Spanner after spanner thrown in the works

This Corona lockdown has some serious implications for almost everyone... Those of us in the events & entertainment industries started feeling the pinch a few weeks prior when "social distancing" became a thing.


In true #NeverSayDie SA-style, a lot of us got creative (had/still have an epic #Meals4Musos programme that my mate @baasdebeer and I were gonna launch), a lot of my muso mates started live streaming, I collab'd with others to offer discounted (albeit attendance-limited) home parties etc. ... these are all great ideas and WILL see the light of day... _but unfortunately not just yet_.

The last year or so I've been so focused on opening my BB Bistros (which is a good thing... and I can't wait to get back to that after lock-down)... but that meant that my social media and blogging had to take a back seat.

Now that we're actually in a full on lock-down here in SA, we've all had to make peace with it (please folks... remember to STAY HOME)... and there's actually even a silver lining or two.

A Time to (re)focus

Now that it's literally illegal to move around as freely as we'd like, all of my genius (imho), plans have been put on hold :-(
... BUT... the upside is that I get to focus on a few things hanging around on my TODO list for months, even years, now.

My main focus for the next 3 weeks is:

1) My Website - http://BraaiBoy.co.za/

I (halfheartedly) started a mission to revamp my blog the beginning of this year ("New year, New me" bullshit that we all fall prey to every New Year :rolls_eyes:), never got around to it, but now that's actually gonna happen in the next 2 weeks (so please bookmark it, and don't judge me... yet):

• It needs a new "coat of paint",
• my shopping cart is dysfunctional (and mostly empty),
  -- I'm sitting with tons of merch ideas that never got off the ground #WatchThisSpace,
• I haven't loaded any new recipes in about 2 years (although I've occasionally still been posting on Steem, and from now on Hive, and YouTube)
• ... and the list goes on.

2) Introduce SA to crypto/blockchain

... and none of this "Invest in my Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme" bullshit either!

a) I want to introduce everyone in South Africa to get paid for their social posts through "blockchain blogging" (I just made that up & will think of something cooler later)

In short: Just like YouTube etc., you're NOT gonna get rich unless you work REALLY hard and hit a luck, but unlike Youtube etc., You will make a few coins for every 'like' that you get... The real benefit though lies in it's decentralised nature (but's a topic for a blog post on its own).
Check out Hive (https://hive.io/) and a cool front-end for it (http://peakd.com) if you can't wait for me to hold your hand through it all in the coming weeks.

b) My very own crypto-coin (it's called a BRAAIB)

It's a pegged coin, so no 'investment'/speculation or get-rich-quick stuff... I'm about "nearly done" with that :P, and will hopefully be sharing that with all of you REAL soon.

Basically though: 1 BRAAIB = 1 x 500ml BraaiBoy draught beer at all my Bistros. You'll also be able to trade them on Steem-Engine (and Hive-Engine when that launches), trade them for other services/products (think upvotes/reblogs)... and another 100 other uses I have planned for the coin... but for now think of it as a loyalty programme to redeem free food/drinks at BB Bistro.

BTW: Technically it's a token not a blockchain/coin on it's own... but more on that in the coming weeks ;-)

P.S. If you're reading this and wanna get started on @hiveio for free and without all the hand-holding, hit me up (@BraaiBoy) on pretty much all the major social media platforms, or head over to http://braaiboy.co.za/contact-braaiboy/ ... I think/hope the contact form works, but my WhatsApp number is also there in the footer ;-)

3) Get social on social media again

I also (halfheartedly again) promised myself I would get more active on social media this year (but literally haven't even loaded all my profiles onto my phone :face_palm:
... in my defense, I lost like 4 phones in less than a year, so it became quite tiresome :P.

Well... we've got nothing else to do over the next 21 days (and probably longer)... so I can finally get all those issues sorted too.

4) FINALLY sort out my lapa

GASP!!!!
OK... so it's looking even worse than when I started... but I'll get there. ;-)

I'm publicly shaming myself for this mess right now, forcing myself into an real effort to make some changes... please feel free to call me out if I haven't made progress by this time next week ;-)

Stay Tuned and/or connect for the 1st time

What are you doing during the Corona lock-down? CAN you work from home? (Re)watching tons of Netflix series'? Doing some housework? Starting a new business? Masturbating excessively?

This very bad thing that's happening to the world could/SHOULD prove to be a great opportunity... assuming of course I can convince the bank to let me keep my house & businesses after all the installments have bounced :crossed_fingers:

P.S. If you made it this far and you're still reading, you deserve a reward! Drop me a comment below and I'll hook you up with some BRAAIBs.
*12 BRAAIBs (a dozen lagers) split equally between everyone that comments and RTs/shares on FB & Twitter).

Keep in touch (online), and I look forward to braaing up a storm with all of you again soon.

#HeeltydSpeeltyd
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