<?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, 12 May 2026 22:48:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@michel.speiser/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Steem stats: number of active users, and number of posts per day (part V)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three months on, a quick update on the stats! (Previous entry) The number of posts and authors has been shrinking again since April: While the number of posts per author seems comparatively steady as a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@michel.speiser/steem-stats-number-of-active-users-and-number-of-posts-per-day-part-v</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@michel.speiser/steem-stats-number-of-active-users-and-number-of-posts-per-day-part-v</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:33:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQWqgiggY18c3qhuHRSjZY8MCjXS2CDhCzv9QuwtfBE8akT1tL2eGdt8smdUt7DXfFxit68K2ox?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem stats: number of active users, and number of posts per day (part IV)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time for a new look at Steem stats, as published at steem.world. It looks like the stabilization identified in the previous entry has now turned into an upwards trend. Posts and authors have been going]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@michel.speiser/steem-stats-number-of-active-users-and-number-of-posts-per-day-part-iv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steem/@michel.speiser/steem-stats-number-of-active-users-and-number-of-posts-per-day-part-iv</guid><category><![CDATA[steem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 09:05:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPe5SrLULSkboTnydCRg5sFhZgWVTKC3uUzCfWud8m57SWcQFDR8NZM9vzrgr1XKeUBCQQrd5st?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem stats: number of active users, and number of posts per day (part III)]]></title><description><![CDATA[A monthly update on Steem stats (source). Both posts and authors indeed seem to be stable at the moment, as conjectured in the previous entry: The average number of daily posts per author is around 1.6:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@michel.speiser/steem-stats-number-of-active-users-and-number-of-posts-per-day-part-iii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@michel.speiser/steem-stats-number-of-active-users-and-number-of-posts-per-day-part-iii</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 12:02:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNqTV5gPq5zsem81hT8V7mQ7mJ78yRKeG7K3Ww2xw4ZieRPiqxtCo4AUUVqePrbok1G4feAUD4a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[lego/duplo Eiffel tower]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our newest construction! (See previous construction: christmas pizza)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lego/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-eiffel-tower</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lego/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-eiffel-tower</guid><category><![CDATA[lego]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:20:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQRo67Y5eM4oShbJBqaqoTMKMAuM1nsg61CgE9cvDkZUg2e9ac916paq8aM9pi22bYEGQ8xriuc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem stats: number of active users, and number of posts per day (part II)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy New Year Steemians! At the end of October 2018, I looked at some user and post statistics for steem (link). Here is a quick update on those charts. In the previous post, I mentioned that the number]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@michel.speiser/steem-stats-number-of-active-users-and-number-of-posts-per-day-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@michel.speiser/steem-stats-number-of-active-users-and-number-of-posts-per-day-part-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPUejEFzpPtNWC9NpwRmS298KZFDnnY66qK3sN6AJP7H2KSY2AbRUfHFgZjEbVzxxvqkvDeccGE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[lego/duplo christmas pizza]]></title><description><![CDATA[Getting ready for the holidays, with a red Christmas tree, and a pizza oven with an industrial-height chimney! (See previous construction: animal rooftop party)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lego/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-christmas-pizza</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lego/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-christmas-pizza</guid><category><![CDATA[lego]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 11:55:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPeNHqYjKEMFNd4NV1GHvsmoUTpD3tYgH8NxC9UWT4quRn7TRDYjos6DMLnEpLhwWt2BC1TiJnA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terre des Hommes, part V]]></title><description><![CDATA[This builds on previous posts about "Terre des Hommes", Saint-Exupéry's autobiography (the preceding one can be found here). (Latécoère 26-6. Source: link) Towards the end of the book, the author]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@michel.speiser/terre-des-hommes-part-v</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@michel.speiser/terre-des-hommes-part-v</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 20:39:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNfSyyBhaupFjKkNYFh4kFCKZtakssMDHKApFn885FZiAYyjTCpH5zKu1EeUace7umyVVCAZXWn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[lego/duplo animal rooftop party]]></title><description><![CDATA[The animals are chilling on their clubhouse tower. (See previous construction: ship)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lego/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-animal-rooftop-party</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lego/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-animal-rooftop-party</guid><category><![CDATA[lego]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:38:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPKLFaaDFJqhCQhb8u2EgEo8iB6HuJEviDttiAhGwS5GhimhsamKHNr64fntFeQauVwzxgpRB8S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terre des Hommes, part IV]]></title><description><![CDATA[This builds on previous posts about "Terre des Hommes", Saint-Exupéry's autobiography (the preceding one can be found here). (Bréguet 14. Source: link) Just as I thought, I was much less interested]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@michel.speiser/terre-des-hommes-part-iv</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@michel.speiser/terre-des-hommes-part-iv</guid><category><![CDATA[literature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:54:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNpepAomu6kTeCFNsqNNAzsmMbonLrWvt3nXKCzgxS3zpTfJiKogkTSmDQ5DyqF88TPUCweSTj4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem stats: number of active users, and number of posts per day]]></title><description><![CDATA[I came across some interesting graphs over at "SteemTool": From the looks of it, both the number of active users and content produced have been steadily declining since the beginning of the year:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@michel.speiser/steem-stats</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@michel.speiser/steem-stats</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:22:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPZYbN2aUUBuBXgSbf1NeiDBWvqdRyQ7uVKfx72CptL96naRaURNdTiWpsnwF2dMWbrsMCBYEQ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[lego/duplo ship]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our previous boat ran out of steem, so we built a new ship: (See previous construction: steemboat)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-ship</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-ship</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:42:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPDk4hzKisxwLnyW3gUKb2pMbETULek9UzmppucKXfAVi3w3AhPBDUGBh8nToWfbD8HFvqeaAG6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nerve]]></title><description><![CDATA[I watched the movie Nerve the other day, and thought it was worthwhile. Not so much for the acting or the plot, but for the basic concept. This may contain mild spoilers! Nerve is a social media game for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/movie/@michel.speiser/nerve</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/movie/@michel.speiser/nerve</guid><category><![CDATA[movie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 21:59:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNgEaiYmDE9J8DU6hvTYT7573SYcCGmbgSMiog9VXvQ4LfAfMNobNsbRz9PWQwaxqVu92g4Y1D8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[lego/duplo steemboat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today we have a boat with a steam/steem engine! (See previous entry: wagons)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-steemboat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-steemboat</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 10:49:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQHPhbpQKqKKbAWyijBxheNSq9rpEGGmhMkP2NmZFpP4hLqfQkegfMnhqHcVftFEtPYempA1TL2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terre des Hommes, part III]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Postcard of an Aéropostale airplane above Casablanca. Source: link) This post builds on previous entries about "Terre des Hommes", Saint-Exupéry's autobiography (the preceding one can be found]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@michel.speiser/terre-des-hommes-part-iii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@michel.speiser/terre-des-hommes-part-iii</guid><category><![CDATA[literature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:44:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNqRXmWJSiZeSY8vcfUxMM5R8XrTBJeVLyCoepjVnWvUBhtnuCZ8aUYpxwyzazLYsyT7qDm9uok?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a math person?]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Image by Fiiilona CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: link) When I tell people that I am a mathematician, a very common response I get is "Oh, I am not a math person." So I was wondering, Steemians, are you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/not-a-math-person</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/not-a-math-person</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:46:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP9KaPtzNB7ddnyUSGjZeyrjzUZCBtmu2gwQVVpxWvTTYuBNrc1PaFVcETsyCJwEVFUN3km9jxi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Timelapse of the sky - commuting clouds]]></title><description><![CDATA[A timelapse of road and sky. It looks like the humans are making their way home westwards, while the clouds are commuting to the east. (file: P1010001.MP4) ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/timelapse/@michel.speiser/1m8255zw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/timelapse/@michel.speiser/1m8255zw</guid><category><![CDATA[timelapse]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:47:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM7vWjico8QZG7ikmn2yPcJ4EyszXjELsHB71wtNuvvTyw3Tm1GjzSGaP9QeLU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[lego/duplo wagons]]></title><description><![CDATA[To celebrate the @welcomewagon delegation by @dreemsteem, here is a collection of wagons and concept cars! The Feline Express The Zebra Roadster The Panda Mobile (See previous construction: double decker]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-wagons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-wagons</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:59:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQGjd3aoBdYgjWz2yQcA2zVoZbXBWbxGkoPTR7VZNsWZ8QcHYnhbox7j5fdtZJnaQKo7rU9ue2z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[lego/duplo double decker]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today's construction is a double decker bus for the animals. As always the staircase was very important for my daughter. Previous construction]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-double-decker</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@michel.speiser/lego-duplo-double-decker</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2018 20:43:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPUfZRtkUZv8t6s6B3GsuWLi4zDBjP1iQyMBw1QviR5KXNSQRnLtECH3ye4R3GMrDoC5FjjmPze?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terre des Hommes, part II]]></title><description><![CDATA[(A Latécoère 302 hydroplane. Source: link) Reading on in "Terre des Hommes" (here is part I if you missed it), I keep being impressed by Saint-Exupéry's description of our relationship to artefacts.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@michel.speiser/terre-des-hommes-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/literature/@michel.speiser/terre-des-hommes-part-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[literature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQSQABB8Por6kk16DjUwZmBcVnafjTXijjaZqyxWQXUb8Zr3Qw8dHkSHPva4rD6JXMFHPyTJbyg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 comments per day?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I just explored my steemd page: It says that I have enough Resource Credits for 5 comments, but if I wait for 3 days it goes back up to 19... Is this information correct? Am I limited to 5 comments per]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@michel.speiser/5-comments-per-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@michel.speiser/5-comments-per-day</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[michel.speiser]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:30:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPDnLjvsmVt5WjsvLPfgkNLUm5VdT79n25mbkJnhZdYBBhzoN4z3ZjF9eM1MZ6MyuVqRdbySET8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>