This is my 100th ULOG post since I discovered this awesome idea from Terry (@surpassinggoogle) who is also running @steemgigs witness. The concept is to help Steemians to find a topic for their daily blog, the topic is simply: themselves. ULOG is a log about you. I've been writing my ULOG posts every day except when the STEEM blockchain was down or when I was down myself during that terrible winter we had here in Australia.
Before we continue with the main subjects of today's ULOG, I would like to announce the winner of the "hidden" contest from my previous post ULOG 096 - Camping in Myall Lake NSW and little contest. In that post, I've asked my readers to spot something unusual in the following landscape photo:
The answer is a Guana or Monitor Lizard. It was on the morning of our last day camping at Myall Lake in NSW, Australia. The night was very cold and this big lizard was warming up on that tree as it was receiving a lot of sunshine. It wasn't spooked by my family when I called them to come and have a look nor was he spooked by me taking pictures of him, I even managed to get as closed as a couple of meters from him and take this close up shot with my iPhone 8 Plus with no extra lens.
Only three Steemians bothered come to read and comment on that post to give an answer but that was the purpose of this little hidden contest, reward those who engage. So again, thank you to (1) @for91days, (2) @gibic ("a Monitor in my monitor: 😂) and (3)@eoj for your participation. The winner of the random draw is:
Congratulations to @eoj for winning a 26 SP @smartvote member account worth 5 STEEM. What this gives you is a lifetime membership that will give you daily upvotes from @smartvote with 26 * 10 = 260 SP which at today's STEEM price is about $0.021 STU. You can increase this upvote value by either delegating more SP to @smartvote or buying SmartVote shares by sending 1 STEEM or more (round numbers) to @smartvote with this message in the MEMO add shares, for every 1 STEEM you send it will top-up your member account with 4 SP. To know more about SmartVote services, check the intro post or the website
As a consolation price, @for91days and @gibic, you will receive a humble 100% upvote from me 😊
Today in my life
Since couple of days ago, the weather has been terrible in my area of Australia. It's been raining constantly, the sky is grey and the weather is cold. Healthwise, I'm trying to reduce my time on the computer because I feel tired everyday and my eyesight is getting kind of blurry at times. It's not easy when you are a developer and blogger.
With the weather changing, I find it difficult to fall asleep at night and yesterday was the same. I woke up late and tired, so was my wife. So we decided to go and eat out. We chose a french restaurant in Terrigal, L'isle de France sur Mer. It's been over four years we were talking about trying one of the two french restaurants near us and it's only now that we finally managed to remember about actually going lol. At A$57 per person, it better be good! And it was really good indeed. I had a Parfait de foie de volaille as entrée and a Côte de boeuf for main dish. My wife had some Escargot des Tropiques and a Poisson façon Provence. Check their menu for a description of the dishes. Everything was perfectly cooked and we were not disappointed. Sorry no photo today as I wanted to keep in my pocket and enjoy the time and food.
Increased Steem Payout
Have you guys noticed payout of our posts have increased recently? My ULOG posts are usually averaging $2.50 STU but the last ones were averaging $4 STU.
This increase was not because the price of STEEM has increased. It's because we now have much less spammers ripping the reward pool thanks to the RC (Resource Credits) system introduced by the HF20. There are more reward left in the reward pool so genuine authors like you and I are not receiving bigger shares. So there is indeed something good in all of this after all.
This is now time to post daily, you can earn more STEEM from the post payouts even if the price of STEEM is still low. It's time to start joining the @ulog movement and post every day!
Previously on my Ulog:
- ULOG 099 - Kid at work
- vULOG 098 - My Steemit story in response to @bobaphet & @kawaiicrush
- ULOG 097 - Pokarekare Ana short ukulele cover
- ULOG 096 - Camping in Myall Lake NSW and little contest
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I do admire you on your commitment to writing the 100th Ulog. For me, I have stopped at nearly 30 after some incidents.
However, it has brought more encouragement that I will continue to write more again.
Thank you for being such an awesome person on Steem.
I almost dropped it many times but I had to fight myself and still post something up. I once went to bed already and realised I didn’t post anything that day so I woke up and find something to post about 🤣
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That's pure commitment and dedication. I will follow you from next week :)
Hello @quochuy! Congratulations on your 100th Ulog post. You are very consistent and faithful in writing ulog posts. I admire your dedication and consistency. Yes, the only time that you didn't post religiously was when you were sick and the time when Steemit was in the process of upgrading to HF20. Other than that, you're on Steemit every day with your new ulog posts. It's an amazing achievement. Well done!
I wish I was able to read that post and join the contest. I like games like that. What a shame I missed it! But great job to those who read your post and participated in the contest.
Keep steeming, my friend!!!
By the way, I can't really say for sure that my steem payout for me has increased. Because prior to HF20, my posts payouts were not constant. But anyway I'm very happy to see that my posts get to over $1.5 payout.
That’s great. You sure deserve it.
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Thank you @evlachsblog 😊
Don't worry, there should be more contest coming soon, you are one of my "regulars" 😂 so I'm sure you will have another opportunity 😊
Haha!!! I will stand by and keep an eye on your future contest. I like reading your ulog posts. Your other posts, to be honest, are hard to understand as much as I'd like to be able to comprehend every technical word, or anything that relates to crypto, blockchain or your job as a witness. hahah!
Thanks for the feedback, especially the witness side of things as I try to get some witness info to non technical users too. I’m planning to make a series of witness updates for non techies at some point. Still thinking of a format, maybe a video would suit better
Congratulations on your 100th #ulog! I just started yesterday and you have inspired me to keep it up. Thanks!
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Thank you. I see you like fishing too. What kind of fish do you usually catch in your area?
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We have bass and trout and a lot of panfish. We also have carp and catfish and in one lake I know of we even have tiger-muskie. The muskie is a bucket list fish for me. They are really smart and so, hard to catch.
I won, wow! Thanks so much, and congrats on #100!!!
Thank you and congratulations too!
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Tuyệt vời! Hèn chi mấy nay em thấy payout tăng lên hẳn :D
Lúc này nên viết bài thường xuyên
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