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Month: July 2020

Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

Dynamic Warmup

With working out, don’t do these boring static stretches which take waaaay too long with waaaay too many boring repetitions. Just do it quick, efficiently, and get on with it!

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selfie two ERIC KIM
Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

INCEPTION PHOTOGRAPHY.

In praise of just having fun in photography! Shoot with mirrors, shoot videos, and just have fun, keep experimenting and confusing the viewer with your (weird) perspectives!

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Fear abstract ERIC KIM
Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

Fear

Fear is the ultimate emotion we must conquer. The goal ain’t to live a “happier” life but a LESS FEARFUL life.

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ERIC KIM selfie crimson red diptych
Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

Social Fear Aversion Therapy

One of the worst ills of ‘Gen Z’ kids: They cannot make eye contact, have poor social skills. Even us ‘Millenials’. We cannot make eye contact. We always got our AirPods in. It is …

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Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

Weighing Yourself is Self-Esteem Suicide

To weigh yourself, whether your scale-weight (how fat you are), weighing yourself in terms of your bank account balance, weighing yourself in your social media following numbers likes views etc is self-esteem suicide. What …

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Zen of ERIC KIM why app. Orange logo with y and cloud thinking bubble
Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

Why Technology?

Technology as a means to an end, not the end in itself. Which means: Be more interested in your personal end-game, rather than being interested in tech for tech’s sake. In other words: Don’t …

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Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

NEVER STOP POSTING

There is no end-game to blogging. The goal: Never run out inspiration, motivation or ideas and to keep posting indefinitely, until you die!

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taking off shirt glasses ERIC KIM
Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

In Praise of WordPress

No doubt about it … WordPress (the open source wordpress.org and the paid wordpress.com) is *THE* best platform for publishing, blogging, website-building, whatever. Why? Ultimate flexibility and customization Future-proof (they got a trillion dollars …

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Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

The Devil is a Lie

No no no… the devil doesn’t exist. Whoever talks about the devil in a metaphorical sense or even worse… a *real* sense — don’t trust them.

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Sick people music or healthy people music ?
Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

Sick People Music or Healthy People Music?

A thought — When we hear music, did the artist create the music out of their own depression and sickliness, or out of their over-abundance in health, joy, and liveliness? Perhaps this is the …

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Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

My Blogging Productivity Tips

Featured image doesn’t need to be related to your post. Blog from your phone or tablet/iPad. Blog about anything in your life. No categories. Bullet point lists like this are useful. Better to post …

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Planche
Photo essay / Jul 31, 2020

Breath of Fresh Air

Design your blog, website, products and life just like air, the great outdoors. A breath of fresh air. Openness. Light, brightness. High ceilings. Floor to ceiling windows. The more air, light, and lightness the …

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Hole merino wool shirt
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

My Fitness Motivation Hacks

Don’t be afraid of overtraining. Work out everyday for fun and physiological thriving. Intermittent fast during the day. Workout while fasted is better. More energy and motivation. Hunger motivates you to move and workout. …

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Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Photography Productivity Tips

Real ideas: Ricoh gr III in program mode and JPEG. Either high contrast monochrome or cross process filter. Positive film color filter is good too. Post photos to your own website blog, not social …

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ERIC KIM eats pork ribs scissors why I eat pork
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Why I Eat Pork

Pork is delicious, cheap, and easily accessible! The main reason why a lot of Jewish people don’t consume pork was back in the day, pork had a lot of diseases. Not so much anymore.

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selfie funny angle ERIC KIM
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Consistency.

I have high expectations of others. A big one: One’s back-stage self should be the same as one’s front-stage self. In other words: Don’t talk a certain way behind the scenes and talk a …

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mental hygiene ERIC KIM
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Mental Hygiene

We talk much now about physical hygiene (in today’s brave new COVID world), but how come we never talk about *mental hygiene* — in the context of mental health?

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Truth ERIC KIM
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

The Truth is a Distraction

Knowing the truth about x y z is often a distraction. Who cares if all these strange conspiracy theories are true? How does it benefit you? It doesn’t.

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muscle up
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Why Make Workout Videos?

It is fun to showcase your progress, gains, and watching these videos (myself) is hugely interesting and self-entertaining!

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Me shooting in the streets with my Contax IIIa. Shot by John Golden
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

The Internet Never Forgets

Never forget… anything you do or post online, assume like it will be discovered down the line. Note: archive.org The Way Back Machine (http://web.archive.org) Do not post anything to Facebook, Instagram, Google whatever that …

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who wrote that Firefox plugin
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Thou Shalt Not Write Thy Own’s Wikipedia Page

Download the ‘Who Wrote That?’ Wikipedia plugin for Firefox, and find the fun — Let us do some investigations into people who (probably) wrote their own Wikipedia bio, or people who have written (biased) …

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Selfie ERIC KIM
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

The Sociology of Gender and Sex

Sex is biological (were you born with testes or ovaries?). Gender is social — one can and perhaps *should* be allowed to self-assign their own desired gender. The tricky thing: In society, we get …

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Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Why I’m Not Superstitious

I do not believe in superstition of any form. I am a pure empiricist. What is superstition? It essentially means to believe in ‘meta-physics’, “energy” and all this other non-physics and non-biology based stuff. …

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Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Migration Patterns

It is quite obvious we all descended somewhere in Africa (Lucy (Australopithecus), the original ancestor of Homo Sapiens). Thus what interests me is this: Not about ‘race’, for we are all the “human race”. …

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ERIC KIM Boy Scouts Eagle Scout Korean times newspaper
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

In Praise of America

As much as people tend to be very anti-American and the government, I am for it. Why? I suppose I am one of the few last liberals on the (now) intolerant left who believe …

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ERIC KIM face cyan selfie
Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Spaceship Lifestyle and Society

I have zero interest in going to mars, space, and beyond. I like ‘spaceship earth’ (Buckminster Fuller). What if the best life were here on earth … and how could we maximize our use …

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Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Lover or Hater of Humanity?

Ultimately we can boil down most people to one or the other: Are your personal intentions rooted in love of humanity or hatred towards humanity?

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Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Why Paid is Better than Free

If you pay for a service, buy an app, etc… there is more transparency. If an app, game or social media platform is “free”, then YOU’RE the product. Perhaps this is in favor of …

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Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

Why I Trust Assholes

I trust assholes (Kanye West, Steve Jobs) more than I do “nice guys” (Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett). Why? Because if you’re an asshole in public and in the faces of others, you’re …

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Photo essay / Jul 30, 2020

First Mover

He or she who is the first mover shall move all. First mover when it comes to creating a new culture, a new system of thinking, a new technological tool or platform, etc.

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Photo essay / Jul 29, 2020

How I Freestyle Poetry Rap

The basic gist: I get an idea of something I feel passionate or strongly about, and I just say a bunch of nonsense in my mind, and I try my best to rhyme and …

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selfie ERIC KIM talking shirtless topless
Photo essay / Jul 29, 2020

Fear Marketing 101

The general gist of fear marketing: More effective to drive people towards certain decisions and behaviors based on fear, rather than praise-reward-encouragement.

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ERIC KIM abstract
Photo essay / Jul 29, 2020

The Best Design is Invisible

The thought: The reason why a slate grey colored car is best is because it blends in with the environment. Then what makes me think … perhaps the best design is invisible? The design …

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Photo essay / Jul 29, 2020

HAPTIC INDUSTRIES CONCEPT

The concept of HAPTIC: Re-introduce the sense of touch (HAPTIC feedback) into our everyday lives with beautiful tools which will last you a lifetime. HAPTIC: brainchild of CINDY NGUYEN x ERIC KIM. To empower …

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Photo essay / Jul 29, 2020

Why Instagram is Evil

A company which profits off people’s insecurity and need for external affirmation … isn’t this evil? Truth be told to be addicted to cocaine seems like a better addiction than being addicted to social …

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selfie red cyan ERIC KIM
Photo essay / Jul 29, 2020

How to Improve Your Mood

Mostly ‘via negativa‘ stuff (things to NOT do, or things to SUBTRACT from your life): a. Things to NOT do: Don’t eat during the day (intermittent fasting in the day). No breakfast and lunch. …

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bone marrow fat delicious
Photo essay / Jul 29, 2020

Why Eating Fat is Good for You

Contrary to what all these ‘health experts’ and health guidelines say, eating fat (saturated fat, red meats with high cholesterol) is actually good for you. Why? Improved mood and testosterone, increased muscle growth, and …

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