<?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, 07 Apr 2026 00:22:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@robertlyon/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners - Lesson 8 - Looking at the Major Scale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners Hello everyone and welcome to the Eighth lesson in my series Music Theory for beginners, in this series I am going to be covering some basic music theory that will be able to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-7-looking-at-the-major-scale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-7-looking-at-the-major-scale</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 22:05:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiS2LtkQQwz6tE1WehtQUdWTz2b74YiLZxXBdEEy9j5UiYQ69QYnogj6jTJ2gX4J2JBG5rRv3mB2da2BegSbhdERj56GxJTupd9h9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners - Lesson 7 - Introduction to Intervals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners Hello everyone and welcome to the sixth lesson in my series Music Theory for beginners, in this series I am going to be covering some basic music theory that will be able to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-7-introduction-to-intervals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-7-introduction-to-intervals</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:48:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiS2LtkQQwz6tE1WehtQUdWTz2b74YiLZxXBdEEy9j5UiYQ69QYnogj6jTJ2gX4J2JBG5rRv3mB2da2BegSbhdERj56GxJTupd9h9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners - Lesson 5 - Writing sharps and flats on the stave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners Hello everyone and welcome to the fifth lesson in my series Music Theory for beginners, in this series I am going to be covering some basic music theory that will be able to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-5-writing-sharps-and-flats-on-the-stave</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-5-writing-sharps-and-flats-on-the-stave</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 08:56:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiS2LtkQQwz6tE1WehtQUdWTz2b74YiLZxXBdEEy9j5UiYQ69QYnogj6jTJ2gX4J2JBG5rRv3mB2da2BegSbhdERj56GxJTupd9h9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners - Lesson 4 - First Look at sharps and flats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth lesson in my series Music Theory for beginners, in this series I am going to be covering some basic music theory that will be able to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-4-first-look-at-sharps-and-flats</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-4-first-look-at-sharps-and-flats</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:32:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiS2LtkQQwz6tE1WehtQUdWTz2b74YiLZxXBdEEy9j5UiYQ69QYnogj6jTJ2gX4J2JBG5rRv3mB2da2BegSbhdERj56GxJTupd9h9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners - Lesson 3 - Introducing the Bass Clef]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners Hello everyone and welcome to the third lesson in my series Music Theory for beginners, in this series I am going to be covering some basic music theory that will be able to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-3-introducing-the-bass-clef</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-3-introducing-the-bass-clef</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:07:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiS2LtkQQwz6tE1WehtQUdWTz2b74YiLZxXBdEEy9j5UiYQ69QYnogj6jTJ2gX4J2JBG5rRv3mB2da2BegSbhdERj56GxJTupd9h9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners - Lesson 2 - Extending the stave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners Hello everyone and welcome to the second lesson in my series Music Theory for beginners, in this series I am going to be covering some basic music theory that will be able to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-2-extending-the-stave-and-introducing-the-bass-clef</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-2-extending-the-stave-and-introducing-the-bass-clef</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 12:50:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiS2LtkQQwz6tE1WehtQUdWTz2b74YiLZxXBdEEy9j5UiYQ69QYnogj6jTJ2gX4J2JBG5rRv3mB2da2BegSbhdERj56GxJTupd9h9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners - Lesson 1 - Introduction to note names and the Stave]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music Theory For Beginners Hello everyone and welcome to the first lesson in my series Music Theory for beginners, in this season I am going to be covering some basic music theory that will be able to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-1-introduction-to-note-names-and-the-stave</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-lesson-1-introduction-to-note-names-and-the-stave</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 16:18:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFnNFKLegVvzmsrMAExSDXzsHdqwaiS2LtkQQwz6tE1WehtQUdWTz2b74YiLZxXBdEEy9j5UiYQ69QYnogj6jTJ2gX4J2JBG5rRv3mB2da2BegSbhdERj56GxJTupd9h9Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music Theory for beginners - Introduciton]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Hello everyone and welcome to my Music Theory For Beginners tutorial series. Some of you that follow me will know that my blog so far has mainly been related to programming and technology]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-introduciton</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@robertlyon/music-theory-for-beginners-introduciton</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:11:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqjwxfz8GNQQU7Rv6mDu9Mbhf9eZ576qXzTdnVcePVvSLfRJAaWRz2QqpaiCwnkuLJVrjpLY9upyJffJUDxmsMG79QMr7j9j16H5Hwgj5vCyqhpnw9LAkSHMvFjNQtvqTwpv4DeWLU7zrA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolut App - Great little tool for looking after your money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Revolut So today was the first time that I have actually tried to turn some cryptocurrency into fiat currency. In the process of transferring money to my bank account, I came across a great little application]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/finance/@robertlyon/revolut-app-great-little-tool-for-looking-after-your-money</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/finance/@robertlyon/revolut-app-great-little-tool-for-looking-after-your-money</guid><category><![CDATA[finance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVev6p9ZfKfkpYm1fNwNAT6BSHbXMsCfWbXFeYyFvPP5S8VYTyUpDrD7ynv6gbm9g1qQg7N95RidhRT4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back from Hiatus/ More programming content on the way]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi folks, it has been a few months since I posted anything on Steemit, I have been away due to work commitments but now I am returning with confidence and fresh motivation to provide some top quality content]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/back-from-hiatus-more-programming-content-on-the-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/back-from-hiatus-more-programming-content-on-the-way</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:22:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhyfuMqxU5YT6Gz2LKYdwfDKUuQvrq6ywKuEBehBJUCpn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python Programming For Beginners Lesson 5 - Conditional Statements]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Hello Everyone and welcome to my Fith lesson of a new series about the Python language. I also have a series on the Java programming language which can be found here The previous lesson of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-5-conditional-statements</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-5-conditional-statements</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2018 08:52:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4Ffqpm4XABNFGRzYwM4YMKQfaW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python Programming For Beginners Lesson 4 - Operators]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Hello Everyone and welcome to the fourth lesson of my series about the Python language. I also have a series on the Java programming language which can be found here The third lesson of Python]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-4-operators</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-4-operators</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 13:00:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FYesbongjmnjHxke3GFruGaGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python Programming For Beginners Lesson 3 - User Input]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Hello Everyone and welcome to the third lesson of a new series about the Python language. I have just finished a series on the Java programming language which can be found here The second]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-user-input</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-user-input</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:44:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FYesbongjmnjHxke3GFruGaGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mining Monero: An absolute beginners guide.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction So very recently I have started to gain more of an interest in crypto mining and as I recently bought a new graphics card(and don't need to pay for my electricity). I thought it would be a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@robertlyon/mining-monero-an-absolute-beginners-guide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@robertlyon/mining-monero-an-absolute-beginners-guide</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2017 13:24:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhyfuMqxU5YT6Gz2LKYdwfeQFTcNQHyE4CvV9ENQufPqY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python Programming For Beginners Lesson 2 - Variables]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Hello Everyone and welcome to the second lesson of a new series about the Python language. I have just finished a series on the Java programming language which can be found here The first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/nv7w5-python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-2-variables</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/nv7w5-python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-2-variables</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FYesbongjmnjHxke3GFruGaGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python Programming For Beginners Lesson 2 - Variables]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Hello Everyone and welcome to the second lesson of a new series about the Python language. I have just finished a series on the Java programming language which can be found here The first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-2-variables</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-2-variables</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:32:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FYesbongjmnjHxke3GFruGaGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies by Rick Edwards and Michael Brooks - Book Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source Introduction So today I had a very long car journey(8 hours to be exact). So last night I thought I would get myself a book to read to keep me from crippling boredom. The book I choose was Science(ish):]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@robertlyon/science-ish-the-peculiar-science-behind-the-movies-by-rick-edwards-and-michael-brooks-book-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@robertlyon/science-ish-the-peculiar-science-behind-the-movies-by-rick-edwards-and-michael-brooks-book-review</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2017 20:17:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1UtNorhGbvwWbaPyocBG2BjejSr3EkWRQQBuD7b3xbVevBJX4MAfeEzC5GczPvX9GRSXHs7T93fBUNKTHHbYaHCXZK1mF123MQSMFSteJgicczZHZKzDgFtFyWci7xSeRxugt1cLhLZ3vx7g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Python Programming For Beginners Lesson 1  - Installing IDE/Hello World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Hello Everyone and welcome to my first lesson of a new series about the Python language. I have just finished a series on the Java programming language which can be found here This python]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-1-installing-ide-hello-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/python-programming-for-beginners-lesson-1-installing-ide-hello-world</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:02:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6C2W1azD1rBs8i715pX3pAHYgtGre4FYesbongjmnjHxke3GFruGaGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Great Java Programming Books For Beginners]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction Welcome to another of my posts about Java programming, having just completed writing a short course here on Steemit which can be found here I thought it might be beneficial to mention a few]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/3-great-java-programming-books-for-beginners</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/3-great-java-programming-books-for-beginners</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2017 12:48:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhyfuMqxU5YT6Gz2LKYdwff3fa94RSVr7gQo5MYUbi1Av?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Java Programming For Beginners Course]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introduction So over the last month, I have been creating a tutorial series that teaches Java to beginners. This series was aimed at people who have never coded before and were looking for a gentle]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/java-programming-for-beginners-course</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@robertlyon/java-programming-for-beginners-course</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[robertlyon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 19:49:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2BCfkBRHmbhyfuMqxU5YT6Gz2LKYdwfDRXr4pKDqztkNg9ndqSiVTU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>