Cars raced past him, mere inches from the narrow bicycle lane, as he strode across New Young’s Bay Bridge into the labyrinthine streets of Astoria. He was denied refuge from the rain by an eatery that couldn’t muster enough workforce to open its doors. Along the coast, job openings were plentiful, but paltry wages offered […]
Author: cleanshave
XH5 Quarterly Report – Month 039
The Stellar Drones are Headless Hello Friends, On March 1st, 2023 Keybase dropped support for the .pub domain used to host files for web access. This means that the Stellar Drone home domain will never again be a source of information about the Stellar Drones. It will no longer point to a toml nor will […]
XH5 Monthly Report 037
Coming to America Hello Friends, This is my last month living in Mexico for a while, time to head back to the United States to live in the backcountry desert of Arizona. The good thing about XH5 is that other than my regular token buyback schedule, it is completely automated. Even if I die of […]
Future Dreaming
When you’ve just finished building the future but nobody knows… QmcM1aKFTnm64Gf8pm1FQ3C1wXGw7yb8qtjUKyRge4Y5Wq
Stellar Drones: Chapter 1
“Money is the most important thing,” Siemens said, raising his glass of expensive Macallan single malt whisky, “He who understands it, prospers, those who don’t, suffer.” Alicia Bold nodded in agreement, impressed by the toast. Ned, on the other hand, couldn’t help but wonder if he should correct Siemens’s misquotation of Einstein’s famous phrase about […]
XH5 Monthly Report 036
Still Here Hello Friends, I apologize for not posting last month’s report as promised. The truth is, there hasn’t been much to report on lately with the Shave Vault being permanently locked. Most of the XH5 token redemption is now fully automated, which means there isn’t much for me to do on that front, and […]
XH5 Monthly Report 034
One Step Forward, Three Steps Back Hello Friends, Last month XH5 took a huge step forward when the Shave Vault was permanently locked on October 6th. For three years I have been making donations into that account in order to repurchase the outstanding XH5 tokens that have been given away. Now, with the account locked, […]
XH5 Monthly Report 033
Three Years Old! Hello Friends, I can hardly believe that it has been three years since XH5 was created! I was incredibly excited by the fact that XH5 had surpassed 1 million trades prior to its third anniversary. Unfortunately, the number of trades I had been tracking for months was soon altered on Stellar.Expert. It […]
XH5 Monthly Report 032
What a Month! Hello Friends, First, I’d like to apologize for my blog being down. I’ve had problems with where it’s being hosted and have been in the middle of a move back to Mexico. Once things get settled it will be back up and running. You may have also noticed that the XH5 Monthly […]
Heartbroken in El Charco
After losing a large chunk of unpublished work written over the last ten years, one of the saddest losses of my life, and a huge blow to my potential future income, a hike is exactly what I needed. #itsjustbooks #welcometothejungle #dramaqueen