<?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>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:21:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@wrashi/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[31 Days of Steem: A Retrospective]]></title><description><![CDATA[750 Words: 1 Month of Steem Today marks a milestone. @wrashi has been a Steem user for 31 days. Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash Since the wise look back and learn, the following is my personal retrospective]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/31-days-of-steem-a-retrospective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/31-days-of-steem-a-retrospective</guid><category><![CDATA[investment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 18:13:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrAmQ8GxfbS7RLyEUWS4XYbJAV6HBo34o1kByWkrHK6rf4rbzj3xK2nA8UP6C3vLQLxmXxDEC524ewAisa8M9ZojJYD6mABr6HQtLvSqL1AiKfKK9tA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Influence and are Influenced By the Global Household Savings Rate and can Educate Yourself]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the end of October, the Global Finance Magazine published household savings rates for 2018. Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Understanding The Report There are a lot of countries that are left off the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@wrashi/you-influence-and-are-influenced-by-the-global-household-savings-rate-so-educate-yourself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@wrashi/you-influence-and-are-influenced-by-the-global-household-savings-rate-so-educate-yourself</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 17:11:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1AreaDn1D7Jp7ZEvgLC9TvJctofX1ChMgSZo4oHAA3PTJCbQns1B8pXmvgxzQT3tjXYB6rswQMkMePfCWQBqpmaGXxe7tRuH3iY8YuTZyfb1B3cauyBPTwJyKwMJMPnu6minK3ULZT7aYrQe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My top 10 favourite albums… in no particular order]]></title><description><![CDATA[The other day @zen-art posted There is no such thing as ONE favourite song (Steemitbloggers Contest) and it inspired me. Like her, I can't pick 1 song. I'm also of a generation that took pleasure in crafting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@wrashi/my-top-10-favourite-albums-in-no-particular-order</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@wrashi/my-top-10-favourite-albums-in-no-particular-order</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2018 19:24:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRnRFP3msqFr1933NWpn9YAyDrEV8t3zTuSTw9mPdkTTWsJPJc6FsMVrnFMyrk5xXCjKTJe7AvxcG5MsBfLwowMpH3ZJEZUiqf1ZyXCDpk2pQfFn2tw4ZYwJK5S8cxHU7ZewL5mm9pYRXR6w7ef86QscWQhyAyL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 to 120 Pushups in 6 weeks]]></title><description><![CDATA[I once read that after the age of 30, you can lose as much as 10% of your muscle mass per year. I don't know if that's true or not. I suspect it's more of a scare statistic. What I do know is that at the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@wrashi/2-to-120-pushups-in-6-weeks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@wrashi/2-to-120-pushups-in-6-weeks</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGM3JdycGKFQo7ALS3GhuMGL8qbG8zfSd9jS7KEbquBA7ifcm9ER6sSyGPL8JA2dLjH5WnHDtKZW9kQZPaYJuoFMF5w6nexfaMhSNGa5CHtVHVRA1A7GDf7yw7kpjtP8DkGBD44DiGAm1KLw6nwrDDzbm6csY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compound Interest: Fraud or Greatest Power in the Universe?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Understanding both the power of compound interest and the difficulty of getting it is the heart and soul of understanding a lot of things. -- Charlie Munger When I first learnt about investing, I was told]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@wrashi/compound-interest-fraud-or-greatest-power-in-the-universe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@wrashi/compound-interest-fraud-or-greatest-power-in-the-universe</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:45:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmEwHnsXKML7xF4NE4zxEVyvENsPKp9LmDaFuzr1WG3bVVmZjCFYNokk8zaqVM5ggHEcCFYutjwtdYhoe5JyQuL1dChu4dvUHzjZvRKkQXXpUAYwLVb4nukJBfHp76Ajvp9swQXBCa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investing vs. Speculating]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have written a bit about investing, for example about simple beginning strategies like Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) and Value Averaging (VA). I've also written some thoughts on risk and on greed. I think]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/investing-vs-speculating</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/investing-vs-speculating</guid><category><![CDATA[investment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 22:27:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9U7qM7u9bmS6jdC5zGdsQNNFpfXJk7Ecygfi5XqMRspzXSHUNK4QS61VRyciHjFCmBy1jwBac15cPLA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using Python to Create Many Files from a Template Document]]></title><description><![CDATA[In one of my jobs, we sometimes create templates for writing content. We then make a copy for each page of content that needs to be written and upload that into our task tracking tool. This workflow means]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/macos/@wrashi/using-python-to-create-many-files-from-a-template-document</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/macos/@wrashi/using-python-to-create-many-files-from-a-template-document</guid><category><![CDATA[macos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 22:53:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy Batch image actions on  MacOS with Automator and ImageMagick]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently found myself with a large number of browser screenshots from which I wanted to remove the top part of the image. I have a background in programming (though I'm not particularly active), work]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/macos/@wrashi/easy-batch-image-actions-on-macos-with-automator-and-imagemagick</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/macos/@wrashi/easy-batch-image-actions-on-macos-with-automator-and-imagemagick</guid><category><![CDATA[macos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 21:36:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BgxWBRxjvNhnbM9DiyHtCptYaDNF3xx85r8if8spuMjfmZqotmDEhUGWeEY5CJAUeWNSmL98EVezniFyPu9uUyYChxCdnTqssRAcS4QLgies4QNB7aee3rpqRurLP2WnD7uJCnfmMnt8VjrqfbgjhqY7iYaGYYA1Xsp21pv7gzio9KL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value Averaging - A Natural Investment Strategy Progression Explained with Examples]]></title><description><![CDATA[After learning Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA), a second similar strategy provides the next step into the world of investing. Dollar Value Averaging (DVA), or just Value Averaging (VA), provides a number of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/value-averaging-a-natural-investment-strategy-progression-explained-with-examples</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/value-averaging-a-natural-investment-strategy-progression-explained-with-examples</guid><category><![CDATA[investment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 04:23:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dollar Cost Averaging - An Excellent Investment Strategy for Beginning]]></title><description><![CDATA[When starting to invest, we all have some beliefs about money, wealth, and assets. Some of those beliefs serve us very well, and others work against our best interests. Instead of fighting directly against]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/dollar-cost-averaging-an-excellent-investment-strategy-for-beginning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/dollar-cost-averaging-an-excellent-investment-strategy-for-beginning</guid><category><![CDATA[investment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 01:08:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope won't get you onto the extra mile, but this just might]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in 2015, I read a book called, The Zurich Axioms, by Max Gunther. Since that time, I have spent a lot of time trying to put Max’s ideas into practice. The following are some of my reflections on what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/hope-won-t-get-you-onto-the-extra-mile-but-this-just-might</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/hope-won-t-get-you-onto-the-extra-mile-but-this-just-might</guid><category><![CDATA[investment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 01:41:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feeding More People is not an Exclusive Goal]]></title><description><![CDATA[The other day @marlon6 had an excellent post about "Agricultural Land ranking by country - A fundamental statistic". At the end of his observations, he asked "I think it would be positive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@wrashi/feeding-more-people-is-not-an-exclusive-goal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@wrashi/feeding-more-people-is-not-an-exclusive-goal</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 13:50:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTCbCd1L4AQP82AFWYYzZC15DpSZWeSYgzVPEGVQ5ME6Y8oQ1BiEeMxAePqLyNDbG2CqHyjpey1rV4W1PLLtMA5U1iQbEvyjMSzK15A2scdPyqbirkcrqtpHv5FjhW7RnnN1YCXL6HcTDfcnHqES1U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflections on greed for those wishing to profit from investing, even if you've never profited before]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in 2015, I read a book called, The Zurich Axioms, by Max Gunther.Since that time, I have spent a lot of time trying to put Max’s ideas into practice. The following are some of my reflections on what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/reflections-on-greed-for-those-wishing-to-profit-from-investing-even-if-you-ve-never-profited-before</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/reflections-on-greed-for-those-wishing-to-profit-from-investing-even-if-you-ve-never-profited-before</guid><category><![CDATA[investment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2018 13:09:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on Risk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Back in 2015, I read a book called, The Zurich Axioms, by Max Gunther. Since that time, I have spent a lot of time trying to put Max’s ideas into practice. The following are some of my reflections on what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/thoughts-on-risk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/investment/@wrashi/thoughts-on-risk</guid><category><![CDATA[investment]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wrashi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:37:45 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>