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This advertising program lists a notable online store each day. This is an advertising program that funds the community color family of sites.en-usTue, 19 Mar 2024 02:35:43 +0000Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:35:43 +0000PHPReview: NightCafe Creator
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NightCafe NightCafe is a Web Base AI Art Creator. The site has features that allow users to earn credits while learning the program. I started using the program in February 2024 and was able to earn a hundred credits. I earned over a hundred credits in the first week. Each credit allows me to generate one image. My profile page shows my latest creations. I will show the images and where I use them on my personal home page. AI and Memes While I worry that AI images create a distorted view of history, I find that they are a useful tool for creation memes. A meme is an image that conveys a subtle meaning. I've decided to use NightCafe to mint NFT Memes on HIVEme.me. HIVEme.me charges a nickel to mint an NFT. I've been selling them foFri, 01 Mar 2024 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2024-03-01Review: DALL-E
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DALL-E DALL-E is a project by the OpenAI that uses artificial intelligence to generate images. I bought 115 credits for $15. I then generated the image above of bees minting coins for a post on HIVE for two credits. I will upload all of my images here. To use DALL-E one must first buy credits. To create an image, a user writes a descriptive line of text. The program will use the chapGPT system to parse the string. The DALL-E program will then use the description to search a massive online database of images marked with the creative commons license. It will then create a composite image based on the images that it scanned using a variety of filters to assure the generated image appears unique. Since the images were drawn from sources mTue, 25 Apr 2023 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2023-04-25Review: Woodland Mills
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Woodland Mills I dislike the way that most communities chip up and discard the wood produced by their urban forests. Fortunately, there is a growing number of companies creating portable saw mills. These saw mills can turn urban forests into valuable lumber. Portable saw mills can also be used in sustainable forestry maintenance. Established in 2009, Woodland Mills, based in Ontario, manufactures portable saw mills and wood chippers. I drew this advertisement from their site: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2023-01-19Review: Park Tool
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Park Tool Park Tool is an independently owned Minnesota based designer and manufacturer of bike tools. There used to be thousands upon thousands of US based manufacturers. Most were sent overseas. Estimates are that China produces 95% of the US bicycles. Since many tools are brand specific, one would expect to see bicycle tools off shored as well. Corporate History In 1956, Howard C. Hawkins and Art Engstrom bought the Park Schwinn bike shop in the Hazel Park area of Saint Paul, Minnesota. They noticed that there was a lack of quality bike tools and began designing their own. The first tool was a bicycle stand which became popular among other independent bike shops. The group started Park Tool in 1963 and sold off the bike stores in Thu, 11 Aug 2022 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2022-08-11Review: World Backup Day
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World Backup Day World Backup Day is an event that reminds people to back up their computers. It is wise to periodically make sure that you can retrieve your back ups. The picture shows a few of the devices that I've used to back up my personal computer. I started with floppy disks. I would have two sets of floppy disks and I would celebrate when my back up increased by a floppy as it meant I was productive. I used some other devides like a Zip Drive by iomega and a variety of tape drives ... I could not find the drives nor the medium. I bought a stack of write once CDs for back ups. I was horrified when personal computers stopped including CD drives. Currently I back up my personal computer to an encrypted drive on my web server andThu, 31 Mar 2022 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2022-03-31Review: Big Stock Photo
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Big Stock Photo : Big Stock Photo is a leading independent source for MicroStock Photogrpahy. MicroStock refers to images that photographers make available, for a modest fee, that you can legally include in web sites, blogs, scrapbooks and other projects. LowRes images cost a credit (about $1). Designers make money by selling a large number of images. This is an incredible deal. The picture above shows the sample of the low resolution image. This is the perfect size to enhance a blog post. You might actually want to compress it further. To download the images,you need to set up a free account. But, what the hey ... Buy Some Credits and support art!Sat, 19 Feb 2022 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2022-02-19Review: Tribaldex
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Tribaldex The Hive-O-Sphere has two blockchains. The primary HIVE Blockchain tracks transactions that use the HIVE cryptocurrency. HIVE-Engine is a secondary block chain that tracks a variety of user created tokens and swap tokens. The system uses swap tokens to transfer funds between blockchains. The base token for HIVE-Engine is called SWAP.HIVE. When you transfer funds from the HIVE Blockchain to the HIVE-Engine Blockchain it turns into SWAP. HIVE Engine holds the alt-coins used by the many tribes and games taking place in the HIVE ecosystem. HIVE-Engine holds swap coins for a variety of popular cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH, LTC, STEEM, etc. You can hold and trade BTC on HIVE-Engine without the high gas fees. A large numbeThu, 17 Feb 2022 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2022-02-17Review: NeoxianCity
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NeoxianCity This is a stub for a review of the web site Neoxian.City. The review goes live on 2/16. Please visit Neoxian City to discuss the review. NeoxianCity is tribe in the Hive-O-Sphere that supplements HIVE rewards with the NEOXAG token. The tribe appears to favor standard social media fare. The tribe has a Splinterlands Guild and welcomes posts about the game. Neoxian City was one of the very first tribes to appear in the Hive-O-Sphere. Domain Tools shows that the developers registered this name 948 days ago on 2019-07-07. I do not know what Neoxian mean. The NEOXAG token has a circulating supply of 47.843 million coins with a maximum of 42 billion. The tribe has a well distributed richlist. When I checked the list, I found 240 acWed, 16 Feb 2022 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2022-02-16Review: VerifyYourBrain
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VerifyYourBrain I've been writing reviews for web sites that interface with the HIVE-Blockchain in the Review The World Community. HIVE rewards bloggers with the crypto-currency HIVE. I admit, I am doing this because I hope to make enough HIVE to be able to fund my own web projects. The HIVE site VerifyYourBrain just went live today ... December 18, 2020. This tribe supplements HIVE rewards with the VYB Token. The tribe had an "airdrop" of 1 million tokens on December 17 to kickstart the tribe. It looks like about 300 people received more than 500 staked tokens during the airdrop. This means that the tribe with start with a fairly strong distribution of accounts. New users might do well in making VYB their home in HIVE. The web site itSat, 18 Dec 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-12-18Review: InfinityProblem
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InfinityProblem InfinityProblem promotes the works of Supertask. The group issued the token SUPERTASK. The group produced a video with original music and some interesting transformations: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-12-17Review: Hive Keychain
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HIVE Keychain Hive Keychain is a software program that allow users to access web sites in the Hive-O-Sphere without sharing their keys. The HIVE Keychain family includes Browser Helper Objects for Firefox, Chrome and Brave web browsers. A BHO is a program one adds to the web browser. People who use multiple browsers must install Keychain on each browser. The group also created dApps for Android and Apple devices. The group also produced the STEEM Keychain back in the day. The keychain is a valuable tool as it provides a mechanism for authenticating calls to the HIVE blockchain without sharing keys. IMHO, the first actions new users on HIVE should take is to create a secure back up of their keys and to install keychain. So, I wrote a Fri, 10 Dec 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-12-10Review: An Outsider Look at BuyMeBerries
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An Outsider Look at BuyMeBerries.com Buymeberries is a project by @martibis that allows web designers and bloggers to solicit HIVE donations on their projects. To receive a donation, one need simply send a user to the domain buymeberri.es or buymeberries.com with the HIVE user name. This like will bring you to the page for the account @irivers: buymeberri.es/@irivers. The homepage of BuyMyBerries lets people generate a graphic link for any account. I ran the code and created the graphic: I have not used this program. It asks for donations in HBD (Hive Based Dollars). The program will let people sign the transaction with Hive Keychain or HiveSigner. I rarely have free HBD just sitting in my account. When I want to give money to othTue, 07 Dec 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-12-07Review: Cloud 9 Living
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Cloud 9 Living: Cloud 9 Living is a pioneer in the exciting new field of gift experiences. An experience gift invites your gift recipient out into the world to experience adventures ranging from the casual to the adventurous. Gifts include adventures ranging from wine tastings to sky diving. The site lets you choose a location, you will then find a number of adventures ranging from stock car racing, horseback riding to balloon rides. Your gift recipient can change the gift or receive a full refund. The video below describes the process. Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-12-01Review: Discord Servers
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HIVE Discord Servers Hive is a social media platform built on a distributed blockchain. The HIVE blockchain is also an experiment in distributed governance based on a Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) voting mechanism. HIVE promoters argue that a platform employing a distributed structure and governed by DPoS is less likely to engage in censorship than a centralized entities like Facebook and Twitter. Since HIVE is a social media platform; one would expect conversations about the governance of HIVE to take place on HIVE. Oddly, many of the discussions about governance take place on Discord. Discord, developed by a company called Hammer and Chisel is a messaging platform created by gamers who wanted an offline chat service so that players coThu, 18 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-18Review: Punks on Hive
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Punks on Hive Punks on HIVE by Blockhead games is one of the first NFTs built on the HIVE blockchain. The punk collection includes 10,000 pixel art punks optimized to be avatars on the platform. @PunksOnHIVE advertised that they would mint the punks for 20 HIVE during HIVE Festival. The group sold out. Previously minted punks are listed for resale. The sale prices are quite high. I suspect that many people listed the punk just to show off that they bought one. I decided to buy a punk and made it the avatar for the @irivers account. I wrote a review on purchase on the site. The term NFT stands for "Non Fungible Token." An NFT is a token that exchanges on a blockchain. NFT art often refers to a combination of an NFT token and a digital Tue, 16 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-16Review: Why Hive
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Why Hive Why Hive is a marketing campaign for Hive that was launched during Hive Fest 2021. The campaign appears to be targeting business leaders and developers; however it emphasizes the growing NFT market on HIVE which is of interest to professional artists. The site is essentially an online brochure for the platform which emphasizes the role that Blockchain development will hold in the emerging Web 3.0. The video below from the Why Hive Vimeo channel (and on the site) explains the platform. video marketing nuevo.mp4 from WHY HIVE on Vimeo. Mon, 15 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-15Review: Hive Watchers
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Hive Watchers Hive Watchers is a group of users dedicated to protecting the HIVE blockchain from Spam, Identity theft and plagiarism. The @HiveWatchers account drops monthly reports on HiveWatching activity. Social media sites have differing standards about what is and is not okay. Many new users on HIVE run into problems with HiveWatchers as they do not fully understand the scope of allowed and prohibited activity. Unfortunately, Hivewatchers does a poor job communicating with the people that they downvote. It is not uncommon for people to find themselves in the crosshairs of @spaminator without ever knowing why. As I am writing this review for the Hive audience, I will complete the review on the blockchain. Sun, 14 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-14Review: 1UP
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1UP Zone I am writing reviews for web sites in the HIVE Ecosystem. HIVE is a blockchain that rewards people for writing posts. There are several groups which are building Games on the HIVE platform. For today's review I would like look at 1UP which is a HIVE tribe that hosts discussions of HIVE related games. The tribe rewards participants with the ONEUP token. ONEUP is a relatively new token that has issued about 2 million of a potential 3 billion tokens so far. As 1up.zone is a public forum, i finished the review on 1up.zone. The Scot Bot configuration page shows that authors receive a 50% reward and the coin triggers on the tags: oneup,nft,splinterlands. It also rewards the Rising Star Games and Axie Buzz communities. Mon, 08 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-08Review: Pinmapple
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Pinmapple I've been reviewing web sites that interface with the HIVE blockchain. HIVE is building a collection of "distributed" web sites supported by the HIVE cryptocurrency. Pinmapple is a site that encourages users to add GeoData to the travel photos that they upload to HIVE. The site shows a map of the world that indicates the number of uploaded photos by region. Users can drill down to a location and see local photos. To pin a photo to the map, bloggers on HIVE need to drill down to the location of the photo click on the subject of the photo and receive an upload request. I clicked on Mt Olympus in Salt Lake County.. Pinmapple gave me the link code: [//]:# (!pinmapple 40.657528 lat -111.773520 long Mount Olympus d3scr) PinmappSun, 07 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-07Review: Waivio
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Waivio Waivio is the latest tribe to join the HIVE ecosystem. The tribe supplements HIVE rewards with [the WAIV token](https://hive-engine.com/?p=market&t=WAIV). The site has a clean interface that appears to have been designed with the Waivio Code on GitHub. So, the design for Waivio precedes most of the tribes. The site displays all HIVE posts. These are the RTW reviews by this account. The best part of Waivio is that the site allows people to log into the site with their Google or Facebook account. This allows the public to comment on posts without having to start a Hive account. Since Waivio is a publishing platform, I will publish full review on Waivio. The Scot Bot configuration shows that authors receive a 50% reward and the coSat, 06 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-06Review: PoshToken
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PoshToken I've been writing reviews for web sites in the HIVE ecosystem. HIVE is a blockchain that rewards users with cryptocurrencies. The site Hive Onboard has information about joining HIVE. For today's review I would like to look at the site Hive Posh which supplements HIVE rewards with the POSH Token. The Acronym POSH stands for "Proof of Share." The goal of this token is to encourage users on HIVE to share their posts on Twitter. To earn the token one needs to log into Twitter.com with one's Twitter account. The user can then associate a HIVE account with the twitter account. This association proves that the same user owns both accounts. After creating the association, the POSH Token web site will give a reward to any post to HIFri, 05 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-05Review: HiveFest
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HiveFest HiveFest is an annual convention for people interested in the HIVE Blockchain. Traditionally, the festival takes place at exotic locations such as Amsterdam (2016), Lisbon (2017), Kraków (2018) and Bangkok! Due to the pandemic, HiveFest 2021 will take place from November 12-13 in a virtual space using a virtual reality app called Alt-VR. Apparently one needs to install an app on a device to access the event. Registration is free for those who register before November 5th. The registration fee increases as the event approaches. So, I just registered. The HiveFest Youtube channel currently shows the presentations from HiveFest 2020. Thu, 04 Nov 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-11-04Review: Inktober
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InkTober Inktober is an annual Internet drawing event started by Jake Parker in 2009. The event challenges people to draw a picture a day for a month. The event was designed by professional artists who wanted a fun challenge that would help them improve their drawing skills. A few years ago I discovered that, with all of my years typing on a keyboard, I had lost the ability to write in pen much less draw. So I bought a glass dip pen and some India ink. A glass dip pen is a notoriously difficult instrument to use. Unlike traditional pens, one can't change the width of a stroke by pushing down harder or letting up for thin lines. So, I figured that I should start with a hard instrument. Personally, I think that gel pens are the best draFri, 01 Oct 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-10-01Review: Little Giant Ladder System
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Little Giant Ladder System: The Little Giant Ladder System is a remarkable device. It is a configurable heavy duty ladder that you can use as a leaning ladder, a step ladder or in a variety of 33 configurations. Notice how the legs are bowed out to give additional stability. The Little Giant Ladder is safer than most off the shelf ladders. Best of all, this state of the art ladder is both easy to transport and store. The Ladder is great for tasks about the home. Professionals also like the versatile structure and tend to grab the Little Giant Ladder first at the work site. Coupons .cf_image {padding: 2px 2px 2px 0;} .cf_description_text {font-size: 90%;} .cf_expiration_label {font-size: 90%; font-weight: 600;} .cf_expiration_textSat, 11 Sep 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-09-11Review: Cookies by Design
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Cookies by Design : Cookies by Design is a chain of bakeries that create cookie themed gift baskets and treats. You can order online and get a cookie display baked and presented by any of the 240 franchise in 218 cities. The store concept began as Cookie Bouquet by Gwen Willhite of Plano, Texas in 1983. The company began franchising in 1987 and changed their name to "Cookies by Design" in 2004. The company was acquired by Crumb Corps, LLC in December 2007 (businesswire). Wed, 01 Sep 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-09-01Review: Blue Host
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BlueHost: Looking for a quality discount webhost for your website, photo gallery, or blog? You would do well to check out BlueHost. I recently moved several sites (protophoto.com) to BlueHost and have been pleased with the performance and service. Services include advanced spam blocking tools, back up via Mozy and an easy to use control panel for maintaining the site and database. Mon, 23 Aug 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-08-23Review: Guitar Center
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Guitar Center: Guitar Center is a leading supplier of musical instruments. You will find great deals on guitars, base guitars, drums, amps and electronics to help push your band to the next level. If your dreams involve a large number of guitars (as in the picture below); then you will want to bookmark this site and visit often. Sun, 01 Aug 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-08-01Review: PeakD
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An Outsider Look at PeakD There is a growing number of web sites connected to the HIVE blockchain; so, I decided to write reviews for these sites. PeakD is a HIVE interface designed by GUI specialists. This full service site includes all of the primary functions of hive.blog including the ability to navigate all of the communities and users on the blockchain along with a full functioning wallet. As the site was designed by GUI experts, the site is easier to navigate than many of the other interfaces and includes additional helpful features. For example, the wallet displays the current exchange rate for HIVE. The upcoming payout pay shows total anticipated payouts. My favorite feature it that it shows rewards calculated to three digits inSun, 25 Jul 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-07-25Review: Proof of Brain
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Proof of Brain Proof of Brain is a Hive Tribe that supplements HIVE rewards with the POB token. The Scot Bot configuration shows a 50/50 reward split. The coin triggers on the tags: #proofofbrain and #pob Proof of Brain is one of the most promising tribes as the tribe's name captures the goal of Hive Blockchain experiment. The goal of the blockchain is to use crypto currency to find a way to reward human interaction on the chain. The POB Token is relatively new. It started with a minimum of coins and with an inflation rate that gradually tapers off. People tend to use POB as a generic coin. Most posts list POB along with four or five other tokens on their post. The result of this Tag Spam is that the ProofOfBrain.io web site has yetSat, 24 Jul 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-07-24Review: CentSocial
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CentSocial CentBlog is a HIVE Tribe by @anadolu that supplements posts with the CENT token. Posts by @anadolu indicate the the tribe will focus on economics and economic history. I believe that the token will reward posts in the Cent Community or that use the tags #cent and #economy. A unique aspect of the CENT tribe is that they appear to desire a stable coin (like HBD) instead of a free floating coin like HIVE. The coin aspires to trade for one cent. "cent" is short for one percent. Many countries have a coin called a "cent." Some of @anadolu's posts are in Turkish. One of the posts uses a the $ sign; So, I suspect that the CENT is based on the US Cent. HIVE is known for dramatic movements in price. The price of HIVE often doubles oMon, 12 Jul 2021 01:20:00 +0000http://irivers.com/kewl.html?dt=2021-07-12