<?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>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:43:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jedb/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The joy of working with hand tools]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the (few) long-lasting benefits of having a secondary modern school education was being taught woodworking and metalwork skills. My grandfather had a shed devoted to such undertakings, even including]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/handtools/@jedb/the-joy-of-working-with-hand-tools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/handtools/@jedb/the-joy-of-working-with-hand-tools</guid><category><![CDATA[handtools]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGcnjK8a98stMAFLEjyvRjANWXXgtEQuSuJ6KbNbQorReorbJUs9m8PMEDSYAkq6wAPmDsTKQ6JbRomEbtboXrWjw4D4LFEN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please show your working out! :-)]]></title><description><![CDATA[} I do a bit of dry stone walling as a retirement interest. I've trained and got certified with help from my (not so) local DSWA branch in Dorset (I'm in the London area!). While the work we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176853/@jedb/please-show-your-working-out</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-176853/@jedb/please-show-your-working-out</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-176853]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:26:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGckoDHAP6Xpr6UGAgzmAo69kbFf5Bp9z5u2uPif6haHmfAZR6TW2gjxzwjT8niP4f2RyLGw2bCComGRUsgHCRESHkxLDdcz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making your work visible]]></title><description><![CDATA[I do a bit of dry stone walling as a retirement interest. I've trained and got certified with help from my (not so) local DSWA branch in Dorset (I'm in the London area!). While the work we do in Dorset]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dry/@jedb/making-your-work-visible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dry/@jedb/making-your-work-visible</guid><category><![CDATA[dry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy5czPNg6acYev351Du9gQgrBvuGckoDHAP6Xpr6UGAgzmAo69kbFf5Bp9z5u2uPif6haHmfAZR6TW2gjxzwjT8niP4f2RyLGw2bCComGRUsgHCRESHkxLDdcz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Records of the year 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inspired by other lists that also picked some of my favourites I thought I’d gather a list of my own. It’s been a year of missing live performances and staying in and music has been a great solace. So,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@jedb/records-of-the-year-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@jedb/records-of-the-year-2020</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 12:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTmvFatkwuDREJFVGiTUu9HgrXnpamdiq9Pm2YyPX4xXjC4ZrdFxbadE92XJQt1jqQCfkcZEhs5zemiDpKUCjtTJafkejiURr5n8DJv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: May 2 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[A day of walking about in London. The Barclays AGM (Good climate change protest) and then up to Covent Garden to get new trainers at vivobarefoot. 9659 Walking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@jedb/actifit-jedb-20190502t200235661z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@jedb/actifit-jedb-20190502t200235661z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 20:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: May 1 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Although I did a lot on my feet today a lot wasn't recorded. I cycled 6 miles or so, did a tai chi class (phone in bag) and then surveyed some local trees. 3820 Cycling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@jedb/actifit-jedb-20190501t201935658z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@jedb/actifit-jedb-20190501t201935658z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 20:19:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: April 28 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Visit a plant sale and mausoleum. A bit of shopping. Clearing loft ready for some changes. Garden tidy and a walk for an ice cream. 6937 Daily Activity, Gardening, Walking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@jedb/actifit-jedb-20190428t202954270z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@jedb/actifit-jedb-20190428t202954270z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:29:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Actifit Report Card: April 27 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[A slow day. Indoors. Then at archery. Then shopping and driving around. Then more domestic duties. 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Only started logging around lunchtime. 5306 Cycling]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@jedb/actifit-jedb-20190426t190851925z</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/actifit/@jedb/actifit-jedb-20190426t190851925z</guid><category><![CDATA[actifit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 19:08:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeGPmSAQAub5vQpRRuCdnCvPpTGCp8q1EpT8NS8KACauPWYkXveH9mVB1GREYG787mdTpsNdmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reviving the old ways]]></title><description><![CDATA[We were clearing the house of a relative who died and I decided to try and renovate an old Qualcast E1 push mower that they had that had seen better times. I have a small lawn and liked the idea of not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/restoration/@jedb/reviving-the-old-ways</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/restoration/@jedb/reviving-the-old-ways</guid><category><![CDATA[restoration]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2019 08:52:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQSTQqj8q4Yy7REGAR7gYJQe16mzEM8soBFLgqRotT91N2uA3S8fRAP1QKaeWuyLBvYgHuxpjb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help to find a cure for cancer while you sleep]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have participated in a few distributed computing efforts over the years. Remember SETI anyone? But the latest one to catch my attention is DreamLab. Essentially the same idea of farming out calculations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cancer/@jedb/help-to-find-a-cure-for-cancer-while-you-sleep</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cancer/@jedb/help-to-find-a-cure-for-cancer-while-you-sleep</guid><category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:11:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAN6WzNJp2YJ7rzBh5ECer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blackbird]]></title><description><![CDATA[Evening. A blackbird riffing over some crows. ► Listen on DSound ► Listen from source (IPFS)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@jedb/20180505t202802987z-blackbird</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@jedb/20180505t202802987z-blackbird</guid><category><![CDATA[dsound]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 20:28:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stwuABfWdnvdaLfJ5Jt2uS1M6x24h7nB6tCusHp1XkKsZHJNyTmZt4MkRp2kLNuwMneVUxJXTCTXHiAC6NqV6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goulds Hill sounds - 2m]]></title><description><![CDATA[Skykarks and the sound of walling. ► Listen on DSound ► Listen from source (IPFS)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@jedb/20180505t125305918z-goulds-hill-sounds-2m</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dsound/@jedb/20180505t125305918z-goulds-hill-sounds-2m</guid><category><![CDATA[dsound]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 12:53:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8EvZeRNA6LAmvByB7X3XojrdF1Snt3s24M8FPt5tYUjT9WYnv6Sit56KdYtH?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goulds Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can tell which way the wind blows around here. But not today. Today is sunny. There are walls being built.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jedb/goulds-hill-c390a53dc2ba1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jedb/goulds-hill-c390a53dc2ba1</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2018 08:45:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMwM2KdFLZeHvhAXq86WA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being different.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like the odd daffodils that comes out a different shade. Variation is part of our design. We are (nearly) all born with generic differences. Generally that's a good thing, Let's celebrate diversity.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jedb/being-different-9802e0718a608</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jedb/being-different-9802e0718a608</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 06:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMyA8k1LwnDhaiXSPh4HU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking the BRCA2 gene.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we took a stroll along the national cycle route 11 between Cambridge and Great Shelford. It's about a mile or more and the main attraction is that it also has colour coded stripes of the 10,257 base]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jedb/walking-the-brca2-gene-35513113d9009</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jedb/walking-the-brca2-gene-35513113d9009</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:51:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMgFMYonNv2GAzX7Kaixe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[poached cat brains]]></title><description><![CDATA[How close can he get before things start singeing? He creeps closer and closer and seems to know but every now and then gets up, stretches, turns around and sweeps tis tail dangerously close to the flames.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cat/@jedb/poached-cat-brains-7ab3efade8df</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cat/@jedb/poached-cat-brains-7ab3efade8df</guid><category><![CDATA[cat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 22:00:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSpZWhUgGYc3MngFqoAMei5j1NygbsRZWNqnrhC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toad time again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every year the local toads come out of hibernation and get on the move to the breeding ponds. They apparently wait for the right level of warmth and dampness and off they run. Unfortunately they need to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jedb/toad-time-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@jedb/toad-time-again</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 11:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2NXutP61GcphENSaFq4YZ3LoN95GCpKNg7Egpk3M5VXg5i9YPqiNBAHE78QDR3NX2Hy1hNtHn5XY7XQHgLs9CDEE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metal Weekend]]></title><description><![CDATA[@detlev is running #MetalWeekend and I could not resist a quick post. Lets start with one from a musician / producer he also chose; Leo Moracchioli doing a totally bonkers version of Toto's Africa. In]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metalweekend/@jedb/metal-weekend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metalweekend/@jedb/metal-weekend</guid><category><![CDATA[metalweekend]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jedb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 19:07:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e74z37qczhPr5Ch1xELmwyrZdjaHDDjW7q8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sweat involved]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you get those days then you feel your 'ion' supply may be running low? Here's the answer. Drink Pocari Sweat! I first came across this in Japan some thirty plus years ago. 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