shawndove

I am still here

Hi. Since it's been a week since my last blog post, and I'm way behind on reading my feed, I'm just pinging the world to let all my followers know that I'm stil...

Hitler Reacts to Losing Money on BitConnect and Crypto Crash

It's rough watching the crypto market tank...but a little levity helps, right? Plus, it's my first foray into making a video like this...good times. But not as ...

Steemit vs Akasha Smackdown: First thoughts on the Akasha beta

So I received my invitation to the Akasha beta a few days ago, and wandered over to peer under the hood. Well not really, because I'm not a programmer or even a...

THE LIBRARY #1 - A New Curation Post for Readers and Writers

This is post 20 in @dragosroua's January 30 day writing challenge. ---------- ---------- The Library - For Writers and Readers. Welcome to my newest initiative ...

Muxxybot Fiction Curation #15

Muxxybot's curation team scours Steemit looking for excellent minnow posts that they feel deserve more exposure and higher payouts. These are nominated by the t...

The Daily Whistle Stops, Issue #19. (1/17/18)

~~~~~~~~~~~ The Daily Whistle Stops is a curation post brought to you by @thesteemengine! This post features the best posts from our members selected by our mas...

The Daily Whistle Stops, Issue #18. (1/16/18)

~~~~~~~~~~~ The Daily Whistle Stops is a curation post brought to you by @thesteemengine! This post features the best posts from our members selected by our mas...

You don't need a purpose to live a fulfilling life

Religion. Spirituality. Philosophy. Buddhism. Meditation retreats. World travel. Fortune-tellers. Career changes. Mid-life crises. Quarter-life crises. What do ...

B&W Photo Contest - Animals Entry

Mother & child have an intimate conversation. This is my entry for the black & white photo contest - animals theme. I took this at the zoo in Munich with a Fuji...

Hidden Forever: A Short Story

Lungs aflame, heart ramming like a jackhammer. She crashed through the underbrush, sweat slick against her neoprene suit. A shot pealed somewhere behind her, ri...

3 Things Minnows Should be Doing to Build Audience and Rewards, Dolphinschool is in session!

So, you're new to Steemit and you're not happy because you haven't gotten your first $1000 payout yet? Well, that's okay, there's still time. With Steem still r...

The Magnificent Seven # 14 -- The 7 best posts we found in our latest travels

The Magnificent Seven is a post from the independent curation team @enchantedspirit and @catweasel. These are the best seven posts we found in our latest travel...

Jungle Nightlife of the Cameron Highlands (Malaysia): A Photo Tour

I'm no expert with a camera, but I bought an old used DSLR a couple of years ago and I like to play around with it once in a while. I've written here and here a...

Contentualization

Today, @futurethinker commented on my ability to produce content relatively quickly. Let me explain why it is possible to write so much and it isn't because it ...

Doing science in a developing country: my 2 month internship in Malaysia

In North America and western Europe we are a bit snobbish about science. Everything has to be done with rigour and precision or it's not real science. We can af...

Enormous spider eats a live caterpillar: night time in the Malaysian jungle

I'm too tired to write something tonight, so I give you... brutal nature at it's most fascinating: a spider the size of my entire hand eats a live caterpillar w...

Two months in the Islamic heart of Malaysia

During my master studies I spent two months doing an internship at a university in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. The city of Kuala Terengganu is in the northeaste...

Empathy workshop, part 4: Putting your empathy into action

Last time we worked on understanding people you disagree with or dislike. Now it's time to start putting your empathy into action! PUTTING YOUR EMPATHY INTO ACT...

Empathy workshop, part 3: Getting better at understanding people you dislike or disagree with

In the first part of this series, I talked about why the world needs more empathy. In the second part, I explained ways to increase or recharge your empathy. No...

Reasons and Solution of Reward Pool Abuse : Restriction of 3 posts per day

As per the terms and conditions of utopian.io platform, no screenshot or account names will be given in this contribution below to avoid defamation and name-cal...