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Rare, Ltd., also known simply as Rare and, formerly, Rareware, is a British video game development company with approximately 200 employees. They have developed a huge amount of games. Rare has two studios: one in Twycross, in Leicestershire, England and one in Digbeth, in Birmingham, England.

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Communities are hard. They are hard to build, hard to maintain, and hard to grow. But, building communities has been one of the most rewarding things in my career, because I met so many amazing people and was forced to learn and do things out of my comfort zone. I remember over 10 years ago I attended my first small tech conference - CouchConf in Berlin. Luckily there was a BerlinJS Meetup happening around the same time and I was blown away by the community and the people. They have a GitHub repository set up for the website and talks are submitted as GitHub Issues. I was amazed by the simplicity and transparency of the process, so I forked the repo and founded BarcelonaJS a few weeks later. This was the start of my own organizers' journey. A little anecdote of a regular and very frustrating experience: You spent hours preparing, communicating, finding and inviting speakers, finding and securing a date & venue, talking to sponsors for food and drinks all to put together a great event. And when the time comes you're sitting there alone or with a fraction of the people you thought would come, because Meetup says "150 people RSVPed YES". And in one rare occasion that was just bad luck with the weather, but more often when I talked to people afterward I heard this: This is amazing, I wish I'd been there, but I did not know! This phrase was the motivation for me to start exploring GitHub as a community tool because GitHub is one of the most amazing platforms for automation and that's what you need to do as an organizer: automate the crap out of everything to publish the event on Eventbrite, Meetup, Twitter, Facebook, Telegram Groups, WhatsApp, Email, Calendar, etc. etc. etc. and do that 2 weeks before, 1 week before, 3 days before, 1 day before, 1 hour before the event so nobody can say afterward: "I did not know about this". Because in the end, you're not doing this for yourself but for the community. During my travels, I came across Node.js and JavaScript communities on Meetup with thousands of members, but not a single upcoming or recent event. This can happen for many reasons, but it's often because the organizers do not have time or have moved on to other things, and it's hard to find a successor to keep things running. Meetup and other platforms are great for the discovery of communities and events, but they make it hard for members to reach out to the community in case an organizer is no longer active and to take over / revive the community. As a developer, I spend a lot of time on GitHub and am familiar with the tools and workflows, so I started exploring on how to use GitHub as a community platform. Benefits of using GitHub for Community Building Open Source & Open Community The first and most obvious benefit is that public repositories on GitHub are Open Source. This means all the content, issues, and discussions are public and can be forked, copied, and reused by anyone. This is great for communities because it means that if the community is abandoned, anyone can fork it and continue the work. It also means that if you want to start a new community, you can fork an existing one and adapt it to your needs. GitHub has user/team/organization management built in, so you don't need to build anything yourself. It's easy to invite someone into the organization or to add teams with different permissions of the organization. Most of us know how to use GitHub and visit the site on a daily basis, so there's no need to bookmark additional sites for database administration, content management or other tools. With GitHub Actions, we can run automated tasks on a schedule or on demand, and with GitHub Pages we can host our community website for free. Building in Public & Transparency For me, one of the most important benefits of building a community on GitHub is full transparency and open communication. Everything[1] is public, so there's no need to worry about who has access to what. This means that anyone can contribute to the community, and anyone can see what's going on. This is great for building trust and for building a community that is inclusive and welcoming to everyone. My aim with communities like BarcelonaJS, CDC etc. was/is to create free and open spaces for developers to share and connect. And "free" is where transparency comes in. In the past, I always kept my hands off financial contributions. If a company wanted to sponsor, they could order food or drinks directly to the venue, but I wouldn't facilitate. Thanks to the , this has become much easier and we're now able to accept financial contributions and make them transparent to the community. These are used for example to pay for the domain(s), to get food and drinks, run ad campaigns etc. Open Collective [1] of course, you can also create a private repo for internal organizers discussions etc. Drawbacks & Caveats GitHub is not a Community/Event Platform like Meetup, so there are some caveats. I've grown used to treating Issues as "Events" or "Talk Proposals" and GitHub Issue Forms to structure submissions. But it's not ideal and takes time for newcomers to understand "Create an issue to submit a talk". There are no "comfort features" to pick a date, location on a map, etc. and trigger a simple email notification to hundreds of people. The Open (Developer) Community This entire concept is primarily focusing on developers and engineers, as it evolves around GitHub and IssueOps. To give an idea of my previous experience, here are a few communities and conferences I've helped build: , 2012 - 2018 BarcelonaJS Hackers & Founders Barcelona, 2012 - 2015 Node.js Barcelona Meetup Group, 2012 - 2018 Couchbase Barcelona Meetup, 2012 - 2015 NodeConf Barcelona, 2015, 2016, 2017 MediterráneaJS, 2015 2018 - 2021 CyprusJS 2020 - present Cyprus Developer Community While building these, I've continuously worked on a set of tools, workflows and automation to make the lives of organizers easier, because it's such a tough and often thankless job. So here's my of how I construct a public community on GitHub. Open Community Concept Labels & Structure The first step is to set up a GitHub organization and create two repositories: events talks The names are obvious: in the events repository are , and in the talks repository are templates for submitting . Talks can be linked to events to build up an agenda and, if you manage to get engagement from the community (remember: it's hard!), comments and reactions such as 👍 or ❤️ can be used to vote on talks. templates for creating new events talk proposals You can also use a to manage the event lifecycle through the proposal, scheduling and announcement phases: GitHub Project In Cyprus, we added labels for the different regions on the island, but most importantly an "Approved" label is needed. All new issues are created with the "Event" label, but only someone with "triage" permission (organizers team) can "approve" the event. This is important to avoid spam and to make sure the event is relevant. Now that there's an organization, some repos with issues and some structure in place, it's time to automate. GitEvents / goes and started with the name as a collaboration "hack weekend" between the London Node User Group (LNUG) and the Barccelona Node.js Group. Back then, GitHub Actions didn't exist and we tried to use Webhooks for issues to build up structured data for GitHub Hosted websites based on Meetup.com data. The setup was cumbersome and the project was abandoned for a while. GitEvents GitEvents on GitHub way back (2014) gitup Today, is a simple set of GitHub Actions to automate issue workflows. "Git Ops" for meetups and events. All that's needed is a GitHub Organization and a GitHub App. Some of the features are: GitEvents : Any interaction with GitHub repositories, issues or discussions triggers a workflow to invite the user to the GitHub organization and adds them to the "Community Members" team. The permissions are the same as for the public, but a little "growth & engagement hack" is that you can @-mention all community members in issues. This is great for announcements, but shouldn't be abused, otherwise you quickly lose members. Inclusive Org : I put together a set of simple templates for events, talks, code of conduct replies etc. to quickly get started with GitEvents. Issue Templates : are re-usable GitHub Workflows to automate marketing and common tasks such as emailing/tweeting/blueskying members, creating/updating events on Discord, EventBrite, Meetup etc. Broadcast : is a GitHub Action to generate iCal files for events. is a standard for calendar events. People can just add this as a subscription to their calendar to keep up to date with community events. We created a redirect to the github file, so people can subscribe to the calendar with a simple link: . ICS iCal https://calendar.cdc.cy Everything is "plug and play" so you can pick the Actions you like and it's relatively easy to compose them into a workflow. For examples, check out the . Cyprus Developer Community Workflows If you'd like to get started with GitEvents and need some help, please reach out on our GitEvents is a work in progress and there's always especially with integrations to other platforms etc. If you want to help, please get in touch. Discord Server a lot to do GitHub Issue Forms Issue Forms are still a relatively little-known feature on GitHub. Instead of a regular Markdown templates, a with a form configuration. YAML file can be provided This is pretty cool to get structured input, but once saved as "Issue", the data is semantically useless because it's just Markdown. I've experimented with Milestones, Markdown headers, Labels etc. to add semantic information like dates, locations etc. to an issue, but nothing worked well. So I started building . This helps to parse an issue that was created through a form to extract dates, links, images, lists etc. and convert them into structured JSON data. This can directly be passed on to other platforms like Discord, EventBrite, Meetup, etc. or used in mailings, tweets etc. GitHub Issue Forms Body Parser The as a library to parse any Markdown text. Only recently I realized entire files can be parsed for structuring data for a website: Issue Forms Body Parser is also available on npm README.md query ($organization: String!, $repository: String!) {
  repository(owner: $organization, name: $repository) {
    id
    name
    object(expression: "main:README.md") {
      ... on Blob {
        text
      }
    }
  }
} This is the query to retrieve file content from the branch of a repository, and you can pass that into the "body parser": main const structuredData = await bodyParser(readmeFile()?.repository.object.text) Instead of keeping yet another copy of your community description, you can now fetch the section from the file and use it on your website. About README.md GraphQL API With the latest website I wanted to explore and push the boundaries of what's possible with Issues, files and structured JSON data and I'm fairly pleased with the result: https://cdc.cy README.md most of the website content is fetched from or files on GitHub; everyone can edit, no CMS or account etc. required README.md .json upcoming and past events are based on GitHub issues (approved & event-labelled issues on the repo) events organizers are fetched from GitHub Team Members Events can be annotated/enhanced with proper location data from a "common locations" file Speaker profiles are entirely based on GitHub User Profiles, we can fetch avatars, bio (readme), location, etc. and build pretty speaker profile pages We can display some stats such as "number of members of the organization", "number of past/upcoming events" etc. All of these features were possible through the and by parsing the Markdown files with the body parser. GraphQL API Summary & Outlook I've been working on this concept for a while and it's still changing shape every once in a while. But the basic ideas I've adopted from BerlinJS haven't changed: : everything is public and transparent, and everyone is welcome (as long as they follow the Code of Conduct) Open Community Events and Talks/Proposals are issues in a repository Labels help with structure and automation Building all of this has taken a lot of time and energy and there are still lots of things missing I don't have time for: proper email integration with schedules, reminders, etc. finalize EventBrite integration add Meetup integration add WhatsApp/Telegram/Slack integration improve issue handling, and automatic comments (ie. Code of Conduct reminder, follow-up reminder etc.) If you think this can help you and your community and want to get involved in piecing the puzzle together, please reach out on the , on or directly on one of the . gitevents Discord Server GitHub Discussions GitHub Issues If you're in or , please join and support the local developer groups. Cyprus Barcelona Random Organizers Thoughts, Tips & Tricks from personal experience Venues: picking a company office as a venue is easy, but has lots of drawbacks. It's easy to manipulate people once you have them in the office (look at our cool place, we even have a cocktail bar!). Remember the company has different motives than you (recruiting, marketing, etc.). Sometimes there may even be conflicts, that people aren't allowed to visit the competitors' office. If possible, I prefer "neutral" co-working and event spaces and thanks to Open Collective you can get sponsorships to pay for the venue with fair (recruiting/marketing/etc) rules for everyone. Reminders: we're all busy and it's easy to forget things. Not everyone is as engaged, motivated & psyched about the event as you are, so regular reminders keep people engaged and help to build a habit. Find a good cadence for reminders, and do not overdo it and spam people. Different media work for different people, so I try to cover as many as possible. Scarcity "I've noticed that announcing the event just one week before it's happening and having a limited amount of seats works better then releasing month in advance with 100+ capacity" – Dmitry Zaets, BarcelonaJs Perks: "Giveaways are fun, and giving away tickets to conferences and other stuff can be nice perks for attending" – Dmitry Zaets, BarcelonaJs Consistency: "Establish a realistic schedule from the outset. Whether it's a monthly meetup or a quarterly conference, consistency is key. Create a roadmap, allocate responsibilities, and stick to the plan. This not only keeps your audience engaged but also helps in building a reliable community." – Federico Rampazzo, CDC.cy Finding Speakers: "Don't be afraid to approach experts who might be willing to share their insights. A lot of your members are likely to have interesting stories worth sharing! It can be an enriching experience for them as much as for the community. Taking photos, videos, audio recording of the events is valuable and help the speakers in their speaking career, as well as increasing the reach of the event." – Federico Rampazzo, CDC.cy

GitHub and the Art of Building Open Communities

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GitHub und die Kunst, offene Communities aufzubauen

GitHub y el arte de construir comunidades abiertas

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Dick Sands the Boy Captain by Jules Verne, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book . A RESCUE here A RESCUE At the sound of Dick's voice all the crew, in a moment, were upon the alert. The men who were not on watch rushed to the deck, and Captain Hull hurried from his cabin to the bows. Mrs. Weldon, Nan, and even Cousin Benedict leaned over the starboard taffrails, eager to get a glimpse of what had thus suddenly attracted the attention of the young apprentice. With his usual indifference, Negoro did not leave his cabin, and was the only person on board who did not share the general excitement. Speculations were soon rife as to what could be the nature of the floating object which could be discerned about three miles ahead. Suggestions of various character were freely made. One of the sailors declared that it looked to him only like an abandoned raft, but Mrs. Weldon observed quickly that if it were a raft it might be carrying some unfortunate shipwrecked men who must be rescued if possible. Cousin Benedict asserted that it was nothing more nor less than a huge sea-monster; but the captain soon arrived at the conviction that it was the hull of a vessel that had heeled over on to its side, an opinion with which Dick thoroughly coincided, and went so far as to say that he believed he could make out the copper keel glittering in the sun. "Luff, Bolton, luff!" shouted Captain Hull to the helmsman; "we will at any rate lose no time in getting alongside." "Ay, ay, sir," answered the helmsman, and the "Pilgrim" in an instant was steered according to orders. In spite, however, of the convictions of the captain and Dick, Cousin Benedict would not be moved from his opinion that the object of their curiosity was some huge cetacean. "It is certainly dead, then," remarked Mrs. Weldon; "it is perfectly motionless." "Oh, that's because it is asleep," said Benedict, who, although he would have willingly given up all the whales in the ocean for one rare specimen of an insect, yet could not surrender his own belief. "Easy, Bolton, easy!" shouted the captain when they were getting nearer the floating mass; "don't let us be running foul of the thing; no good could come from knocking a hole in our side; keep out from it a good cable's length." "Ay, ay, sir," replied the helmsman, in his usual cheery way; and by an easy turn of the helm the "Pilgrim's" course was slightly modified so as to avoid all fear of collision. The excitement of the sailors by this time had become more intense. Ever since the distance had been less than a mile all doubt had vanished, and it was certain that what was attracting their attention was the hull of a capsized ship. They knew well enough the established rule that a third of all salvage is the right of the finders, and they were filled with the hope that the hull they were nearing might contain an undamaged cargo, and be "a good haul," to compensate them for their ill-success in the last season. A quarter of an hour later and the "Pilgrim" was within half a mile of the deserted vessel, facing her starboard side. Water-logged to her bulwarks, she had heeled over so completely that it would have been next to impossible to stand upon her deck. Of her masts nothing was to be seen; a few ends of cordage were all that remained of her shrouds, and the try-sail chains were hanging all broken. On the starboard flank was an enormous hole. "Something or other has run foul of her," said Dick. "No doubt of that," replied the captain; "the only wonder is that she did not sink immediately." "Oh, how I hope the poor crew have been saved!" exclaimed Mrs Weldon. "Most probably," replied the captain, "they would all have taken to the boats. It is as likely as not that the ship which did the mischief would continue its course quite unconcerned" "Surely, you cannot mean," cried Mrs Weldon, "that any one could be capable of such inhumanity?" "Only too probable," answered Captain Hull, "unfortunately, such instances are very far from rare" He scanned the drifting ship carefully and continued,- "No, I cannot see any sign of boats here, I should guess that the crew have made an attempt to get to land, at such a distance as this, however, from America or from the islands of the Pacific I should be afraid that it must be hopeless." "Is it not possible," asked Mrs Weldon, "that some poor creature may still survive on board, who can tell what has happened?" "Hardly likely, madam; otherwise there would have been some sort of a signal in sight. But it is a matter about which we will make sure." The captain waved his hand a little in the direction in which he wished to go, and said quietly,- "Luff, Bolton, luff a bit!" The "Pilgrim" by this time was not much more than three cables' lengths from the ship, there was still no token of her being otherwise than utterly deserted, when Dick Sands suddenly exclaimed,- "Hark! if I am not much mistaken, that is a dog barking!" Every one listened attentively; it was no fancy on Dick's part, sure enough a stifled barking could be heard, as if some unfortunate dog had been imprisoned beneath the hatchways; but as the deck was not yet visible, it was impossible at present to determine the precise truth. Mrs Weldon pleaded,- "If it is only a dog, captain, let it be saved." "Oh, yes, yes, mamma, the dog must be saved!" cried [Illustration: Negoro had approached without being noticed by any one] little Jack; "I will go and get a bit of sugar ready for it." "A bit of sugar, my child, will not be much for a starved dog." "Then it shall have my soup, and I will do without," said the boy, and he kept shouting, "Good dog! good dog!" until he persuaded himself that he heard the animal responding to his call. The vessels were now scarcely three hundred feet apart; the barking was more and more distinct, and presently a great dog was seen clinging to the starboard netting. It barked more desperately than ever. "Howick," said Captain Hull, calling to the boatswain, "heave to, and lower the small boat." The sails were soon trimmed so as to bring the schooner to a standstill within half a cable's length of the disabled craft, the boat was lowered, and the captain and Dick, with a couple of sailors, went on board. The dog kept up a continual yelping; it made the most vigourous efforts to retain its hold upon the netting, but perpetually slipped backwards and fell off again upon the inclining deck. It was soon manifest, however, that all the noise the creature was making was not directed exclusively towards those who were coming to its rescue, and Mrs. Weldon could not divest herself of the impression that there must be some survivors still on board. All at once the animal changed its gestures. Instead of the crouching attitude and supplicating whine with which it seemed to be imploring the compassion of those who were nearing it, it suddenly appeared to become bursting with violence and furious with rage. "What ails the brute?" exclaimed Captain Hull. But already the boat was on the farther side of the wrecked ship, and the captain was not in a position to see that Negoro the cook had just come on to the schooner's deck, or that it was obvious that it was against him that the dog had broken out in such obstreperous fury. Negoro had approached without being noticed by any one; he made his way to the forecastle, whence, without a word or look of surprise, he gazed a moment at the dog, knitted his brow, and, silent and unobserved as he had come, retired to his kitchen. As the boat had rounded the stern of the drifting hull, it had been observed that the one word "Waldeck" was painted on the aft-board, but that there was no intimation of the port to which the ship belonged. To Captain Hull's experienced eye, however, certain details of construction gave a decided confirmation to the probability suggested by her name that she was of American build. Of what had once been a fine brig of 500 tons burden this hopeless wreck was now all that remained. The large hole near the bows indicated the place where the disastrous shock had occurred, but as, in the heeling over, this aperture had been carried some five or six feet above the water, the vessel had escaped the immediate foundering which must otherwise have ensued; but still it wanted only the rising of a heavy swell to submerge the ship at any time in a few minutes. It did not take many more strokes to bring the boat close to the larboard bulwark, which was half out of the water, and Captain Hull obtained a view of the whole length of the deck. It was clear from end to end. Both masts had been snapped off within two feet of their sockets, and had been swept away with shrouds, stays, and rigging. Not a single spar was to be seen floating anywhere within sight of the wreck, a circumstance from which it was to be inferred that several days at least had elapsed since the catastrophe. Meantime the dog, sliding down from the taffrail, got to the centre hatchway, which was open. Here it continued to bark, alternately directing its eyes above deck and below. "Look at that dog!" said Dick; "I begin to think there must be somebody on board." "If so," answered the captain, "he must have died of hunger; the water of course has flooded the store-room." "No," said Dick; "that dog wouldn't look like that if there were nobody there alive." [Illustration: The dog began to swim slowly and with manifest weakness towards the boat.] Taking the boat as close as was prudent to the wreck, the captain and Dick called and whistled repeatedly to the dog, which after a while let itself slip into the sea, and began to swim slowly and with manifest weakness towards the boat. As soon as it was lifted in, the animal, instead of devouring the piece of bread that was offered him, made its way to a bucket containing a few drops of fresh water, and began eagerly to lap them up. "The poor wretch is dying of thirst!" said Dick. It soon appeared that the dog was very far from being engrossed with its own interests. The boat was being pushed back a few yards in order to allow the captain to ascertain the most convenient place to get alongside the "Waldeck," when the creature seized Dick by the jacket, and set up a howl that was almost human in its piteousness. It was evidently in a state of alarm that the boat was not going to return to the wreck. The dog's meaning could not be misunderstood. The boat was accordingly brought against the larboard side of the vessel, and while the two sailors lashed her securely to the "Waldeck's" cat-head, Captain Hull and Dick, with the dog persistently accompanying them, clambered, after some difficulty, to the open hatchway between the stumps of the masts, and made their way into the hold. It was half full of water, but perfectly destitute of cargo, its sole contents being the ballast sand which had slipped to larboard, and now served to keep the vessel on her side. One glance was sufficient to convince the captain that there was no salvage to be effected. "There is nothing here; nobody here," he said. "So I see," said the apprentice, who had made his way to the extreme fore-part of the hold. "Then we have only to go up again," remarked the captain. They ascended the ladder, but no sooner did they reappear upon the deck than the dog, barking irrepressibly, began trying manifestly to drag them towards the stern. Yielding to what might be called the importunities of the dog, they followed him to the poop, and there, by the dim glimmer admitted by the sky-light, Captain Hull made out the forms of five bodies, motionless and apparently lifeless, stretched upon the floor. One after another, Dick hastily examined them all, and emphatically declared it to be his opinion, that not one or them had actually ceased to breathe; whereupon the captain did not lose a minute in summoning the two sailors to his aid, and although it was far from an easy task, he succeeded in getting the five unconscious men, who were all negroes, conveyed safely to the boat. The dog followed, apparently satisfied. With all possible speed the boat made its way back again to the "Pilgrim," a girt-line was lowered from the mainyard, and the unfortunate men were raised to the deck. "Poor things!" said Mrs. Weldon, as she looked compassionately on the motionless forms. "But they are not dead," cried Dick eagerly; "they are not dead; we shall save them all yet!" "What's the matter with them?" asked Cousin Benedict, looking at them with utter bewilderment. "We shall hear all about them soon, I dare say," said the captain, smiling; "but first we will give them a few drops of rum in some water." Cousin Benedict smiled in return. "Negoro!" shouted the captain. At the sound of the name, the dog, who had hitherto been quite passive, growled fiercely, showed his teeth, and exhibited every sign of rage. The cook did not answer. "Negoro!" again the captain shouted, and the dog became yet more angry. At this second summons Negoro slowly left his kitchen, but no sooner had he shown his face upon the deck than the animal made a rush at him, and would unquestionably have seized him by the throat if the man had not knocked him back with a poker which he had brought with him in his hand. The infuriated beast was secured by the sailors, and prevented from inflicting any serious injury. "Do you know this dog?" asked the captain. "Know him? Not I! I have never set eyes on the brute in my life." "Strange!" muttered Dick to himself; "there is some mystery here. We shall see." About HackerNoon Book Series: We bring you the most important technical, scientific, and insightful public domain books. This book is part of the public domain. Jules Verne (2005). Dick sands, the boy Captain. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. Retrieved October 2022 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3250.html.images This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at , located at . www.gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html

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Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne, is part of the HackerNoon Books Series. You can jump to any chapter in this book . Chapter III here CHAPTER THIRD. The Doctor’s Friend.—The Origin of their Friendship.—Dick Kennedy at London.—An unexpected but not very consoling Proposal.—A Proverb by no means cheering.—A few Names from the African Martyrology.—The Advantages of a Balloon.—Dr. Ferguson’s Secret. Dr. Ferguson had a friend—not another self, indeed, an , for friendship could not exist between two beings exactly alike. alter ego But, if they possessed different qualities, aptitudes, and temperaments, Dick Kennedy and Samuel Ferguson lived with one and the same heart, and that gave them no great trouble. In fact, quite the reverse. Dick Kennedy was a Scotchman, in the full acceptation of the word—open, resolute, and headstrong. He lived in the town of Leith, which is near Edinburgh, and, in truth, is a mere suburb of . Sometimes he was a fisherman, but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter, and that was nothing remarkable for a son of Caledonia, who had known some little climbing among the Highland mountains. He was cited as a wonderful shot with the rifle, since not only could he split a bullet on a knife-blade, but he could divide it into two such equal parts that, upon weighing them, scarcely any difference would be perceptible. Auld Reekie Kennedy’s countenance strikingly recalled that of Herbert Glendinning, as Sir Walter Scott has depicted it in “The Monastery”; his stature was above six feet; full of grace and easy movement, he yet seemed gifted with herculean strength; a face embrowned by the sun; eyes keen and black; a natural air of daring courage; in fine, something sound, solid, and reliable in his entire person, spoke, at first glance, in favor of the bonny Scot. The acquaintanceship of these two friends had been formed in India, when they belonged to the same regiment. While Dick would be out in pursuit of the tiger and the elephant, Samuel would be in search of plants and insects. Each could call himself expert in his own province, and more than one rare botanical specimen, that to science was as great a victory won as the conquest of a pair of ivory tusks, became the doctor’s booty. These two young men, moreover, never had occasion to save each other’s lives, or to render any reciprocal service. Hence, an unalterable friendship. Destiny sometimes bore them apart, but sympathy always united them again. Since their return to England they had been frequently separated by the doctor’s distant expeditions; but, on his return, the latter never failed to go, not to for hospitality, but to bestow some weeks of his presence at the home of his crony Dick. ask The Scot talked of the past; the doctor busily prepared for the future. The one looked back, the other forward. Hence, a restless spirit personified in Ferguson; perfect calmness typified in Kennedy—such was the contrast. After his journey to the Thibet, the doctor had remained nearly two years without hinting at new explorations; and Dick, supposing that his friend’s instinct for travel and thirst for adventure had at length died out, was perfectly enchanted. They would have ended badly, some day or other, he thought to himself; no matter what experience one has with men, one does not travel always with impunity among cannibals and wild beasts. So, Kennedy besought the doctor to tie up his bark for life, having done enough for science, and too much for the gratitude of men. The doctor contented himself with making no reply to this. He remained absorbed in his own reflections, giving himself up to secret calculations, passing his nights among heaps of figures, and making experiments with the strangest-looking machinery, inexplicable to everybody but himself. It could readily be guessed, though, that some great thought was fermenting in his brain. “What can he have been planning?” wondered Kennedy, when, in the month of January, his friend quitted him to return to London. He found out one morning when he looked into the . Daily Telegraph “Merciful Heaven!” he exclaimed, “the lunatic! the madman! Cross Africa in a balloon! Nothing but that was wanted to cap the climax! That’s what he’s been bothering his wits about these two years past!” Now, reader, substitute for all these exclamation points, as many ringing thumps with a brawny fist upon the table, and you have some idea of the manual exercise that Dick went through while he thus spoke. When his confidential maid-of-all-work, the aged Elspeth, tried to insinuate that the whole thing might be a hoax— “Not a bit of it!” said he. “Don’t I know my man? Isn’t it just like him? Travel through the air! There, now, he’s jealous of the eagles, next! No! I warrant you, he’ll not do it! I’ll find a way to stop him! He! why if they’d let him alone, he’d start some day for the moon!” On that very evening Kennedy, half alarmed, and half exasperated, took the train for London, where he arrived next morning. Three-quarters of an hour later a cab deposited him at the door of the doctor’s modest dwelling, in Soho Square, Greek Street. Forthwith he bounded up the steps and announced his arrival with five good, hearty, sounding raps at the door. Ferguson opened, in person. “Dick! you here?” he exclaimed, but with no great expression of surprise, after all. “Dick himself!” was the response. “What, my dear boy, you at London, and this the mid-season of the winter shooting?” “Yes! here I am, at London!” “And what have you come to town for?” “To prevent the greatest piece of folly that ever was conceived.” “Folly!” said the doctor. “Is what this paper says, the truth?” rejoined Kennedy, holding out the copy of the , mentioned above. Daily Telegraph “Ah! that’s what you mean, is it? These newspapers are great tattlers! But, sit down, my dear Dick.” “No, I won’t sit down!—Then, you really intend to attempt this journey?” “Most certainly! all my preparations are getting along finely, and I—” “Where are your traps? Let me have a chance at them! I’ll make them fly! I’ll put your preparations in fine order.” And so saying, the gallant Scot gave way to a genuine explosion of wrath. “Come, be calm, my dear Dick!” resumed the doctor. “You’re angry at me because I did not acquaint you with my new project.” “He calls this his new project!” “I have been very busy,” the doctor went on, without heeding the interruption; “I have had so much to look after! But rest assured that I should not have started without writing to you.” “Oh, indeed! I’m highly honored.” “Because it is my intention to take you with me.” Upon this, the Scotchman gave a leap that a wild goat would not have been ashamed of among his native crags. “Ah! really, then, you want them to send us both to Bedlam!” “I have counted positively upon you, my dear Dick, and I have picked you out from all the rest.” Kennedy stood speechless with amazement. “After listening to me for ten minutes,” said the doctor, “you will thank me!” “Are you speaking seriously?” “Very seriously.” “And suppose that I refuse to go with you?” “But you won’t refuse.” “But, suppose that I were to refuse?” “Well, I’d go alone.” “Let us sit down,” said Kennedy, “and talk without excitement. The moment you give up jesting about it, we can discuss the thing.” “Let us discuss it, then, at breakfast, if you have no objections, my dear Dick.” The two friends took their seats opposite to each other, at a little table with a plate of toast and a huge tea-urn before them. “My dear Samuel,” said the sportsman, “your project is insane! it is impossible! it has no resemblance to anything reasonable or practicable!” “That’s for us to find out when we shall have tried it!” “But trying it is exactly what you ought not to attempt.” “Why so, if you please?” “Well, the risks, the difficulty of the thing.” “As for difficulties,” replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, “they were made to be overcome; as for risks and dangers, who can flatter himself that he is to escape them? Every thing in life involves danger; it may even be dangerous to sit down at one’s own table, or to put one’s hat on one’s own head. Moreover, we must look upon what is to occur as having already occurred, and see nothing but the present in the future, for the future is but the present a little farther on.” “There it is!” exclaimed Kennedy, with a shrug. “As great a fatalist as ever!” “Yes! but in the good sense of the word. Let us not trouble ourselves, then, about what fate has in store for us, and let us not forget our good old English proverb: ‘The man who was born to be hung will never be drowned!’” There was no reply to make, but that did not prevent Kennedy from resuming a series of arguments which may be readily conjectured, but which were too long for us to repeat. “Well, then,” he said, after an hour’s discussion, “if you are absolutely determined to make this trip across the African continent—if it is necessary for your happiness, why not pursue the ordinary routes?” “Why?” ejaculated the doctor, growing animated. “Because, all attempts to do so, up to this time, have utterly failed. Because, from Mungo Park, assassinated on the Niger, to Vogel, who disappeared in the Wadai country; from Oudney, who died at Murmur, and Clapperton, lost at Sackatou, to the Frenchman Maizan, who was cut to pieces; from Major Laing, killed by the Touaregs, to Roscher, from Hamburg, massacred in the beginning of 1860, the names of victim after victim have been inscribed on the lists of African martyrdom! Because, to contend successfully against the elements; against hunger, and thirst, and fever; against savage beasts, and still more savage men, is impossible! Because, what cannot be done in one way, should be tried in another. In fine, because what one cannot pass through directly in the middle, must be passed by going to one side or overhead!” “If passing over it were the only question!” interposed Kennedy; “but passing high up in the air, doctor, there’s the rub!” “Come, then,” said the doctor, “what have I to fear? You will admit that I have taken my precautions in such manner as to be certain that my balloon will not fall; but, should it disappoint me, I should find myself on the ground in the normal conditions imposed upon other explorers. But, my balloon will not deceive me, and we need make no such calculations.” “Yes, but you must take them into view.” “No, Dick. I intend not to be separated from the balloon until I reach the western coast of Africa. With it, every thing is possible; without it, I fall back into the dangers and difficulties as well as the natural obstacles that ordinarily attend such an expedition: with it, neither heat, nor torrents, nor tempests, nor the simoom, nor unhealthy climates, nor wild animals, nor savage men, are to be feared! If I feel too hot, I can ascend; if too cold, I can come down. Should there be a mountain, I can pass over it; a precipice, I can sweep across it; a river, I can sail beyond it; a storm, I can rise away above it; a torrent, I can skim it like a bird! I can advance without fatigue, I can halt without need of repose! I can soar above the nascent cities! I can speed onward with the rapidity of a tornado, sometimes at the loftiest heights, sometimes only a hundred feet above the soil, while the map of Africa unrolls itself beneath my gaze in the great atlas of the world.” Even the stubborn Kennedy began to feel moved, and yet the spectacle thus conjured up before him gave him the vertigo. He riveted his eyes upon the doctor with wonder and admiration, and yet with fear, for he already felt himself swinging aloft in space. “Come, come,” said he, at last. “Let us see, Samuel. Then you have discovered the means of guiding a balloon?” “Not by any means. That is a Utopian idea.” “Then, you will go—” “Whithersoever Providence wills; but, at all events, from east to west.” “Why so?” “Because I expect to avail myself of the trade-winds, the direction of which is always the same.” “Ah! yes, indeed!” said Kennedy, reflecting; “the trade-winds—yes—truly—one might—there’s something in that!” “Something in it—yes, my excellent friend—there’s in it. The English Government has placed a transport at my disposal, and three or four vessels are to cruise off the western coast of Africa, about the presumed period of my arrival. In three months, at most, I shall be at Zanzibar, where I will inflate my balloon, and from that point we shall launch ourselves.” every thing “We!” said Dick. “Have you still a shadow of an objection to offer? Speak, friend Kennedy.” “An objection! I have a thousand; but among other things, tell me, if you expect to see the country. If you expect to mount and descend at pleasure, you cannot do so, without losing your gas. Up to this time no other means have been devised, and it is this that has always prevented long journeys in the air.” “My dear Dick, I have only one word to answer—I shall not lose one particle of gas.” “And yet you can descend when you please?” “I shall descend when I please.” “And how will you do that?” “Ah, ha! therein lies my secret, friend Dick. Have faith, and let my device be yours—‘Excelsior!’” “‘Excelsior’ be it then,” said the sportsman, who did not understand a word of Latin. But he made up his mind to oppose his friend’s departure by all means in his power, and so pretended to give in, at the same time keeping on the watch. As for the doctor, he went on diligently with his preparations. About HackerNoon Book Series: We bring you the most important technical, scientific, and insightful public domain books. This book is part of the public domain. Jules Verne (2002). Five Weeks in a Balloon. Urbana, Illinois: Project Gutenberg. 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The Doctor’s Friend

THE SLOE-WEEVIL

Eating entails more than fulfilling our nutritional needs, it goes deeper than that. It is communal, enhances friendships, and builds bonds. Chinua Achebe, an African literary icon, said: ” When people gather together to eat, it is not because they do not have food in their houses. They gather to eat because it is good for kinsmen to eat together. “ This underscores the deep impact food has in building relationships and society at large. With the advent of the metaverse, it is inevitable that food will find its way into web 3.0. Large brands have already started experimenting with this. This primer will look at how we can consume food in the metaverse and what food brands are currently doing as they get into web 3.0 FoodVerse:  What It Entails The Foodverse can be defined as bringing food into the metaverse. Basically, it is having an experience of eating, whether real or virtual food, while experiencing the metaverse. Firstly, brands can use the metaverse to enhance client experience when ordering food. People are used to getting menus when ordering meals. The metaverse can help project these menus in ‘real life’ and help a client have a visual experience of the food they would like to order, how it will look, and even feel it before they make an order. Secondly, friends can also meet together in a room and say have a drink or even share a meal while enjoying the immersive experience of the metaverse. For example, they can meet and have a meal while on a cruise ship, in the middle of a forest, or attend a live session of their favorite band. This digital immersion enhances their relationship and creates an experience that is similar to real-world events. Thirdly, food brands can use NFTs to create rare products, such as wine, and produce them in limited quantities. They can then mint NFTs for these products and sell them to their consumers. These NFTs are a mark of genuine ownership and enhance the brand value of their companies. Collectors would love this. Consumers have the option of selling these NFTs on secondary markets or even creating communities around them in the metaverse. Tokenizing food products also helps communities to feel ownership of the companies and their brands. Finally, users of Metaverse platforms such as Sandbox can also buy land, build their homes and invite friends over for meals. This will be a game changer as a user can invite multiple friends over from across the world and share virtual meals or drinks with them. Of course, there is still a long way to go before we bridge the divide between virtual and physical food especially when such diverse geographies are involved, but this would be a step in the right direction. Notable Brands in the Foodverse At the moment, virtual food may look like it has little value, however, in the long term, merging both the virtual and physical world is the direction to take. Companies are experimenting with instances where you order your food on the metaverse, get it delivered to you and you eat without necessarily leaving the experience. One notable brand doing this is Chipotle. They have partnered with Roblox to allow customers to have an experience of virtual food. When customers make orders on the metaverse, they earn credits which they can later redeem for free food delivered to their houses. This shows how the physical and digital worlds can merge. Other companies like Onerare are tokenizing the food experience by bringing food lovers and linking them up with celebrity chefs. They then create NFTs from the experience they get from preparing and sharing meals. All of this is done on the metaverse in a gamified manner. McDonald's is also planning to open restaurants in the metaverse. The company has already patented ten trademarks on the metaverse. It intends to leverage virtual experiences and enable customers to order food from the metaverse and get them delivered to their houses. Customers can also get digital food for their avatars. Other food companies that have filed for trademarks as they seek to launch products in the metaverse are Kraft Foods Group, In- N- Out Burger, and Del Monte Foods. Restaurants and food brands stand to benefit from getting into the Foodverse. Firstly, getting into the Foodverse helps these companies build customer relationships and engagement. Secondly, it also enhances brand awareness and can drive more consumers to their products. Finally, it offers an opportunity for restaurants to create multiple income streams.

Foodverse: Eating in the Metaverse

Gaming is one of the primary applications that may take advantage of the metaverse. Virtual worlds have been around for over a decade, with games like Second Life and Habbo Hotel providing users with a digital environment to interact with one another. For example, the players could create virtual avatars, own their places, hold events, and do various other activities. Some virtual worlds don't have much to do, although certain virtual environments have proven to be intriguing for users. However, the fact that other players need to remain engaged for a sufficient amount of time to create true connections presents a significant challenge for those players who desire to do so. Conversations throughout the game experience need players to have some background knowledge. People are considerably more likely to form bonds when working together to solve a common issue or while going through a similar experience, as opposed to just being near one another in a virtual area. There is great excitement around the metaverse; nevertheless, many initiatives have not yet delivered the promised experiences. Instead, it would seem that some initiatives are attempting to make a profit off of the current hype around the metaverse rather than developing something fascinating. In virtual worlds, we often meet people from different cultures and values. On the other hand, in the actual world, we tend to associate with individuals who are more similar to ourselves. In the metaverse, users may still be pulled toward others with similar interests, but there is a larger variety of users with whom they might communicate. People with similar interests may find one other via the medium of metaverse gaming. People also can connect via shared online experiences when they play games. For example, consider how traditional and virtual sports supporters have become closer via shared interests. The technology known as blockchain makes it possible for players to exert influence over the gaming experiences they create in the metaverse. NFTs, for instance, make it possible to create digital assets that may be minted, purchased, offered for sale, and exchanged among participants. One platform working on an NFT gaming ecosystem is , by GuardianLink. Jump.trade intends to build an ecosystem that will allow gaming NFTs to be linked with utilities and real-time use cases. The team plans to bring brands and their creative partnership with the platform. Assuring a huge gaming environment that provides utilities with the legitimacy of a brand. Jump.trade While GuardianLink powers Jump.trade, Jump.trade is the platform that allows NFTs to be advertised and launched, resulting in a live ecosystem. This is significant because larger initiatives like the Meta Cricket League will leverage NFTs to power players. Meta Cricket League will be available on mobile and web platforms, making it accessible to all players worldwide. Users may access the site using their GuardianLink credentials. Users will be paired with competent players to ensure fair play. MCL cricket player NFTs are divided into four levels: Rookies, Rare NFTs, Epic NFTs, and Legendary NFTs. All metaverse cricketers may be leveled up to 15. Rookie begins at level one, Rare at level five, Epic at level eight, and Legend at level ten. Since a player's in-game objects have worth outside the game, they feel ownership over those items. In addition, players can now make a livelihood off the in-game things they acquire thanks to the Play-to-Earn (P2E) gaming sector, which has opened up a whole new world. Microtransations Microtransactions and in-game shops are common ways gamers acquire virtual goods to use in their games. NFTs, on the other hand, provide players greater control over the game and give them the ability to sell stuff and even earn a commission on resold products in the future. This is a major deal for gamers who have grown up in an age of physical games and sold their old games to get money to buy new ones. Games such as CS: GO already have very uncommon and valuable skins, and players can trade them for thousands of dollars. Players have complete control over purchasing and selling things while using NFTs. The ownership that players bring to the table may also be embraced through NFT gaming. The concept of customization is essential to many games. This feature may be expanded to allow players to produce NFT-powered components for their preferred games, which can then be sold via marketplaces. The metaverse can potentially transform the gaming industry. How online gamers connect, play, and earn a career might all be revolutionized by metaverse gaming. It has already happened in eSports, where teams have earned millions by participating in various gaming competitions. Likewise, the common player may find it conceivable, via metaverse games, to develop and earn things that have actual worth. Players have the opportunity to generate an income by participating in games or working in the metaverse, with the reward being either tokens or NFT-backed assets. In the background, blockchain technology lays the groundwork for a virtual world that is both decentralized and linked.

Gaming and the Metaverse: A Match Made in Heaven?

BACTERIA AND DISEASE

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Metaverse projects have been in the crypto space for a few years now. We have seen popular metaverse projects that are gaming-focused like The Sandbox and Decentraland. There are also metaverse projects that are based on networking and forming relationships, like Metabloqs. What is Metabloqs? is a metaverse project that aims to democratize the way people network, collaborate, learn and play. Metabloqs Whilst a lot of metaverse projects are gaming-centered, this project is focused on creating a real-world experience. As part of this plan, they’re building a virtual world where users can live in 3D meta cities. These meta cities are based on real-life cities with Paris being released as the first city in Phase 1 of the project. NFT lands and one “rare good” such as a car or house will be dropped to the first 5,000 residents. These free drops will help users to build their own worlds and projects in the virtual space. Users will be able to create digital assets in the form of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) which can be traded on the marketplace. They can also create games and experiences that other users can participate in within the ecosystem. Keeping in tune with the metaverse vision, Metabloqs plans to create a platform where users can build connections with each other. These connections will be built as users spend time together through leisure activities, commerce, and work. The platform will use algorithms to connect people who share similar interests, along with a system that rewards authentic connections in tokens. World Overview Whilst there are many advantages to the current blockchain platforms, there is still a big gap when it comes to trust. This is due to the fact that a lot of platforms promote anonymity and there is almost no interaction and communication between users at all. These kinds of environments offer limited sharing, collaboration, or networking features. There is also a lack of trust between users of these platforms, making communities hesitant to engage in networking and social commerce. Metabloqs plans to narrow this gap by incentivizing trusted connections between its users. This will be accomplished through its algorithms that match users to build real connections. How Does Metabloqs Work? Metabloqs is built on the XinFin Blockchain, a fast and energy-efficient network with transactions costing less than $0.00001 on average. This makes the metaverse platform more accessible to users, due to lower costs and faster transactions. Users can play games, breed their avatars, socialize with other and build meta-cities. Metabloqs has a player-owned economy where users can own and trade resources they earn through games and contributions to the ecosystem. Avatars can be customized with different outfits and hairstyles. Every avatar has specific attributes and abilities, and users can purchase special skills (e.g. speed, magic, power, etc.). Rare avatars and unique digital assets can also be collected and traded for speculative purposes since they’re all NFTs. What Can You Do In The Metaverse? Since Metabloqs is intended as a real-life-focused metaverse, there are many ways that users can interact with their virtual world. Corporate Employees Businesses can arrange for professional education and training of their workforce via tailor-made courses inside the metaverse. For example, employees can earn a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) inside the Metabloqs virtual world. Online networkers Metabloqs uses a networking algorithm that matches users based on similar interests and skills. This algorithm suggests which users to network with, helping users to find friends and experts inside the metaverse. Students and corporate professionals have the opportunity to network with each other and get rewarded with tokens via the trust network system. Event organizers Users can organize fully online or hybrid virtual conferences, workshops, or company representations. They can also network with other users through these virtual events, helping them to build a professional career on the metaverse. Users can organize start-up pitches, fairs & exhibitions, live shows, and auctions of NFT items. Gamers Users can participate in blockchain-based games such as football/soccer, poker, and bowling. NFT Holders and content creators Users can visit a crypto museum on the marketplace that gives NFT holders an opportunity to showcase assets with educational and collectible values. Users can also add NFTs of artists, musicians, influencers, and students to their user profiles, allowing them to promote, buy and sell these assets with crypto tokens. These tokens can be transferred to exchanges and traded for fiat currency. Virtual real estate Meta-cities like Paris are being set up on Metabloqs, allowing users to buy, sell or rent digital assets like land, buildings, and cars. This provides an opportunity for virtual, metaverse-based, real-estate investment and building. Users will be able to build properties through their player dashboard. Social commerce Users can turn social trust into tokens through a tokenized upvote system. Participants will receive tokens via star ratings on the answers they provide. The system essentially turns likes and upvotes into cryptocurrency that can be earned for sharing your views and opinions. This will help to boost social engagement since users will be incentivized to give helpful answers and opinions on the virtual platform. It will also enable social commerce, allowing small businesses to engage with the Metabloqs citizens and guests to sell their products and services. Final Thoughts Metabloqs aims to build a realistic virtual world where users can network and connect with each other. Its incentivized trusted connections feature is an interesting take on social rewards. Only time will tell if this project can reach the popularity seen by established projects like Decentraland and The Sandbox.

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