<?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>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:20:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@solarsherpa/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Will Keeping Quiet About Your Goals Better Help You Achieve Them???   YES!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[FTA:  Tests done since 1933 show that people who talk about their intentions are less likely to make them happen. In 1933, W. Mahler found that if a person announced the solution to a problem, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@solarsherpa/will-keeping-quiet-about-your-goals-better-help-you-achieve-them-yes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@solarsherpa/will-keeping-quiet-about-your-goals-better-help-you-achieve-them-yes</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:51:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRnLuodpW2SyW3b6XfXuXjMD2apf2E7AQ3hT9ysGYHVLUFX4YPWSTgm3TvYz63HFpBhx1YwquN1ASmWKXnouVhEwMxNq3waLQjYTQQwmqLafCY4oLBSoA8KyrS9oUAoSNEdoPgr3QLPjSH36jFQQzGGPgTotFtn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember all the candles you blew out hoping for your wish to come true??  It does this time.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This sweet boy truly wants his wish to come true as he's blowing out his candles. You don't have to be at Disney for dreams to come true!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@solarsherpa/remember-all-the-candles-you-blew-out-hoping-for-your-wish-to-come-true-it-does-this-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@solarsherpa/remember-all-the-candles-you-blew-out-hoping-for-your-wish-to-come-true-it-does-this-time</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:15:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxzmakbdLvFKH4BnDAVLXNFaCnkABvdremt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their best friend told them on his deathbed that he wanted them to use his ashes as fish bait.   Whoa!]]></title><description><![CDATA[They did and the results are amazing!  It looks like their friend was looking down from above.  Paul Fairbrass and Cliff Dale, both 65, were supposed to go on a trip with their best friend Ron]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@solarsherpa/their-best-friend-told-them-on-his-deathbed-that-he-wanted-them-to-use-his-ashes-as-fish-bait-whoa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@solarsherpa/their-best-friend-told-them-on-his-deathbed-that-he-wanted-them-to-use-his-ashes-as-fish-bait-whoa</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 01:43:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnJ5WQTtbnAQGkPLz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's The Big Things & The Little Things When Helping the Environment - Toilet Paper Rolls]]></title><description><![CDATA[From The Guardian The article discusses how a small change to a toilet paper tube/roll saved 500 truck rolls a year for one British Supermarket - Sainsbury's.  "We wanted to shrink the tube as much]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/environment/@solarsherpa/it-s-the-big-things-and-the-little-things-when-helping-the-environment-toilet-paper-rolls</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/environment/@solarsherpa/it-s-the-big-things-and-the-little-things-when-helping-the-environment-toilet-paper-rolls</guid><category><![CDATA[environment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnBCSyGXqdtaKzwBc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would you eat meat grown in a  lab?  China signs $300mm deal to buy lab-grown meat from Israeli companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[From: The Independent This continues gaining momentum as Lab Meat  is grown in a laboratory using animal cells.  Several environmental and animal rights groups have welcomed it as an exciting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@solarsherpa/would-you-eat-meat-grown-ina-lab-china-signs-usd300mm-deal-to-buy-lab-grown-meat-from-israeli-companies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@solarsherpa/would-you-eat-meat-grown-ina-lab-china-signs-usd300mm-deal-to-buy-lab-grown-meat-from-israeli-companies</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2017 09:16:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRqCmM5GA8YhbjU4hJmhfFpas4nQdbE4i2AZYCuz68VKsFMRrGWaNnPXFK6pq8k4YLx2ryYdMvWidtzdrLNLAQ61xBwcaR7VDLm4Y9RuvCbTgepWmfMsyNwxumgWC4H9YyGfo7wadcYEJyGhcSLaYJgJDh6McM4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Can Put A Man On The Moon (Supposedly), Why Can't We Put A Phone On The Blockchain?  (Wait a minute...) - Podcast Check]]></title><description><![CDATA[BitVault, The World’s First Blockchain Phone, is available for Pre-Order There was a great podcast I listened to this morning that gave some great insight into the phone and how it works - which part is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@solarsherpa/we-can-put-a-man-on-the-moon-supposedly-why-can-t-we-put-a-phone-on-the-blockchain-wait-a-minute</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@solarsherpa/we-can-put-a-man-on-the-moon-supposedly-why-can-t-we-put-a-phone-on-the-blockchain-wait-a-minute</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn8fpEXT4A7dgPuCz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elon Musk Keeps Failing.  That's Why He's Such a Success - SpaceX]]></title><description><![CDATA[Failure Again And Again How Not To Land An Orbital Rocket Booster - Instagram  (the instragram vid shows MANY more failures) After Multiple Fails Then He Succeeds! If success was easy we would all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fail/@solarsherpa/elon-musk-keeps-failing-that-s-why-he-s-such-a-success-spacex</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fail/@solarsherpa/elon-musk-keeps-failing-that-s-why-he-s-such-a-success-spacex</guid><category><![CDATA[fail]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 13:33:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnHPVbfkqMBN6sYdb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure, Jamie Dimon is an Idiot, But I Found Another Boss Saying Just As Many Dumb Things]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michael Scott, our fictional boss can be a moron with a heart.   David Brent, I'm not sure is lovable, but he sure can make you feel uncomfortable As for Jamie,  We All Know What He Was Really]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@solarsherpa/sure-jamie-dimon-is-an-idiot-but-i-found-another-boss-saying-just-as-many-dumb-things</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@solarsherpa/sure-jamie-dimon-is-an-idiot-but-i-found-another-boss-saying-just-as-many-dumb-things</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnLLaWuZftX9QFJe2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twitter is On Fire with Response to Jamie "the Dinosaur" Dimon.]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Can't wait to get this on ZAPPL!) And, here is an excellent spreadsheet comparing JP Morgan Stock to Bitcoin.  (Bitcoin is in red, FTW)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@solarsherpa/twitter-is-on-fire-with-response-to-jamie-the-dinosaur-diamond</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@solarsherpa/twitter-is-on-fire-with-response-to-jamie-the-dinosaur-diamond</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 01:38:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnLsY9wr9TcErtrRk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are You Raising The Bar Or Bumping Into It?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quick watch - under 3 minutes - from Hilton Hotel's CMO. The key quote, to me, from the video is "It's Really Important To Be One That's Constantly Raising The Bar, Not Bumping Into It" There's more,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@solarsherpa/are-you-raising-the-bar-or-bumping-into-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@solarsherpa/are-you-raising-the-bar-or-bumping-into-it</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:32:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45ePb887PxAY8f1FEwWjSWh9bdmrPngkPPtQN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bots, Bots, Bots.  All You Minnows (or Steemians) Check It Out  (immature, very slightly NSFW language)]]></title><description><![CDATA[***** Multiple Updates are at the bottom of the post. Are Upvoting Bots a problem here at Steemit?  Depends on who you ask. Are Whales upvoting their own posts a problem on Steemit?  See the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/boost/@solarsherpa/bots-bots-bots-all-you-minnows-or-steemians-check-it-out-immature-very-slightly-nsfw-language</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/boost/@solarsherpa/bots-bots-bots-all-you-minnows-or-steemians-check-it-out-immature-very-slightly-nsfw-language</guid><category><![CDATA[boost]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:08:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn9xpKwXRTJ4SvDk2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[“The best example (of bubbles) right now is bitcoin.” - Robert Shiller, Yale economics professor]]></title><description><![CDATA[ Irrational Exuberance - Robert Shiller wrote the book on bubbles. He says “the best example right now is bitcoin." (Quartz) Yale economics professor Robert Shiller won the Nobel prize for his work]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@solarsherpa/the-best-example-of-bubbles-right-now-is-bitcoin-robert-shiller-yale-economics-professor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@solarsherpa/the-best-example-of-bubbles-right-now-is-bitcoin-robert-shiller-yale-economics-professor</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:36:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnAeFgpr6szpJxNEz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're Running Away]]></title><description><![CDATA[But we didn't get very far. Calvin & Hobbes.  Copyright Bill Watterson (the greatest artist ever) I will upvote the S#!T out of this post by testing every bot available known to Steemit.  I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comics/@solarsherpa/we-re-running-away</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comics/@solarsherpa/we-re-running-away</guid><category><![CDATA[comics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:15:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn4kGtv61Pyu2qCHk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Tiger Is Dangerous!]]></title><description><![CDATA[My daughter loves her stuffed dog like Calvin loves Hobbes.  And, it's almost as real to her, too.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/calvinandhobbes/@solarsherpa/that-tiger-is-dangerous</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/calvinandhobbes/@solarsherpa/that-tiger-is-dangerous</guid><category><![CDATA[calvinandhobbes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2017 00:59:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnLNFtkRsH5DzSh8z?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calvin & Hobbes and The Nasty Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[My daughter had ear infections twice this summer.  By the end of the 2nd one she was happily taking her medicine.   But, it started off like this.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comics/@solarsherpa/calvin-and-hobbes-and-the-nasty-medicine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comics/@solarsherpa/calvin-and-hobbes-and-the-nasty-medicine</guid><category><![CDATA[comics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:46:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961WTUhaPCY4x2w8nS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[NASCAR - Should I set up a contest for this weekend's Darlington race?  (Please comment & upvote)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's another great race this weekend, and I'd like to have a contest. I didn't see one for the Bristol Race on Aug 19, and I don't see one for Sunday night's race at Darlington. I'm thinking a simple choose]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/contest/@solarsherpa/nascar-should-i-set-up-a-contest-for-this-weekend-s-darlington-race</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/contest/@solarsherpa/nascar-should-i-set-up-a-contest-for-this-weekend-s-darlington-race</guid><category><![CDATA[contest]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:25:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961G4Dhs7ww3mDnUDU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Matter How Slow You Go]]></title><description><![CDATA[You Gotta Start Somewhere]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@solarsherpa/no-matter-how-slow-you-go</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/motivation/@solarsherpa/no-matter-how-slow-you-go</guid><category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:05:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961QG2byZ7crcskRVx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony via Calvin & Hobbes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I sure do miss these guys.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comic/@solarsherpa/irony-via-c-and-h</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comic/@solarsherpa/irony-via-c-and-h</guid><category><![CDATA[comic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:59:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961VhsaFkK4BTak3AE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then There's Monday with Calvin & Hobbes]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/comic/@solarsherpa/then-there-s-monday-with-calvin-and-hobbes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/comic/@solarsherpa/then-there-s-monday-with-calvin-and-hobbes</guid><category><![CDATA[comic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 00:38:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961QGJTwcWLhNnHY1U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembering The Eclipse]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amazing photo of totality in Oregon by photographer Jasman Lion Mander.   Satellite Image of the Eclipse across the USA.    Solar Eclipse taken by an infrared camera.   The cloud coverage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@solarsherpa/remembering-the-eclipse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@solarsherpa/remembering-the-eclipse</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[solarsherpa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:37:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961MHsimayomCnYX8J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>