<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:48:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@curtiscolwell/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Time to Talk Stocks]]></title><description><![CDATA[In addition to my other pursuits, I am also a stock picker. Now, most financial advisors would say don't bother with stocks, only use index funds because they are low risk and you need to really know what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stocks/@curtiscolwell/time-to-talk-stocks-8a7e3ea0c97b8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stocks/@curtiscolwell/time-to-talk-stocks-8a7e3ea0c97b8</guid><category><![CDATA[stocks]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 23:02:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hiked Carpenter Mountain and Lookout Creek]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I used the activity app to record my hike. I'm surprised it isn't listed as one of the activities. We did a steep one mile hike up carpenter mountain followed by another steep lookout creek hike.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@curtiscolwell/actifit-curtiscolwell-20180730t003631090z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@curtiscolwell/actifit-curtiscolwell-20180730t003631090z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:36:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPEAUitEpL4JhrFDQCiP5FE9HhVY1Fd3xQCG1VPhnqenouP8r9UVmNBhGaGFbHPYgyyuxnwgz5c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haejin's Steemit Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a realization the other day about what exactly haejin is doing on Steem. I think most people understand that he is milking Steem for all it is worth, but I didn't understand exactly how he was doing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemeconomics/@curtiscolwell/haejin-s-steemit-strategy-ec8b0cdff3c9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemeconomics/@curtiscolwell/haejin-s-steemit-strategy-ec8b0cdff3c9</guid><category><![CDATA[steemeconomics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 03:50:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I've learned about diet]]></title><description><![CDATA[The post I made previously about cooking covered some of this, but I've been learning a lot lately and wanted to share some of it. The diet that I try to stick with is a whole food plant based diet. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/vegan/@curtiscolwell/what-i-ve-learned-about-diet-63f93827a2474</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/vegan/@curtiscolwell/what-i-ve-learned-about-diet-63f93827a2474</guid><category><![CDATA[vegan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 23:07:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwLh9L5rLteDphqLn42A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Garden This Year, Battling Weeds]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is my second year having a plot at a local garden. Last year went pretty terribly actually. I planted lots of things, but I didn't harvest much. In Oregon, you need to fight constantly against the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/garden/@curtiscolwell/my-garden-this-year-battling-weeds-7b79159e540f6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/garden/@curtiscolwell/my-garden-this-year-battling-weeds-7b79159e540f6</guid><category><![CDATA[garden]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 06:29:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Take on Personal Finance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not long ago I had my first post in a while and I brought up some topics I wanted to expand on. Today I'll be looking at personal finance. I think I have a pretty unique way of handling my own finances.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/personalfinance/@curtiscolwell/my-take-on-personal-finance-d0209a1abd65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/personalfinance/@curtiscolwell/my-take-on-personal-finance-d0209a1abd65</guid><category><![CDATA[personalfinance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 04:16:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Thoughts on Cooking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, I would like to talk about cooking. How I cook has changed dramatically over the last five years or so. This is because I started eating a lot of meat and potatoes and ended up now eating primarily]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/vegan/@curtiscolwell/my-thoughts-on-cooking-f1c5a1f5b3b2c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/vegan/@curtiscolwell/my-thoughts-on-cooking-f1c5a1f5b3b2c</guid><category><![CDATA[vegan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2018 03:45:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Thoughts on Crypto]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote a post about how I will start trying to blog about the rest of my life besides Chemistry. I made a list of all the different things that I do in my spare time and I thought I would make]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@curtiscolwell/my-thoughts-on-crypto</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@curtiscolwell/my-thoughts-on-crypto</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:47:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72Cfsk6K1WZTwfbJt1juAQWcebtTwfXxPzN2PC8mBFayDyRwff3K2FaqzXkfYMjt1Rspwo73TvDmnN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[First post in a while]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a long time since I posted anything on Steemit. I do, however, read posts a few times a week. Two Steemians that I am particularly fond of are @galenkp and @tarazkp. They are brothers that have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@curtiscolwell/first-post-in-a-while</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@curtiscolwell/first-post-in-a-while</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 01:42:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tour of my Hood]]></title><description><![CDATA[I mentioned recently that my girlfriend joined Steemit so I have more time for posting and today I had a pretty full hood so I snapped a picture and will give you guys a tour! If organic chemists were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@curtiscolwell/wxaxx-tour-of-my-hood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@curtiscolwell/wxaxx-tour-of-my-hood</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 04:50:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNzER42RWiupBwhsHvif6umYvP7qXFZmW9AmhSmRiyjRmafEh4vWSfCfKKu4dmz1VeQDJgteRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haejin just knocked down my reputation by five points]]></title><description><![CDATA[So today I came across this post by @berniesanders and I was kind of annoyed that he was not really contributing a lot of content, but still getting rewarded pretty highly for what he was doing. So I made]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@curtiscolwell/haejin-just-knocked-down-my-reputation-by-five-points</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@curtiscolwell/haejin-just-knocked-down-my-reputation-by-five-points</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:51:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tour of my Hood]]></title><description><![CDATA[I mentioned recently that my girlfriend joined Steemit so I have more time for posting and today I had a pretty full hood so I snapped a picture and will give a tour! If organic chemists were artists,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@curtiscolwell/tour-of-my-hood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@curtiscolwell/tour-of-my-hood</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 04:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNzER42RWiupBwhsHvif6umYvP7qXFZmW9AmhSmRiyjRmafEh4vWSfCfKKu4dmz1VeQDJgteRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today my girlfriend joined Steemit!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been quite a few months since I first joined Steemit. In the last while it has been hard for me to find time for it. Today that may change because my girlfriend @terril is joining me on Steemit! She]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introducesomeoneelse/@curtiscolwell/today-my-girlfriend-joined-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introducesomeoneelse/@curtiscolwell/today-my-girlfriend-joined-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[introducesomeoneelse]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 06:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2KZBmxW92GugLsZPkGviYErUHDJM1go84kKFLknN2mnjggTLCYzxd2zsM7rh54afVJLQHrT9vu45HcpmrRzKwkE3rRknoaNZVXDAZp7FQNEXc5UTD9C2xPdmzSuo2iU54vMeMHgUUnLBoNfV3Y3h9QDTXxX1Z2GesMqmyJrqdwRYAv8FoH4b354ZKUfYsHL7tNqd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[$8 Steem and 8¢ Tron]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been about one year now since I entered the cryptocurrency market seriously and, based on this year, I entered at an excellent time. One fascinating thing I have found is that a lot of money can be]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@curtiscolwell/usd8-steem-and-8cent-tron</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@curtiscolwell/usd8-steem-and-8cent-tron</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2018 17:08:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem Backed Dollar Public Service Announcement (SBD PSA)]]></title><description><![CDATA[For anyone with some Steem Backed Dollars (SBD) laying around, make sure to use the market to trade them for Steem. Currently on the market 1 SBD is fetching 5 Steem. In comparison, converting that same]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@curtiscolwell/steem-backed-dollar-public-service-announcement-sbd-psa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@curtiscolwell/steem-backed-dollar-public-service-announcement-sbd-psa</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 03:12:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Lotteries, Spam Disguised as a Game]]></title><description><![CDATA[source Recently I have stumbled on the #freesteem tag. Under this tag there are many daily "lotteries". These "lotteries" are posts that one user will write and then distribute the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spam/@curtiscolwell/steemit-lotteries-spam-disguised-as-a-game</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spam/@curtiscolwell/steemit-lotteries-spam-disguised-as-a-game</guid><category><![CDATA[spam]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2017 02:59:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4qEixiWLF1T46PVfg8vWWCrGNjG4gHcVp5Fi9XyyAFhoZnMfKWuwqgezFcJh2oQV4r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How The US Federal Government Wants to Raise Taxes on Graduate Students]]></title><description><![CDATA[As you might have heard recently, the federal government in the US is getting a tax bill together. It has been difficult for me to figure out exactly what the effect will be and what the odds are of it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@curtiscolwell/how-the-us-federal-government-wants-to-raise-taxes-on-graduate-students</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@curtiscolwell/how-the-us-federal-government-wants-to-raise-taxes-on-graduate-students</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2017 16:09:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/sML2JBPsdAyMUJWzxvYnDYtKNvrTaMv1eeo9E5PNtYqUb4yhhkNLzdB67Vbe8TAE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Organic Chemistry | Nanoscale Architecture #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[     In this post I would like to give a layman's explanation of my primary scientific discipline, organic chemistry. This will be an introduction to a series of organic chemistry]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@curtiscolwell/an-introduction-to-organic-chemistry-or-nanoscale-architecture-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@curtiscolwell/an-introduction-to-organic-chemistry-or-nanoscale-architecture-1</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2017 03:17:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/yX2kCPo1MLz3GrmQLx1XC8zUq6bSXBeTA9RVQfaZYoK9uZyWyfsjRRaejTB9aw57AVzC2zSe8SymAoqJPjjZSupDQ24m7t1nMCgjjtXotfNeKRg4PPrfEJg8Niedt74EVrB5whHNjvMbwStx7ptZo9J5DheLH86PVPzfKopmBL3BgceoyGRDMD8uH9zNNtbVXkBoWjvUwXN6ei?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Everyone Should Post on Steemit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I want to talk about why I am becoming a content creator on Steemit. 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J'espère que vous la trouvez agréable. ##Je regard]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fr/@curtiscolwell/coupe-mini-putt-2012</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fr/@curtiscolwell/coupe-mini-putt-2012</guid><category><![CDATA[fr]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtiscolwell]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 18:47:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eKYkACbDuMbKBSM6ujqFMyr6exG8WbdNmHG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>