<?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 00:36:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@thebigwhitevan/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Plutus Unblinded (A Look at Cryptocurrency through an Ancient Greek Lens)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is an exploration of the most hopeful, naïve (and probably incorrect) belief I hold concerning cryptocurrency. The Ancient Greeks spoke of wealth in the personified form of Plutus (Πλοῦτος).]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thebigwhitevan/plutus-unblinded-a-look-at-cryptocurrency-through-an-ancient-greek-lens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thebigwhitevan/plutus-unblinded-a-look-at-cryptocurrency-through-an-ancient-greek-lens</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 16:21:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328XpLDvWQBy4kSddfdbYpFcpBYmNwhSmqwN3WP8zxeqT79Ey6V6SGKCoRtrS8Wm81rj39ZtNLUvPoronYGyuwKmTy51wVMDXs8EGv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zone of Absolute Terror]]></title><description><![CDATA[I made this video after discovering the concept of “dance covers” and going through a long YouTube rabbit hole journey. Putting it together took many times longer than it should have because my editor]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/video/@thebigwhitevan/zone-of-absolute-terror</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/video/@thebigwhitevan/zone-of-absolute-terror</guid><category><![CDATA[video]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2019 15:18:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow the Melody #3: Le Rap Celtique]]></title><description><![CDATA[The French region of Bas-Bretagne (the “Lower Britain” which makes Great Britain “Great”) is inhabited by descendants of the indigenous people who fled the Saxon Invasion to settle on the European mainland.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@thebigwhitevan/follow-the-melody-3-le-rap-celtique</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@thebigwhitevan/follow-the-melody-3-le-rap-celtique</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 07:13:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minnow I  - Come In! The Water's Fine!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The intended audience of this post is people who do not yet have an account on the STEEM blockchain or are still acclimating to the platform. In order to keep this to a manageable length, every point I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@thebigwhitevan/minnow-i-come-in-the-water-s-fine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@thebigwhitevan/minnow-i-come-in-the-water-s-fine</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:05:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXk46DmuPKx7VacRugpgqTkPXNer7qmHeAXrnn1uPSwfW1GQ8yMXrCeBmkQW6Wkqa9hV6RtPF5aKq3J2EWH4bQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much Ado about Implied Canine Ideology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Before writing this, I made a quick check and... It appears that Count Dankula continues to avoid checking in at the stone hotel. I suppose the fact that I had to check shows that I haven't had much personal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/video/@thebigwhitevan/much-ado-about-implied-canine-ideology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/video/@thebigwhitevan/much-ado-about-implied-canine-ideology</guid><category><![CDATA[video]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow the Melody #2: That Other 80s Song about Africa (or The Kony 2012 of 1984)]]></title><description><![CDATA[To the extent that “the past is a foreign country”, the 1980s is a region known for the strangeness of its local customs. A prime example of this is the time (1984-1985) that a great many people decided]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@thebigwhitevan/follow-the-melody-2-that-other-80s-song-about-africa-or-the-kony-2012-of-1984</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@thebigwhitevan/follow-the-melody-2-that-other-80s-song-about-africa-or-the-kony-2012-of-1984</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 11:55:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minnow II – Getting Ahead of Myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am writing the text of this post well in advance of when I expect to reach my promotion to Minnow II. The topic is a production tip that is seemingly obvious enough that it will doubtlessly be useful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@thebigwhitevan/minnow-ii-getting-ahead-of-myself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@thebigwhitevan/minnow-ii-getting-ahead-of-myself</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 10:50:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7FqSKzM5Vauj2iDPkcxZh2WaFozx4omJu6cEMz7TVyE2fWAp6QoEBBzxRb1zVydxLxYSASMJTVP9wH999SMxHXQatB2P5Uv4gH4kXGhPqQa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brosef.Stalin.CCCP v.s. Mitch Hedberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disclaimer: Although I do not judge this post to warrant the nsfw tag, some might find the video to be disturbing as it features real security camera footage of a dangerous mishap. Please, be advised before]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/video/@thebigwhitevan/brosef-stalin-cccp-v-s-mitch-hedberg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/video/@thebigwhitevan/brosef-stalin-cccp-v-s-mitch-hedberg</guid><category><![CDATA[video]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:04:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow the Melody #1: How much cider will we drink (for 7 days)?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post is meant as the first in a series in which I explore threads through the history and evolution of music. As a starting point, let me direct your attention to this piece of throbbing electronic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@thebigwhitevan/follow-the-melody-1-how-much-cider-will-we-drink-for-7-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@thebigwhitevan/follow-the-melody-1-how-much-cider-will-we-drink-for-7-days</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:01:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reminiscences of My Time as a “Russian Troll”]]></title><description><![CDATA[At a time when the general consensus was that the YouTube algorithm had come to grossly favor quantity or over quality, I began an experimental channel to see if a stream of low effort content could actually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/video/@thebigwhitevan/reminiscences-of-my-time-as-a-russian-troll</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/video/@thebigwhitevan/reminiscences-of-my-time-as-a-russian-troll</guid><category><![CDATA[video]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 12:34:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJQfQgENfxADE6EVYabczqmSF5KeWefV5WL9WA2bkbcqXFgKdXFc4xRBiRCFbd5ksVEL4y22wPwCgvcW4GEdrmEcPwyjrktSqwcTigt2vvKWFSmSNqRAHcT8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just want to say one word to you. Just... one... word...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Graduate (1967) is a film about a young man rejecting the ideas of his parents' generation and forging forward to make his own life based upon his own ideals. One of the most well remembered sequences]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thebigwhitevan/i-just-want-to-say-one-word-to-you-just-one-word</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@thebigwhitevan/i-just-want-to-say-one-word-to-you-just-one-word</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minnow III – I honestly do! (or In Defense of Financial Masturbation)]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those who do not recognize the reference I am making, I will introduce this piece of 1990s nostalgia: This marker post for my promotion to Minnow III is belated for several reasons. I had originally]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@thebigwhitevan/minnow-iii-i-honestly-do-or-in-defense-of-financial-masturbation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@thebigwhitevan/minnow-iii-i-honestly-do-or-in-defense-of-financial-masturbation</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXjpuXqKMPHSNe8ENBuCNYnipWUJHRp3cy3RRRDqhZpkiRLgFnuB5tQY2YyTRphJCPFLH2Tg4Ufr8W99BXCXZQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kanji Animation #5]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is one of five hand drawn kanji animations I created last summer. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/ex0rcg8a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/ex0rcg8a</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:43:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM8HHNCKe9JFUhrdSzQgNDTCny4A7GLm57tLqTJcbvL2HVfB1JRT1qTdr62Kan?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kanji Animation #4]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is one of five hand drawn kanji animations I created last summer. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/aq67jvkg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/aq67jvkg</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2018 11:45:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM9qxFyLWtQeUYTonBkrQbYtyPWqepYgV3rJXnSYL6NKd7UYoBzXS4GWp3ZK8B?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kanji Animation #3]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is one of five hand drawn kanji animations I created last summer. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/58kthzc9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/58kthzc9</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:17:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM7deM832ePUicSGALjJiNVuoxqp9RDSYj97wLWHcvHp1zuNtisKCFmBEJhism?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kanji Animation #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is one of five hand drawn kanji animations I created last summer. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/epco6h8q</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/epco6h8q</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 13:03:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMCpnWnwUz2FSv43S9VncMdNwEnREdX2HzRsbbbdzjFcjJExtHcSJQbcHDthdF?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kanji Animation #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is one of five hand drawn kanji animations I created last summer. ▶️ DTube ▶️ IPFS]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/0sehnip2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dtube/@thebigwhitevan/0sehnip2</guid><category><![CDATA[dtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thebigwhitevan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 14:10:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMDow3NkzgAncv2p4WhckAdcwUzb3EkakFPs91989U9XGQY3QD8fVr3Sbtq21f?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plankton I - Soft Money for Robotic Bribery]]></title><description><![CDATA[As many of you already know, the browser extension created and maintained by @steem-plus displays a rank badge on users profiles which reflects their STEEM Power level. 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