<?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>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:40:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@manouche/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Seoul's Foot Fashion | The Morning Commute]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my 3 years and 3 months in Seoul, I walked to work and walked back home. I had chosen to live a 4 minute (uphill) walk from my office in the neighbourhood known for its foreigners, Itaewon. 3 months]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/diary/@manouche/seouls-foot-fashion-or-the-morning-commute</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/diary/@manouche/seouls-foot-fashion-or-the-morning-commute</guid><category><![CDATA[diary]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manouche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:08:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennB2cexUCvJAYERAFiCNgqyqVxgeAKWuEpvPi8637eSHN6hUp4VzSmtfzppztSpgKAqtAqzMfk5fB4yjdLPFtTFCFPoP8sFSga39AqxcbTmSBSVcza?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art in qGIS mapping: Putting Seoul's swing dance bars on a map]]></title><description><![CDATA[The original idea to make swing dance related goods to sell to our community began with this design. As part of a bigger project, I was mapping where the swing dance bars were in Seoul. Seoul is known]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178708/@manouche/the-art-in-qgis-mapping-putting-seouls-swing-dance-bars-on-a-map</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-178708/@manouche/the-art-in-qgis-mapping-putting-seouls-swing-dance-bars-on-a-map</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-178708]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manouche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2021 03:01:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennB2cexUCvJAYERAFiRAN1cZzuWuennWQGAtpN4vRZ3TQBN2yJFMgss39Rryzq5y4XX5uRK76pBXnrdXfxmLzr5tB4oMDBaZ3Nw9w8RoM4pgaJ9m5Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gyeongbokgung Palace at Night]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last I was here, I was quite enthusiastic about creating content once again. But then I fell down the stairs and twisted my ankle really badly, was bed ridden for two weeks. During this time, a lost]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/architecture/@manouche/gyeongbokgung-palace-at-night</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/architecture/@manouche/gyeongbokgung-palace-at-night</guid><category><![CDATA[architecture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manouche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:04:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCYS9CPzffVEvJJWZeiRuhr6nwMoUT4kbnZfaEwSDxnrtTRJrwph6gRuUfrpUf197X5p2FYRpaNVcUek7mRFG1ztfnn6g5ofMwSbjUYBoYz4MWW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back in the Days When Tigers Used to Swing Dance]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was on reddit one day when someone in the Korea community posted that the Korean fairytale version of 'Once Upon a Time' was 'Back in the day when tigers used to smoke cigars' ('호랑이 담배 피우던 시절'). From]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@manouche/back-in-the-days-when-tigers-used-to-swing-dance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-156509/@manouche/back-in-the-days-when-tigers-used-to-swing-dance</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-156509]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manouche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 03:35:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopD2eJJx4Z3FviVfLhctkYWrgwqxvHnWrQM3eSdAgX32oQgukKWipTke4E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Typical Day in Shadows | Urbanist's Edition | Contest Entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Connection to Light & Shadow As an architect, we've been trained from the very first of university to pay attention to light and shadow. Using construction to create light and shadow has been the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179017/@manouche/a-typical-day-in-shadows-or-urbanists-edition-or-contest-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-179017/@manouche/a-typical-day-in-shadows-or-urbanists-edition-or-contest-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-179017]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manouche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2021 02:40:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXC1RsHWxNoWjhqsdMpcQmH1Ry5dbXWDQQKWtLy2uXjWLckBynEsNewamjm8925m8Uu5iSiXwQPt93EePXUEwhkBuzTmNboyP4Un?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on Leading, Falling Down the Stairs and Spraining my Ankle]]></title><description><![CDATA[After being a follow for nearly 3 years, I started to learn how to lead earlier this month. 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She has potential to improve in Physics]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@manouche/castles-in-whose-air</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-170798/@manouche/castles-in-whose-air</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-170798]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manouche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 11:41:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxtVnttk7BKQMhRXkrRt8FHqw3nZvGBTSbDiY1dACWA6HYZ5T4qGbh6QNjiYhk8PRL1ZavxtnPoB3KUR92RVgpWZBrgYFjPHmtbHJhLLGtEFBmHS37CU1U38K2E4M4LvQHZfNLnsyWNT?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swing Rose  | 5,6,7,8]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Seoul, I have two sets of friends - office friends and swing dance friends. 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I had to stop because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@manouche/where-have-i-been-or-getting-back-into-the-swing-of-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@manouche/where-have-i-been-or-getting-back-into-the-swing-of-things</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manouche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:19:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDFdpBpBq5nmvvyRoTono4ptF7aVvqnY2fkUAjBe8dDPFGN3GY57v2gM3EABLKXrw73y3kRehUkYbMw8rHQNB9ygUuZhkfxZFtfne?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[#FeedbackChain | Less Is...]]></title><description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago when I was a little more active on steemit, @critday asked his followers of architecture students from around the world to reimagine the famous modernist design principle, Less Is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/feedbackchain/@manouche/feedback-chain-or-less-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/feedbackchain/@manouche/feedback-chain-or-less-is</guid><category><![CDATA[feedbackchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[manouche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 01:10:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3auKdMsk3Q4JeiBznezjpVT6yZXDG5ewnpMfV7fbZJzLCJXyujxp7J1VEEjSnr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's your #backburnedbookmark?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bookmarks on the BackBurner A hashtag is like filing. 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