Hive

hirohurl (68)in Liketu • yesterday
This Kuala Lumpur Cat Has Got Life Sorted!
I was in Kuala Lumpur to attend the tenth HiveFest, and our base was the KL Journal Hotel, which, it turns out, has its own resident cat that hangs out as a permanent fixture on…
$1.50
Pending payout amount: $1.50
Breakdown: 0.75 HBD, 5.59 HP
liketu: 3.00%
Payout in 6 days
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hirohurl (68)in HiveFest • 5 days ago
My Hive Fest Diary 2: I (just about) made it to the Opening Drinks! (My Shaggy Dog Arrival Story)
I had a window seat on my flight from Osaka to Kuala Lumpur, and as the plane began its descent over Kuala Lumpur I had a good look at the scene below when I began to notice the…
$21.27
Pending payout amount: $21.27
Breakdown: 10.63 HBD, 79.35 HP
Payout in 2 days
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hirohurl (68)in Liketu • 7 days ago
My Hive Fest Diary, 1: I made it to Osaka (Kansai International Airport)!
A couple of days ago I set off for my first ever Hive Fest in Kuala Lumpur. I was determined to travel light - carry on baggage only - and packed just one bag, actually a…
$7.25
Past Payouts $7.25
- Author $3.63
- Curators & beneficiaries $3.61
> liketu: $0.11
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hirohurl (68)in Liketu • 9 days ago
Celebrating the Mrs' Birthday - Best Meal of the Year...
It was the Mrs' birthday last Saturday so that evening I treated her to dinner at the best gourmet Italian restaurant in Hiroshima, which happens to be a two minute walk from our…
$1.43
Past Payouts $1.43
- Author $0.72
- Curators & beneficiaries $0.71
> liketu: $0.02
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hirohurl (68)in The Chess Community • 11 days ago
Can Cheap 7-11 Wine Inspire a Blitz Chess Victory?
It’s a late-night, midweek experiment: I'm out of beer but have got an el-cheapo 7-11 bottle of Chilean " Gran Andes Chardonnay " that I picked up for just under ¥600.…
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Past Payouts $1.06
- Author $0.54
- Curators $0.53
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hirohurl (68)in Liketu • 13 days ago
Alumna Revisits Her Old Classroom & Drags Sensei Out For Lunch!
Well, that was a laugh! One of my former students, Hiroshima's BMX Queen ( ), revisited college a few days ago and wanted to join one of my classes for old times' sake. I…
$1.25
Past Payouts $1.25
- Author $0.63
- Curators & beneficiaries $0.62
> liketu: $0.02
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hirohurl (68)in The Chess Community • 18 days ago
Is This Chess, or the Battle of Hastings?
Here are a couple of online blitz games I recently played against an opponent who had a penchant for flank pawn openings, moving pawns rather than pieces in the opening, and…
$2.19
Past Payouts $2.19
- Author $1.10
- Curators $1.09
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hirohurl (68)in #alive • 21 days ago
My Hive Progress Report for September 2025: Splinterlands Guild Target Hit!
The sweltering summer continued deep into September. It was only once we got past the equinox that the daytime heat and humidity became a bit less intense. The evenings are now…
$1.85
Past Payouts $1.85
- Author $0.94
- Curators $0.92
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hirohurl (68)in HiveFest • 25 days ago
🍻 My First HiveFest Ever! Kuala Lumpur Here I Come!
▶️ Watch on 3Speak I’m counting the days to the de-fi Hive blockchain HiveFest in Kuala Lumpur in October 2025. I can’t wait to meet in the flesh the people I’ve…
$7.93
Max accepted payout: $100,000.00
Past Payouts $7.93
- Author $3.98
- Curators & beneficiaries $3.96
> spk.beneficiary: $0.40
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hirohurl (68)in Liketu • 29 days ago
Grilled Meat in Middle Earth?
The daughter came to stay for a few days so we celebrated that auspicious event by trying out a recently opened local yakiniku - 焼き肉 (grilled meat) - restaurant. The flyer…
$2.30
Past Payouts $2.30
- Author $1.15
- Curators & beneficiaries $1.14
> liketu: $0.03
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hirohurl (68)in Liketu • last month
Iroha Karuta 9b: Is "Moon and Turtle" kinda like "The Moon and Sixpence"?
A few years ago I read Somerset Maugham's novel, "The Moon and Sixpence," about a London stockbroker who chucks in his comfortable but dull life and wife to become a painter in…
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Past Payouts $1.31
- Author $0.66
- Curators & beneficiaries $0.65
> liketu: $0.02
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hirohurl (68)in Liketu • last month
Summer Afternoon White Wine & Yuzu Spritzer
Last Thursday morning I rolled up at my bi-monthly community centre class to find a bag of green "yuzu" on my table, a gift from one of my students. "Yuzu" is a small east…
$2.33
Past Payouts $2.33
- Author $1.17
- Curators & beneficiaries $1.16
> liketu: $0.03
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roelandp (77)in HiveFest • last month
🌴 Welcome to the jungle! HiveFest Conf Day 2 Goes Green: ChainCulture Heads to Glasshouse Kuala Lumpur
HiveFest Day 2 lands at the stunning Glasshouse: a lush venue for our new free, cross-chain conference + 4 new speakers!
Countdown terminated on Oct 15, 2025, 7:00 AM
$97.47
Past Payouts $97.47
- Author $48.76
- Curators & beneficiaries $48.71
> hivefest: $48.73
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hirohurl (68)in #alive • last month
Better Late Than Never... My Hive Crypto Report for August 2025!
Here we are, well into the second half of September and still the days are stiflingly hot and humid as the long Hiroshima summer grinds on well past the dog days. How many more…
$1.68
Past Payouts $1.68
- Author $0.84
- Curators $0.83
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hirohurl (68)in Liketu • last month
A Chance Encounter With A BMX Queen
The weekend before last I was partying after presenting a paper to a "Shakespeare and Modern Writers" conference in Hiroshima and popped into Friendz bar for a nightcap when I…
$1.81
Past Payouts $1.81
- Author $0.91
- Curators & beneficiaries $0.90
> liketu: $0.03
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hirohurl (68)in The Chess Community • 2 months ago
Can I Win A Drunken Blitz Chess Game While Attempting to Commentate on the Game?
There's a Grandmaster called GingerGM who's a great entertainer when it comes to playing online chess and commentating at the same time. Granted, he quite often loses because…
$8.19
Past Payouts $8.19
- Author $4.10
- Curators $4.08
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hirohurl (68)in Liketu • 2 months ago
A Bit of DIY Chair Customization
The Mrs told me this morning that she was going to chuck out an office chair that has gone unused for ages. To chuck out big items in Japan, or at least in Hiroshima, where we…
$1.84
Past Payouts $1.84
- Author $0.93
- Curators & beneficiaries $0.91
> liketu: $0.03
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hirohurl (68)in #alive • 2 months ago
Testing Wealthy Affiliate’s New AI Logo Maker: DsgnPop Studio
The guys at WealthyAffiliate.com have just rolled out a brand-new ai logo designer tool inside the members’ area called DsgnPop Studio . I could do with a logo for one of my…
$0.92
Past Payouts $0.92
- Author $0.47
- Curators $0.45
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hirohurl (68)in Bitcoin Backed Hive • 2 months ago
What if we could use Bitcoin as collateral to borrow Hive Tokens...?
In a couple of my recent blog posts I've talked about (1) using Bitcoin as collateral to borrow USDT to exchange for HIVE , and (2) creating a Hive-based "flywheel" which…
$5.84
Past Payouts $5.84
- Author $2.93
- Curators $2.90
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hirohurl (68)in #alive • 2 months ago
Time for a change of focus for my Hive growth strategy? Enter the Flywheel!
A typhoon brought the temperature down a few degrees last weekend, but Obon - when the spirits of the Japanese ancestors return and people visit family graves and temples -…
$2.24
Past Payouts $2.24
- Author $1.13
- Curators $1.11
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