Happy 2018 Steemians! Day 1 of my 7 Day Black n White Challenge. Thanks to @micheletrainer for nominating me for the 7 Day Black n White Challenge. Day 1 nominee @velimir Here are the "rules":

Today is the day of the STRANGE Burn as promised! Image Source Since the inception of the project, STRANGE Tokens were distributed to over 5,000 BitShares DEX Users, including participants and 1 winner

The STRANGE Token was started as an open-ended User-Issued Asset (UIA) with the idea of creating first and finding out after what we can best use it for and where to take it from here. Image Source Since

The time has come to reveal the winner of the STRANGE Token Design Contest! Presenting and Congratulations to @incrediblesnow!! The Winning Design Image Source Image Source Additionally, I would like to

The time has come to end the STRANGE Token Design Contest! Image Source First I would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter the contest and share your great STRANGE design ideas! In order to

The STRANGE Distribution to 5,181 Current BitShares DEX Users is now 100% COMPLETED! Image Source Details of the STRANGE Distribution Plan are here. More details of the STRANGE Token. And more background

The time has come to unveil further details for the STRANGE Token Design Contest Distribution Plan! Image Source First the Details of the STRANGE Token: And more background here. MAXIMUM SUPPLY: 10,000,000

UPDATE: Effective Immediately the BitShares DEX Sign Up Incentive has been suspended and may be ended permanently. Due to extenuating circumstances the Incentive has not performed as planned and to prevent

“You will never amount to anything!” Image Source What does that even mean? That I will never amass untold riches? Am I a beast that is to labor unto death? I pray not! What then? Shall I strive and strain

“Well the hours are good . . . but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.” Image Source “The most visible sign of their capacity for self-delusion is their complete inability

STRANGE “begins with open-ended, pragmatic tinkering that thrives on the unexpected.” Image Source There are several potential ways for STRANGE to be used as I discussed in Keepin’ It Strange. One idea

Netflix has automated systems designed to deliberately cause failures in production systems. Image Source They call this system Chaos Monkey and it “randomly takes production servers offline, forcing the

“He who would pass the latter part of his life with honor and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old, and when he is old, remember that he has once been young.” - from The

James Simons is ranked #49 on Forbes List of Billionaires. Image Source James is also #1 in the category of “Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers” So what is his secret of untold wealth accumulation? Predictive

Start here: Epistemic status: Not serious, also not “in-crowd” enough to use "Epistemic status". Image Source Read each Question and Choose One Answer and Follow Along: Q1: What is the meaning

“Deliberandum est diu, quod statuendum est semel — A final decision should be preceded by mature deliberation.” Image Source “Buy land — they’re not making any more!” so the old saying goes, but is it

The following is an original poem I wrote today while working on my side project. Image Source Routine Life Congratulations on a routine life well lived. You did everything that was expected, Now here

“The past is never dead. It's not even past.” - Faulkner Image Source "I am talking about the creation of money and value out of thin air," he continued. "Governments now look at

“He that will not submit to the labour of ploughing must submit to the shame of begging.” Image Source “And what do you do here again?” “I’m a front-line supervisor. I make sure the line employees complete

“Buy High and Sell Low” - Said No One Ever Image Source In some ways I have changed, but in so many I am the same. “Did you see that?” “Huh?” “That trade, did you catch it? It was mega-huge dude! I can’t