My Reading Log: Interesting Stuff From the Past Few Days (2018-05-10)
I'm trying a new semi-weekly project where I keep track of any posts on the Steem blockchain which I've found worth reading. Here's the stuff I've enjoyed reading over the last few days.
Note: The weekend update may be a little delayed and/or sparse - entertaining houseguests.
Stem
Compartmentalization gives the property of sensing Magnetic Field in Bacterial Cell (helps in movement)
by @micro24
In my today’s post I will be talking about microbes which carry their very own compass and always remain align in the direction of Earth’s magnetic field that is Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB). These Magnetotactic bacteria were described for the first time by Salvatore Bellini in 1963 in the…
Bizarre Natural Phenomena Vol. 55 - When The Sea Goes Down The Drain (Whirlpools)
by @ruth-girl
You have noticed them in your sink or your bathtub every time you remove the stopper to get rid of the water. Water starts flowing towards the drain, swirling and swirling, faster and faster creating a spinning vortex that looks like an ice skater on the rink. Now, take that image, magnify it and…
Tech Report: Supercomputers and the State of the Global Supercomputer Arms Race!
by @techblogger
The “Trinity,” the Cray supercomputer at the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Advanced Simulation and Computing (ASC) program is one of the most powerful computers ever designed.
In an age of supercomputers scientists and physicists are tackling problems and solving…
Borehole Drilling
The comprehension design of a borehole involves the selection of appropriate casing size and material; length, diameter and material for the screen; estimation of well depth and size of the screen slot; and choosing the construction of method. The design is usually influenced by the type of…
FOOD FERMENTATION: PROVIDING FOOD FOR ALL.
by @ugonma
Good day, thank you for reading my previous posts, today we will be discussing food fermentation. I have been wondering how food fermentation started in Nigeria and am yet to find an answer. Probably you can help me out. Was it because people were hungry and trying their hands on various things…
We went to the Lubbock Gem and Minerals show last weekend
I'd like to share a funny little story.
My wife Andrea has been wanting to get a new bed for weeks now. I had been content with the Sleep Number bed we currently have. I have a bad back and the Sleep Number has been the best thing for it. But it is 13 years old and there have been some minor issues…
PNAs: An amazing molecular tool that can be converted into an effective antibiotic
by @tking77798
One of the most underappreciated aspects of biochemistry is the incredible variety of molecular tools we have available. For example, if I was working with DNA in lab, I could replicate it with a polymerase, cleave it at specific sites with restriction digest enzymes, connect it to another strand…
Yet another unique micro-crystal cluster
For you red crystal lovers, this is a beauty.
Games, art, and geekery
Art - Warrior Orc (card game material)
by @theartofrez
Hello people! Today I will be sharing with you some card game art idea from a recent time.
The original idea was that I make designs of characters, weapons etc that look a bit like paintings or something like that but in a different way.
Little Red Riding Hood
by @zugart
My take on the the Bros. Grimm classic character ... where our young protagonist becomes the master of the beast.
Greater Mummy - Expeditious Retreat Press Art
by @xyanthon
I really enjoy drawing mummies. Not quite sure why, but I find them very interesting. Maybe because King Tutenkhamun was a very big deal when I was a kid (do you remember the Steve Martin King Tut song?). Yeah, I found them freaky as a kid. In gaming terms they are quite memorable opponents. Sure,…
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! – Today in History – May 7th, 1991
by @triverse
Fans of this period of video games knows that there are more than a few licensed titles to pick from. Some are quite good while others make the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Total Recall look like a masterpiece. Beetlejuice is one of those that ran the middle ground quite well as far…
ART EXPLOSION WEEK 38: ''Looking Home'' (my entry)
by @ferjart
Happy Saturday Steemians, we meet again and this time I bring you my illustration''Looking Home'' for the''ART EXPLOSION WEEK'' organized by the user @juliakponsford on this occasion the theme is''SCI-FI''.
My work is an image that represents those people who for various reasons are far from…
The Outright Insanity, Absurdity, and Genius of Light Novels
I'm a simple guy. I do simple work at a simple bookstore, then go home in the evening and do simple guy stuff: read horror novels, play old school video games, and raise a secret wolf army so I may one day bring my neighborhood under my complete control. Despite these basic goals, life keeps…
Expedition album of going round the corner of reality: 21
by @sibr.hus
Horror Review: Horroscope by Nicholas Adams (1992, HarperPrism)
You think you had a tough time in high school? Yeah, yeah, cry me a river: jocks, bullies, cliques, homework, and awkward fumbling in the back of your dad's borrowed car that ends with your date trying to reassure you that "it happens to everybody". Wah, wah, wah. At least you're still alive to…
Steemitself and crypto
What should you know about Witness Voting
by @erikaflynn
Unfortunately, not everyone understands the importance of voting for witnesses on Steemit. Perhaps because not all users know their role in the Steem economy, and maybe just do not want to understand who is who, take responsibility and make an informed choice. And what for, if the system works and…
The Curation Component
by @rhondak
However, I’m co-admin of the largest writing-centric Discord in the Steemit universe, @thewritersblock. I’m also a witness alongside Sircork. (To vote for me, type “Sircork” (without the quote marks) at this link. The Writers' Block is my witness project, or more specifically, ensuring a home for…
Buy or Sell Stuff With Cryptocurrency - List of Crypto P2P Marketplaces
by @daan
Using cryptocurrency to buy goods on P2P marketplaces can usually save you quite a bit of money. During my search to find all these different crypto marketplaces, I've noticed that there actually aren't that many options. Most of these services that do exist either don't have many users or they are…
Steemit Report : There's a Big Difference Between Abuse and Curation Worthy Content
by @techblogger
Maintaining standards on the quality of content suitable for being upvoted is important when it comes to ensuring a long and bright future for the Steem ecosystem.
Not everybody knows about proper academic standards for writing and ADSactly and BuildTeam would like to come together and help…
The STEEMHOUSE: What Is It? And Why Do You Care?
by @platforms
Founder and Steemit champion @thatsweeneyguy describes the Steemhouse project as "an incubator for creativity and entrepreneurship".
He expands upon this idea by saying, "The Steem House is a project...to open a real-world business that centers around STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,…
Introducing Promo-Mentors
We are a community that aims to get Steem to the masses by mentoring new Steemians, support projects, and initiatives that add value to the platform. Our discord server is a place where enthusiastic Steemians can connect with each other and collaborate on projects. Essentially, we are individual…
Crafting and homesteading
Weekly Homesteading Newsletter (WHN) - Issue #34
Welcome to the official Weekly Homesteading Newsletter (#WHN)! This newsletter will be released each Sunday with a detailed exposition of the previous week’s homesteading related articles.
ULTIMATE CROCHET CONTEST! EVERYONE WINS! Announcement
by @foxyspirit
After the 2 weeks we will write up a post of 3 winners sharing their works of arts and giving the first place winner a chance to choose a theme for the next contest. For now we are starting small, but as the contest grows so will the prizes. Please give us a follow so you can benefit and take part…
I am enjoying a #sublimesunday
I'll collect this up and sew them in the shade beds. Gardening is a patient sort of past time. As these seeds will take three years before you even see a flower, but Gardening, much like painting, has its joy in the process not the end result. I garner just as much joy from seed planting as I do…
Building the Pasture Coop
The back 2/3 of the roof is hinged for ventilation. The back is hinged with 3 hinges and covered with (2) 10’ x 3’ roofing panels, overlapped to measure 65” wide. It raises 8” high and is held open by a simple block on each end swinging on a nail. These blocks rest on a block screwed into the frame…
Guilty Pleasures... Homestead Style!
Howdy Homesteaders/Off-Gridders/ Alternative Aventurers of Steemit!
I want to chat for a minute about Guilty Pleasures!
Society
Admitting fault in politics
by @bengy
At some point in recent (less than 50 years), our Western democracy has been captured by spin doctors and media minders, where the idea of "staying on message" has trumped the idea of just having ideas. The fear of being "wrong" or just even admitting that you were wrong about something . The…
Curation
May 9th -- Steemit Ramble #155 -- Curating Great Posts for You
@ned was interviewed on Bloomberg News the other day. It was interesting to hear one of the questions focus around the quality of the content on the site. We know there are good posts on here and we need to work to bring those to the surface and bury the low quality content.
Projects like the Steemit Ramble work to do that, every little bit at a time. And there are others working toward the same
ArtSearch | Visual Art with @Lymepoet
At @TheNewAlchemists we feature the “whole artist”.
We want to get steem artists long-term followers, not just single upvotes (although those are nice too!). Find out more about our work in creative placemaking, our commitment to storytelling, and our belief that great art transcends language.
Travel
The Emerald Of Eastern Europe
by @doskinas
Great adventures start in your mind, followed by a fantastic execution of the idea that came in your head. In short, all of it starts and finishes with you as a center of the universe. There is a saying in Buddhism. “I am the center of the universe. Without me, the universe wouldn’t exist.” This…
The Giant of the Waterfall
by @eonwarped
The mist from the falls was much heavier now. And the familiar scent reached my half-frozen nostrils. I took a cautious stance, sniffing repeatedly as I tried to trace its location. The smell of fresh blood as well, as it seems the brute had claimed another unsuspecting victim. I took a quick…
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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Yep, you definitely have a good idea with this. Thank you for including my post, and thank you for taking the time to put this together. I hope to see this effort succeed long term. :-)
You just planted 0.35 tree(s)!
Thanks to @effofex
We have planted already 6261.87 trees
out of 1,000,000
Let's save and restore Abongphen Highland Forest
in Cameroonian village Kedjom-Keku!
Plant trees with @treeplanter and get paid for it!
My Steem Power = 22192.47
Thanks a lot!
@martin.mikes coordinator of @kedjom-keku
You just planted 0.35 tree(s)!
Thanks to @effofex
We have planted already 6206.66 trees
out of 1,000,000
Let's save and restore Abongphen Highland Forest
in Cameroonian village Kedjom-Keku!
Plant trees with @treeplanter and get paid for it!
My Steem Power = 22192.59
Thanks a lot!
@martin.mikes coordinator of @kedjom-keku
I'm glad that you like it and I hope it lasts too :)
Thank you for putting a highlight on all these posts. There are a few I have put in my tabs to check out later.
I agree with the sharing. I have unfollowed some where all they do is resteem and my feed is filled with it and some can be just utter nonsense.
I do resteem some posts myself, though, this is a way to consider doing. It also tells us what things that interest you.
Thank you for sharing the contest @anjkara and I are running :)
I'm glad you like it. One way to approach the issue with people you follow is to use the steemplus plugin - it lets you filter out resteems.
I never knew about steemplus. That's interesting.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed reading my post! This is definitely a better way than resteeming.
Another great compilation. I know resteeming is not your preferred method of sharing, but this is the only blog I'm resteeming today (and yesterday), so it should stand out. I think the recommendations are great. I've only read one author this time, and followed, but the day is young.
If it's my stuff you're resteeming, I guess I can't complain too much. :)
:)
Wow. What a cool collection of posts. You’ve got great taste.
PS thanks for mentioning the crochet contest 😁👍
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for running the contest - I keep mentioning it to my wife, and it's just about convinced her to get on here.
Yay! That's brilliant news. I can't wait to see what your wife has crocheted :D
Thanks a lot for mentioning my makerspace project!
Curation is an amazing way to show support for the content creators you follow! I strongly advocate the idea of everyone giving this a shot, and showing off content from other Steemians.
You're welcome. I really enjoy seeing 'real world' uses for crypto and I have benefited greatly from a few local makerspaces (even if it's just to have the opportunity to see a tool I would normally not have access to), so how could I not be excited about your project?
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