<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:39:38 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@alifton/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Just a quick test post to check how many of my followers are actually followers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a quick check of my followers list that seems to have grown to over 400+ in my absence. I'm making this post to see if anyone on my list actually replies to this post with a non robotic response or]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemd/@alifton/just-a-quick-test-post-to-check-how-many-of-my-followers-are-actually-followers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemd/@alifton/just-a-quick-test-post-to-check-how-many-of-my-followers-are-actually-followers</guid><category><![CDATA[steemd]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:26:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What It Feels Like To Be An ISP From Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[If A Picture is Worth A Thousand Words This One Speaks Volumes As you can tell from the picture, I value my Internet access very much. What this picture doesn't show is that I was in the middle of an online]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-isp-from-home</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/what-it-feels-like-to-be-an-isp-from-home</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 11:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMf7k3njfLZTk45CYNL8yA8ooVsXrbKP1iP6aC5mtpJsTR6JmgFBMhApaRRmMM9VQyPvFkCrKF9FCLi2n5Pexht?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["An Evening Lost"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ode de Musset "Une soirée perdue" ("An Evening Lost") I was alone, the other night, the French Theatre, Or almost alone; the author had no success. It was only Molière, and we know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@alifton/an-evening-lost</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@alifton/an-evening-lost</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:45:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961MWyKYojP6yfujMx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[BUG REPORT] Upvoting and Replying Sometimes Generate An Error (now < trx.expiration:)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a Bug Report Because We All Hate Bugs : Likely causes, and methods for workarounds are also included below. I've been recently noticing this error "(now < trx.expiration:)" when Upvoting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bug-report/@alifton/bug-report-upvoting-and-replying-sometimes-generates-an-error-now-less-than-trx-expiration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bug-report/@alifton/bug-report-upvoting-and-replying-sometimes-generates-an-error-now-less-than-trx-expiration</guid><category><![CDATA[bug-report]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 22:20:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5CEvyaWxjaEt3FA7GFqXQVsUuYE8fuwBPpuHBhQEPMqqDr273t7dpF1wHGAiFxPZKFZTTiVNJbHaiL6Vt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[NEWS] Political Lies, Deception, & Omissions By Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani During Recent Speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[If this type of omission and political corruption doesn't piss you off, than nothing will! Image courtesy of : AFP / Getty Images When I saw this news story today I literally almost threw a fit and had]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@alifton/news-political-lies-deception-and-omissions-by-former-new-mayor-rudolph-giuliani-during-recent-speech-on</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@alifton/news-political-lies-deception-and-omissions-by-former-new-mayor-rudolph-giuliani-during-recent-speech-on</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 00:28:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHekBjEMrzyS5mwtbZLQNvZ6UHgHWf4AibPAe3GdFKR7sU7qbuwiPvmNLm2mQQ6ojwH3byTHLiQvvGgnr9g2MwQgWa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[“You're not just using profanity - you're inventing new types of profanity,” Newton said of his reaction.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is quite possibly the most hilarious account of a Robot gone rogue I have ever seen. I couldn't help myself from laughing when I saw this actual news story the other night. I decided to toss it up]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/and-so-the-rise-of-the-machines-has-begun-even-if-it-started-with-a-simple-incident-of-trolling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/and-so-the-rise-of-the-machines-has-begun-even-if-it-started-with-a-simple-incident-of-trolling</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2016 13:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMQ9WSwsTDm32NXh2TnJMJSiao8WrbNG3DyeN66fzVFxfG7SodBmrM8dEKZzdXzhWUdKmxvb88sXLJN3rLJzrZKq56MuK1mCb8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[So Bitcoin Isn't Real Money According To One Florida Judge!  *But My Account Begs to Differ...*]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just when I thought the American Court System was starting to understand Bitcoin, they go and do something like this... A Judge in Florida recently ruled that Bitcoin wasn't money because it was not backed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/so-bitcoin-isn-t-real-money-according-to-one-florida-judge-my-crypto-accounts-begs-to-differ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/so-bitcoin-isn-t-real-money-according-to-one-florida-judge-my-crypto-accounts-begs-to-differ</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2016 06:31:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57su8sXzVF89iQMBU5qna57br7um5GmUj9KSQ1iw6e7e8LbpYiXJDJPwdVTBKTsBLXfcpWpuow7hJrscXaym7CJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[List Of Steemit Changes & Patch Notes For The Platform Update On 8/8/16]]></title><description><![CDATA[Updated On : 8/9/16 . ...A list of all platform changes to Steemit made on 8/8/16... If Managed to Get Your Attention So Far, Please Keep Reading . I'm sure by now you've all noticed a lot of changes recently.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@alifton/patch-notes-from-recent-change-log-updated-8-9-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@alifton/patch-notes-from-recent-change-log-updated-8-9-16</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 21:57:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961YBi4Wc5taNVqWKY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investment Irony At Its Finest from Forbes & Bloomberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Totally coincidental irony comes in many forms, even for the 1% I was sorting through and backing up some of my older pictures today when I came across this old photo from the summer of 2015. I'm neither]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@alifton/ironic-investment-advice-at-its-finest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@alifton/ironic-investment-advice-at-its-finest</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 01:54:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih68T9hD8irJDU78XLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uhm, seriously? I know there was a need for spam reduction but WTF?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Someone correct me if I'm wrong but replies are limited in the comments section? . . I just got this error replying to an on going discussion several of us have been having for over half the day. .]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@alifton/uhm-seriously-i-know-there-was-a-need-for-spam-reduction-but-wtf</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@alifton/uhm-seriously-i-know-there-was-a-need-for-spam-reduction-but-wtf</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2016 04:55:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961Ty9XyazmfsWt8uU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you can't have your way sometimes a consolation prize is the next best thing.]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Epic Pizza Story Staring Amazon Prime Fresh . . . . . . I wasn't sure exactly how to tag this photo so I did my best to find a place on Steem for my Epic Pizza Delivery Story. Best of all, once it was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@alifton/when-you-can-t-have-your-way-sometimes-a-consolation-prize-is-the-next-best-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@alifton/when-you-can-t-have-your-way-sometimes-a-consolation-prize-is-the-next-best-thing</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2016 16:35:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961GpmxXu13VB4cP2n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange behavior and odd orders on the Steemit internal exchange]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps someone who's more knowledgeable about Steemit's internal exchange can answer this one? Where are these little micro transactions coming from, and is it just people trying to game the pricing system]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/strange-behavior-and-odd-orders-on-the-steemit-internal-exchange</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/strange-behavior-and-odd-orders-on-the-steemit-internal-exchange</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 23:45:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961XUBdC2kQidU63Qr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Majorly Successful Bitcoin Exchange Hack Took Place on Bitfinex Today]]></title><description><![CDATA[Breaking News About Bitcoin Today was a bad day for holders of Bitcoin all around the world, but most especially those who had holdings with the Chinese exchange known as Bitfinex. Yesterday's price of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@alifton/a-majorly-successful-bitcoin-exchange-hack-took-place-on-bitfinex-today</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto-news/@alifton/a-majorly-successful-bitcoin-exchange-hack-took-place-on-bitfinex-today</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto-news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2016 20:55:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961TCzF38ByNknTPBC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could anyone who has been running a Steem Witness or Seed Node please post some specs for me?]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I've been digging for a while, read the white paper, done my homework and no matter how many times I've seen the question asked I've never seen much of a straight answer when it comes to node specs.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/witness-catagory/@alifton/could-anyone-who-has-been-running-a-steem-witness-or-seed-node-please-post-some-specs-for-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/witness-catagory/@alifton/could-anyone-who-has-been-running-a-steem-witness-or-seed-node-please-post-some-specs-for-me</guid><category><![CDATA[witness-catagory]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tutorial] How to search Steemit.com while the search feature is unavailable.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I decided to post this quick tutorial for everyone who has been having issues with the Steemit search feature. For the past few hours I keep getting this error and I assumed I could not be the only one.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@alifton/tutorial-how-to-search-steemit-com-while-the-search-feature-is-unavailable</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@alifton/tutorial-how-to-search-steemit-com-while-the-search-feature-is-unavailable</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 07:55:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961MzqE6rapR7DmkGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like monkeys.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like monkeys. The pet store was selling them for 5¢ a piece. I thought that odd since they were normally a couple thousand each. I decided not to look a gift horse in the mouth. I bought 200. I like]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@alifton/i-like-monkeys</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@alifton/i-like-monkeys</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:32:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3pM3JAostTEyDJDqZkDo1mTpVq41X93awZw4b5cibiNFSCbxvQENuaMke1RS5sgU3Dg3gQrXLaTLEkFonFDLpe1pLvav6XCmiNiL4p7ssn1PevzsDZ23qzEMEfEw1qqmo?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as I found out Beta registrations had re-opened I had to dive right in!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings Programs! I'd been following a few stories online about Steemit and was disappointed to hear about the password issues and registration being closed for a bit to get things sorted out. Needless]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@alifton/6fakmg-as-soon-as-i-found-out-beta-registrations-had-re-opened-i-had-to-dive-right-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@alifton/6fakmg-as-soon-as-i-found-out-beta-registrations-had-re-opened-i-had-to-dive-right-in</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 07:07:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961Yhw5bH9FXJfVH6e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guessing the 51% attack did not work out as planned... LOL]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 51% attack with 92 GH/s on a blockchain that (as of this post) has a global hashrate of 598.5 GH/s and is still climbing 2 days after the threat was made? I'm thinking someone may have underestimated]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ether/@alifton/guessing-the-51-attack-did-not-work-out-as-planned-lol</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ether/@alifton/guessing-the-51-attack-did-not-work-out-as-planned-lol</guid><category><![CDATA[ether]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 06:14:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJiMnJnJBeWBKQUCfrbAih6ZWYXs4q8GhTv3EXi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as I found out Beta registrations had re-opened I had to dive right in!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings Programs! I'd been following a few stories online about Steemit and was disappointed to hear about the password issues and registration being closed for a bit to get things sorted out. Needless]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/as-soon-as-i-found-out-beta-registrations-had-re-opened-i-had-to-dive-right-in</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@alifton/as-soon-as-i-found-out-beta-registrations-had-re-opened-i-had-to-dive-right-in</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alifton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 03:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>