Hello Steemit Community,
My name is Andrew, but online I go by Tinswel. I am writing this to show everyone that I am a real person. In the past I have mostly used Facebook and other social media platforms as a passive observer. My friend Chance from @innerverse introduced me to this website through his podcast. I have looked into crypto currencies a bit, and while they are intriguing, many seem kind of complicated. For some reason this seems less intimidating and fun to try. I have been looking into building my own website but I have not yet taken action. It's so hard to decide on a domain name!
I can be quite shy about sharing myself with the world. I am hoping this might be a space I can use to help finally get past that. Right, now I am unsure about what kind of articles I will end up writing, but I have a few ideas!
Some broad subjects I am interested in are history, nature, science, spirituality, technology, and any type of art. Hiking, kayaking and camping are what I often want to do on the weekends. I also play various video games and have recently started a twitch stream. (www.twitch.tv/tinswel)
Here's a random selfy!
And this my dog Leela! Yes, after Futurama...
Well that's enough talking about me for now. I hope to see you all around!
Welcome to Steemit! I hope you like it here. :D
Which part of history are you interested in? I love the history of north-east Europe from 11th.-16th century and German history from 6th.-15th. century.
Thanks Orionvk! I can only think of a few things about those places and times. Would that be the start of the Russ? or more during the Golden Horde? Slavic migrations? I've recently come to realize how far reaching German tribes became after the Western Roman Empire fell. I am most familiar with the Greco-Roman world. Lately I've been reading up on the Celts. Also, pondering what was going on in the Americas pre-Columbus is endlessly fascinating.
Mostly the history of Estonia, Latvia and the merchant republic of Novgorod. I'm also familiar with the Kievan Rus but not so much with the Golden Horde.
The celts are really quite interesting. What are you reading about them?
That sounds interesting. Especially the merchant republic of Novgorod. I've never heard of that. One time, I met a couple from Latvia and shared a fire with them on top of a smokey mountain! Three books I've really enjoyed are, "The Druids" by Peter Berresford Ellis, "The Discovery of Middle Earth" by Graham Robb, and "The Conquest of Gaul" by Julius Caesar. Something interesting I just remembered reading is that the Celts(More Specifically Gauls) may have already had road systems in place before the Romans came along. That were even marked, which could explain how Caesar knew the distances between towns so well.
Thank you! That was fast!
Welcome to steemit! I'm new too. We all have knowledge and experience in different areas and different parts of the world. We all learn from others. So everyone's knowledge matters. Quit FB, it's just an NSA collection site.
I know right.I'm not very active on it anymore. Will the NSA not watch this site? Speaking of that...are there search engines built with privacy in mind?