<?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, 06 Apr 2026 22:51:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@woz.software/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Just purchased steam games using LiteCoin!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[For all gamers out there, you can use BTC, BCH, ETH and LTC to purchase steam games via indiegala and you also get an extra 20% discount on top of whatever sale price they have for the game. The purchase]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@woz.software/just-purchased-steam-games-using-litecoin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@woz.software/just-purchased-steam-games-using-litecoin</guid><category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2018 07:28:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QD2aHb7ZZ9tpHi6GB59vpoZnTgzhWdkYnbzpXxHe2gz1RAmj3m135JNc53WJ9rtfogQSDrPGvH49XsVeBEXU8Hefh7AJxyMWPFSrAZvUi3wacoKuquT3?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FREE F1 2015 on Humble Bundle for next day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Humble Bundle are at it again with another free game, you can get F1 2015 HERE for the next 24 hours. You get a Steam key so can activate on your account. Also a great site for cheap game if you do not]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@woz.software/free-f1-2015-on-humble-bundle-for-next-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gaming/@woz.software/free-f1-2015-on-humble-bundle-for-next-day</guid><category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 06:10:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnDcSWyMj5zyuhfwL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time for a new phone - What I learnt from 2 1/2 years on Windows Phone 10]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have owned a Lumia 950 since it was released. Before that I was Android all the way but at the time Security and even getting OS updates was a complete mess so I decided to switch to the Microsoft WinPhone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@woz.software/time-for-a-new-phone-what-i-learnt-from-2-1-2-years-on-windows-phone-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@woz.software/time-for-a-new-phone-what-i-learnt-from-2-1-2-years-on-windows-phone-10</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2018 07:19:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnJdhWALdzSJ1oAMC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lets build a maybe library in C# - Maybe extensions]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought I would add a couple of extensions to the Maybe monad to show how using monadic patterns can spread through your code when you start to use them and that is a good thing as they carry much power.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/lets-build-a-maybe-library-in-c-maybe-extensions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/lets-build-a-maybe-library-in-c-maybe-extensions</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:37:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnBtjKqdEKya4jujt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lets build a monad library - Using Maybe and some extra thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the last part I created a Maybe monad for C#, a type that allows you to indicate a lack of a value. I pointed out it is like Nullable but better. If you missed the story so far: Introduction Maybe Looking]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/lets-build-a-monad-library-using-maybe-and-some-extra-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/lets-build-a-monad-library-using-maybe-and-some-extra-thoughts</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:24:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnBtjKqdEKya4jujt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lets build a monad library in C# - Maybe]]></title><description><![CDATA[Apart from the Identity monad, the Maybe monad is probably the easiest to understand so I will start there. In C# think Nullable but able to wrap reference types as well as reference types. I will also]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/lets-build-a-monad-library-in-c-maybe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/lets-build-a-monad-library-in-c-maybe</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 09:26:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnBtjKqdEKya4jujt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lets build a monad library for C# - Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have done various C# pieces on monads and how C# LINQ is a monad engine. Thought I would put my money where my mouth is and build a monad library and explain the design decisions as I go. In case you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/lets-build-a-monad-library-for-c-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/lets-build-a-monad-library-for-c-introduction</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 07:06:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnBtjKqdEKya4jujt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventures in burst - cheap AliExpress enclosures could be better]]></title><description><![CDATA[So my burst test server has been running a few days so I connected to it to check everything was ok.... it wasn't. The 250GB external drive I had put an extra plot onto had failed, no longer seen by the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@woz.software/adventures-in-burst-cheap-aliexpress-enclosures-could-be-better</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@woz.software/adventures-in-burst-cheap-aliexpress-enclosures-could-be-better</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 03:36:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFyHjpUohTc52mvWkAfwL48rvXMnE5inJTbMtjPix38wRXcoM1mLmvDCgFaGsmrETfeCnADQdqLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burst coin Plotting and mining. surprised at how low the overhead is]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my Earlier Post I wrote about my experience with wallet setup and that I wanted to explore the mining side of the coin as it is a vast departure from other crypto mining. The initial plotting took far]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@woz.software/burst-coin-plotting-and-mining-surprisedat-how-low-the-overhead-is</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cryptocurrency/@woz.software/burst-coin-plotting-and-mining-surprisedat-how-low-the-overhead-is</guid><category><![CDATA[cryptocurrency]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 08:57:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnHtsyFThcswY3tra?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventures with Burst]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Plex server runs 24/7 and sat idle most of the day. As it uses my NAS for media storage I decided to turn over 500GB of its HDD to Burst Mining to see what it is all about. 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There are $1, $8 and $15 packs depending on the books you want, all geared around Functional Programming in various]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/humble-bundle-functional-programming-books-bundle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/humble-bundle-functional-programming-books-bundle</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2018 05:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnDcSWyMj5zyuhfwL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[UN World Food Program uses Etherium block chain!]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UN World Food Program has been tested using a private copy of the Etherium block chain and a smart phone app to control the distribution of food/aid. This was for a number of reasons. Avoid bank transfer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@woz.software/un-world-food-program-uses-etherium-block-chain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blockchain/@woz.software/un-world-food-program-uses-etherium-block-chain</guid><category><![CDATA[blockchain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 06:28:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn9hUQAGrwEd1GcVC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roses are red, violets are blue....]]></title><description><![CDATA[Could not resist when I saw this :)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@woz.software/roses-are-red-violets-are-blue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/funny/@woz.software/roses-are-red-violets-are-blue</guid><category><![CDATA[funny]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 08:55:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnDARoyuPfM4UTBiN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[C# == vs Equals]]></title><description><![CDATA[These two quality operations are not the same, so what is the difference? This is a subtle one and most of the time these two operators behave in exactly the same way. Take the following value types comparison]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/c-vs-equals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/c-vs-equals</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:07:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnKrpMudZTTch9vuC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of those real dumb developer mistakes]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I have just spent the last 1/2 hour fighting with Visual Studio and ReSharper trying to run some new unit tests I had created. All the existing tests would run fine, the new tests were being seen in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/one-of-those-real-dumb-developer-mistakes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/one-of-those-real-dumb-developer-mistakes</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 03:48:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgn9DP3BeRPbCRj7AN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video of the first ever Rage Against The Machine concert]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just found this on youtube, the first ever RATM convert. Wonder if the people there even realize what they are watching and what they became :) Enjoy Woz]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@woz.software/video-of-the-first-ever-rage-against-the-machine-concert</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@woz.software/video-of-the-first-ever-rage-against-the-machine-concert</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e54mcYQiaZohoCyzBh7KaS7qZyffnNDhzv2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free game on HumbleBundle site - Amnesia Collection]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can get a free copy of both Amnesia games on Humble Bundle for the next 21 hours. Just go to the store, add to your cart ($0) then go to checkout. Job done... free game. 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It means you only have to perform the operation once for a given set of arguments, the next time you call with the same arguments]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/function-memoization-in-c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/programming/@woz.software/function-memoization-in-c</guid><category><![CDATA[programming]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[woz.software]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 03:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnKrpMudZTTch9vuC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>