The relaunch of the Review the World program is going swimmingly. This is an Index of the Reviews. I've been publishing links to the reviews with the account .
There are several hundred web sites that interface with the HIVE blockchain. The goal of the project is to write a review a day with links to these sites. I pick a site a day from Internet Rivers and jot down a few impressions of the site.
I chose the name "Outsider Review" to emphasize that the reviews are from the perspective of a person who encounters and researches the site. Most of the reviews are positive.
Today's review linked to the HIVE Whale Project in Harlington, Netherlands. The project installed a 60' fountain in the shape of a whale in Harlington Bay. The whale periodically spouts a spray of water.
People can pay for a spray by sending HIVE to . The site has a webcam so that you can view the spray. I guess this could be called Proof of Spray.
hiveRSS
Yesterday's review was about hiveRSS. hiveRSS produces RSS feeds for a HIVE blog.
I was surprised that HIVE did not make an RSS feed for the blogs. Released in 1999, the RSS standard is a technology that benefits independent web development. RSS is an easy way for blogs to syndicate their content. Unfortunately, the standard was marred by infighting within the standards community.
NFTshowroom
My review of NFTshowroom was a little bit negative. I had great hope for NFTs on HIVE. This site really is just a copy of other NFT projects.
The basic idea of NFTs is that one can create a compelling project by combining a hash with digital art. The problem is that there really isn't a limit to how much digital art people can create. A hash is just a function. Computers calculate billions of hashes every day.
Aspiring artists pay 5 HIVE to list their work. They have to pay a HIVE for each edition. There appears to be thousands of listings on NFTshowroom. I fear that most of the artists who've listed with NFTshowroom lost money on the venture.
Anyway, since my review was negative, I decided to sell some POB and buy another NFT. I had only 2 HIVE and acquired "Geometric Sketch II" from Hulki Okan Tabak for 1.75 HIVE.
That was my 10th NFT purchase. I've only purchased low priced NFTs and am down only 5 HIVE.
Speaking of art. I guess I need to draw a picture of whale for the hiveWHALE review.