rt395 in #hive-150329 • 3 days agoMineral Mondays #70 - Obsidian & Road Trip To The Utah Desert FinaleUnless you've been living under a non-volcanic rock, you've probably heard of obsidian. Popularized by Minecraft the past 15 years, obsidian is volcanic glass. Have lava, add…rt395 in #hive-150329 • 13 days agoThe Nuke Map USA EditionFound this map on a GAB post today and thought I should share. It's a nuke & fallout map of the United States created in 2015 with data from FEMA. It doesn't say who is nrt395 in #hive-174122 • 15 days agoRoad Trip To The Utah Desert! P.2I left off Sunday going into day 3. Since I had gotten enough topaz and red beryl on day 1 & 2 I decided to go look for some garrt395 in #hive-174122 • 18 days agoRoad Trip To The Utah Desert! P.1 I just got back from an awesome trip to the Utah desert and what an adventure it was. 30degree nights, 80degree days, brutal sunburn, gnats, mosquitos, flies and scorpions galore,rt395 in #hive-150329 • 24 days agoMineral Mondays #69 An Offer I Couldn't Refuse, BenitoiteThis past weekend was my old mineral club's annual gem & mineral show. It's a great event to pick up rare gems and minerals from serious collectors instead of commercial dealers.…rt395 in #hive-179017 • last monthRaindrops - My Entry Into Reflection Hunters Contest #61My entry this week is a bit different. It's a reflection of light through water bubbles. While at one of my customer's homes the other day I noticed the rooftop of their Tesla had these beautifurt395 in #hive-148441 • last monthMineral Mondays #68 - Gem O Rama The End Of An EraI received sad news the other day, the long running Gem & Mineral show, Gem O Rama, is permanently cancelled. Let me elaborate.  brewery! The place I went is called Shared Brewery in…rt395 in #hive-194913 • 2 months agoMineral Mondays #65 Mineral Photography I haven't been blogging much about minerals since I came back to Japan, but we have a big show coming up in a few weeks so I'm getting ready for that and I thought I'd share some…rt395 rebloggedjamesc in #privacy • last yearreCAPTCHA concerns for developers and end-usersConcerns over reCAPTCHA .. Not available in China Can't access reCAPTCHA from Beijing -- post A more recent example (Mar 8, 2018) is an attempted workrt395 rebloggedthemarkymark STEMGeeks Teamin #hive-163521 • 3 months agoCan the Steam Deck turbo charge Linux Gaming?If you haven't heard of the Steam Deck, it is Valve's new portable console that is set to change the gaming industry forever. The Steam Deck is a full blown PC in a portable…rt395 rebloggededicted in #hive-167922 • 4 months ago Blockchain Gaming: It's time to confuse machine learning. When I was a kid, chess had not yet been solved by computers. In fact, it was believed that computers would never be able to beatrt395 in #hive-163521 • 5 months agoMineral Mondays #63 Blue Forest Petrified WoodMineral Mondays #63 Blue Forest Petrified Wood While out at one of the mineral show a few weekends ago I was able to pick up one of my favorite petrified wood varieties, Blue Forest.  in two different locations about 120 miles apart. The first was a garage sale by a well known gem and mineral dealer, John Garsrt395 in #hive-125125 • 6 months agoHammer Smash PegmatitesThe other day I went out to an old, famous mineral collecting locality located right in the middle of the Inland Empire(Riverside & San Bernardino), California. The locality is called the Jensenrt395 in #hive-163521 • 7 months agoMineral Mondays #61 Uranium MineralsYa, I know it's Tuesday. I'm late! Being a mineral collector it is inevitable that you get to the more exotic & dangerous minerals to collect like lead, cinnabar(mercury)…rt395 in #hive-167922 • 8 months agoLearning About HIVE TokensI'm a bit late to the HIVE token economy, but better late than never. I've used HIVE Engine a few times in the past, to exchange the tokens I had for HIVE, not knowing what was…
