les-peters (58)in #steemit • 6 years agoend of power-down, now what?I started a power-down two years ago, and for those 104 weeks, it has been dutifully reducing my STEEM account by the…les-peters (58)in #cryptocurrency • 6 years agoHashflare mining update 2018-06-01Background: I have been using the cloud mining service HashFlare for just over 1 year now (oldest contract started on…les-peters (58)in #cryptocurrency • 7 years agoCan a thief benefit from stealing Bitcoin?When I think about all the stories about thieves stealing Bitcoin, or hackers extorting people for Bitcoin, I remember…les-peters (58)in #cryptocurrency • 7 years agoFull StopI had been collecting my STEEM through the long process of powering-down, converting it to BTC, and storing it in my…les-peters (58)in #cryptocurrency • 7 years agoPlan C: Section 2 - Burst coin miningSo, on top of buying Ethereum mining contracts with my STEEM power-down proceeds, I have spun up (pun intended) a…les-peters (58)in #cryptocurrency • 7 years agoPlan C: Cloud Mining for Fun and ProfitI had a plan of using my power-down proceeds from here to purchase precious metals, then another plan to purchase…les-peters (58)in #computing • 7 years agoThe (hopeful) immortal life of my Mac TowerBirth I obtained my Mac Pro "Quad Core" 2.8 (Early 2008) from my company's "Internal Computing" department, after…les-peters (58)in #fiction • 8 years agoCovering the Bases: Chapter 4 (NSFW)Andrea moved her arm over to brace herself on Bill's car door, then slid her body over to straddle his waist, his…les-peters (58)in #ficiton • 8 years agoCovering the Bases: Chapter 3 (NSFW)As noted in Chapters 1 and 2 , this story would be considered "erotic fiction"; please read responsibly.…les-peters (58)in #fiction • 8 years agoCovering the Bases: Chapter 2 (NSFW)As noted in Chapter 1, this story would be considered "erotic fiction"; please read responsibly. As Andrea met…les-peters (58)in #fiction • 8 years agoCovering the Bases: Chapter 1This story would rightly be termed "erotic fiction", so if it is deemed unsuitable for Steem, please provide comments…les-peters (58)in #investing • 8 years agoUpdate: My investing with Steem moneyA while ago, after some unsuccessful posts had discouraged me, I cashed out some Steem into Bitcoin, then USD which I…les-peters (58)in #diy • 8 years agoMy entry into DIY drone engineering using Arduino and LEGO blocksAfter weeks of scanning online reviews, I finally purchased a DIY kit from FlyBrix that can be used to build a…les-peters (58)in #funny • 8 years agoDiary of a Car: mile 1208588:00am - the noisy people are there again: they clustered for a while, then a big yellow boxy car stopped and let them…les-peters (58)in #travel • 8 years agoMy trip up and down Koko Head Trail's "Stairs of Doom"My wife and two other couples just completed a two-week vacation on O'ahu: we enjoyed the island's many riches. One…les-peters (58)in #travel • 8 years agoUSS Arizona Memorialles-peters (58)in #steemit • 8 years agoEND OF LINEI entered this site with wide eyes and the hope that it would both fun and profitable; writing out some of the zany…les-peters (58)in #fiction • 8 years agoMad Scientist's Journal: Day 569:43am: woke up to what sounded like waves crashing on a beach; turned out to be waves crashing on my night stand.…les-peters (58)in #fiction • 8 years agoMad Scientist's Journal: Day 5310:04am: had such a nice dream of being snuggled in a warm blanket; woke up to near suffocation as I discovered one of…les-peters (58)in #steemit • 8 years agoIn a world of whales, dolphins, and minnows, I am turning into a barracudaI realize the changes that occur as a digital society like this expands its boundaries: the recent arrivals are a mix…
