<?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 10:12:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@tombritton/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Real Reason Why High-Tech Manufacturing Moved To China]]></title><description><![CDATA[The reason why China is so dominant in high tech manufacturing is not because of low labor costs or lax environmental regulations. The true reason is a whole lot less intuitive than you might think. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/china/@tombritton/the-real-reason-why-high-tech-manufacturing-moved-to-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/china/@tombritton/the-real-reason-why-high-tech-manufacturing-moved-to-china</guid><category><![CDATA[china]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombritton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 17:30:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961Fr5PQscdjUVMZan?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Love Poem To (a particular kind of) Nuclear Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nuclear is going to save the world. This is not a sentence I thought I would utter just 6 years ago, when I was staunchly anti-nuclear and was looking into a design to increase the efficiency of photovoltaics.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@tombritton/a-love-poem-to-a-particular-kind-of-nuclear-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@tombritton/a-love-poem-to-a-particular-kind-of-nuclear-power</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombritton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961MoNpujUYrSJq3Pt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isometry -- A more abstract space artwork]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you can get across an idea by keeping it simple. A piece done on the eternal solitude of worlds never to be visited.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@tombritton/isometry-a-more-abstract-space-artwork</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@tombritton/isometry-a-more-abstract-space-artwork</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombritton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2017 21:04:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961M3PKkAEpSuUjvsY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Wanderer" - a watercolour piece]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you set out not with an idea of what you want to paint, but merely a feeling, For me it was thinking about all the countless worlds out in the inky depths of space that have been silently revolving]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@tombritton/wanderer-a-watercolour-piece</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@tombritton/wanderer-a-watercolour-piece</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombritton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:56:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961VgXWRJDdyDq2nnz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Demon Core: Tickling the Dragon's Tail]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the afternoon of May 21, 1946, less than a year after the bombing of Hiroshima, in the heart of the secret laboratory built for the purpose of building nuclear weapons, Lou Slotin unleashed hell. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@tombritton/the-demon-core-tickling-the-dragon-s-tail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@tombritton/the-demon-core-tickling-the-dragon-s-tail</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombritton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:08:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961YvgqRqdXxHxUt4e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[So You've Decided To Get Buff]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Have you been a scrawny git your whole life? Or just never looked like anything special, with a bunch of chub? Perhaps you were athletic when you were younger but it faded away? Well look no further,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fitness/@tombritton/so-you-ve-decided-to-get-buff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fitness/@tombritton/so-you-ve-decided-to-get-buff</guid><category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombritton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:57:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961F69UF1XMqWfcGUv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hey there Steemit, we've arrived!]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I suppose I'll get this out of the way first: This is a joint account under a pseudonym. I'm Red, and my friend is Blue. When we submit pieces or comments we'll sign off as such so you can tell who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@tombritton/hey-there-steemit-we-ve-arrived</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@tombritton/hey-there-steemit-we-ve-arrived</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tombritton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:50:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>