome. The transfer should go active within a few days.
Awesome!!! Thank you so much! Truly appreciated!!! As always I’m truly honored that you constantly read the drivel I provide here.
It's pretty good stuff, as drivel goes. Enjoy the sweet, sweet SBI upvote.
Super swell of ya. I will devour SBI’s all day every day. Gonna run another contest soon as well.
Thank you so much for including my post!! Honored!!
I'm very interested in both local, home-raised food and people using STEEM as direct currency, so I was very happy to include this.
I hope more people will do both!
Thanks for mentioning, I'm glad you liked it :)
Pareidolia is one of my favorite neurosci phenomena, it nice to read a good treatment on the subject.
Thank you :)
Thanks for having my post here @effofex!!! :)
You're quite welcome.
Aw thanks so much for the shoutout. Really honoured you enjoyed my post 💜
I was very happy to include such cool art - especially given the story behind it. It's got to be kind of cool to have your work on the cover of a book.
Aw thanks so much. I should share more art here. I have always been recognized more for my music, still almost every music post includes my art too. Thanks for sharing, and the compliment 💕
Congratulations to @blewitt and @zen-art, your post has been chosen by @effofex..., hope you smile sweet with @steembasicincome. ;)
Thanks a lot for featuring The Steem House today! @thatsweeneyguy is working hard night and day to get this project funded, and our physical space open and operational, and it's nice to see that people see what we're putting together!
I've been following it with a lot of interest, happy to help spread the word.