The woman was wrapping birthday presents for her daughters when I told her that her husband had been killed. It was a Friday night and I was watching Friday Night Football. My phone rang just before half-time.

I recently listened to an excellent episode of the Tim Ferriss podcast featuring Brandon Stanton, the creator of the Humans of New York project. I’ve been a big fan of Brandon’s work for many years and

How would Bitcoin be different if Satoshi Nakamoto knew in 2008 what the Bitcoin community knows today? Jake Yocom-Piatt, the original project lead at crypto currency Decred believes he knows the answer

Indian Sex Cult Meets Conservative Christian Rural America! This is the tagline attached to many of the reviews that I have read of the recent Netflix documentary series Wild Wild Country . I think that

My newsfeed is quite often filled with "listicles". You know the type of article that I’m referring to. They have titles like “five to things that you should do if you wish to live longer”, or

Rated as one of the 10 best TV series of 2017 by Vanity Fair and The Washington Post, Godless is an engaging modern interpretation of a traditional Hollywood western. Netflix appears to be the home the

If you enjoyed the Fox Studios drama series “The Killing” you’ll likely love “Seven Seconds” currently streaming on Netflix Seven Seconds tells the story of the death of an African-American teenager in

Ethos is a crypto currency project that I looked at about six months ago. I had a small investment with them which did very well in the run-up that crypto markets experienced in December and early January.

Author's Original Image One of the first things I did when I woke this morning was check my phone for messages. A fairly mundane task that most of you can probably relate to. Waiting for me was a message

This is another photo from my excursion to Coffin Bay National Park. It was 44 degrees Celsius (111 F) the day I took I these images so there was a lot of sweat (literally) involved in capturing them.

Click Here for Larger Image Taken at Coffin Bay National Park, this image shows the rocky shoreline of the southern coast of Australia, punctuated by stretches of beautiful sandy beaches.

Click Here for Larger Image Port Lincoln is a small town on the southern coastline of Australia. Once considered a potential site for the state capital of the State of South Australia, it is now mainly

This is the third post in my series on difficulties that new users face when creating a Steemit account. You can read parts 1 and 2 here: @just2random is Leaving Steemit and This is a Real Problem - Part

Click Here for Larger Image This is one of my first attempts at long exposure photography. We get amazing storms though Brisbane, Australia at this time of year. I have a great view of the city from my

I received a solid response to my first article in this series. This was really great to see, but also confirmed some of my fears. As I mentioned in the first post, this series was originally one big article.

As many of my regular readers know, I suffer from a mental illness. I served 15 years in the military and as a result now suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. This is an anxiety-based disorder and

I saw a post pop up in my feed earlier this week, and it really bothered me. It was from a friend of mine, @just2random, who was notifying his followers that he was hanging up his pens as he termed it.

After being recently appointed the Minister for Taxation for Team Australia, I thought it was high time I got off my backside and wrote the third of my posts on bitcoin and tax in Australia. Today's post

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A Practical Guide to Building a Successful Steemit Profile There are countless posts on Steemit giving tips to new users on how to build a successful account. Having been on the platform for six months