The weather has improved lately, so for the first time in a long time I got out my bike. It was a sunny day and warm in a relative way, despite the overnight frost. It was only a trip to the local co-op

So often, I keep Actifit running all day, only to forget to post my results. Not today! Today I post. I managed to get a decent bit of walking in todayqothout even trying to exercise. The holidays have

I managed to walk the dog today when the sun peeked out. Winter is definitely coming. I need to get a comfortable pair of waterproof shoes if I plan to keep going outdoors for much longer. 2058 Walking

Not only am I still alive, I'm up and walking around! I'm back everybody. I'd like to thank my dog for joining me on my inaugural Actifit outing. I'm looking forward to using the app more, and generally

Cold brewed coffee tastes smooth and delicious, and brewing your own is super easy. With summer creeping in a little hotter with each passing day, iced coffee sounds a lot better than hot coffee when it

There is so much good stuff on Steemit worth reading (but also so much not worth it) that I thought I'd write a type of post I always like reading - one featuring the week's best posts! There were plenty

A book about a gruesome fatal disease might not be your first pick as you browse for summer reading, but you might want to give this one a chance. Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical

The Procession of the Species is an annual festival here in Olympia that is truly homegrown. Procession started here in 1995. Everything in the Procession is handmade art, built by people in the community.

Wild edible mushroom hunting is one of the great things about living here in western Cascadia, aka the Pacific Northwest. There are a wide variety of edible mushrooms that grow in the temperate rain forest

Lately, I've been reading more books than ever before, faster than ever before. Book reviews will be one of my regular blog topics because sharing the notable ones here on my blog just makes sense. At

From Thomas Jefferson to Ecotopia to right here and now, a vision of an independent Pacific Northwest has been described by a lot of people for a lot of years. Kamloops Councillor Cavers and Cascadia A

Random numbers are very important to cryptography. The security of a cryptographic key depends on that key being difficult to reproduce, and random numbers make for hard-to-guess keys. But how can we be

Well, the day finally arrived – I now have more than 1000 followers on Steem! I'm pretty excited about it. It seems like a big deal, but I nearly missed the big milestone because I haven't been very active

Good news, folks! The new location for the Olympia Steem Meetup accepts bitcoin. That's right, last week I was joking about convincing the management to start accepting crypto. This week, I held the first

Certifiably hilarious Ryan Mac is senior technology reporter for BuzzFeed Chat about Steem and share a dank meme on my Discord Follow my curation trail on SteemAuto

The first official meeting of the Olympia Steem Meetup was held last weekend. One new Steemian came down for some food and blockchain talk, so I feel like it was still a full-fledged success - a slow start,

The first meeting of the Olympia Steem Meetup will happen today, Saturday, March 3, from 2 PM to 4 PM at the Olympia McMenamin's Spar Café. I'm a little bit nervous, and excited to get started. But so

Cannabis producers in Israel won official recognition from the Israeli government as an agricultural sector. Then suddenly, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced he would not permit cannabis exports. The

I’m starting a local Steem meetup to connect and collaborate with other Steemians in my area. It’s called the Olympia Steem Meetup. If you live in or around Olympia, join up and let’s get this thing off

On Thursday night, I stopped by a local meetup that I haven’t visited for quite a while now. The name of the group is OlyMEGA. I gave them a short introduction to Steem and a little bit of information