Month: February 2022
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COURAGE OVER DIFFERENTIATION
In Ancient Greek times— being “different” wasn’t the goal… courage was. In the Iliad, strength courage and might is what is valued, not being “different”.
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Turbochargers
Turbochargers are good— better to have less displacement with a turbo than all motor with high displacement.
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SEE IT IN PERSON.
What designs impress you? You gotta see and perceive it in person. For example, ignore marketing materials and photos. See it in person, touch it in person, hold it in your hand. For example, I don’t really like any of the new iPhones. iPhone Pro is too big, thick, heavy, and doesn’t feel good in…
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Branding is Everything
What is a ” brand “? An aesthetic taste and ethos in the commercial, capitalist world in which we live.
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ROAD TRIPS ARE THE FUTURE.
Covid ain’t ever going away. Perhaps road trips are the future?
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BLACK IS THE LEAST EYE-SORE
Black isn’t the ‘best’ color, but the least eye-sore.
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EVERY INCH CONSIDERED.
When it comes to design, best for us to consider every single inch; to not compromise any inch of a design of a thing. For example, my insane huge disdain for chrome accents (cheesy), and also plastic trim on cars. If I were the creative director of Apple, I would become 1000x more insanely discerning…
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THE BEAST KETTLEBELL WORKOUT (48 KG, 105 POUNDS)
In praise of the 48kg (105 pound) kettlebell workout:
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THE IDEAL CREATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Ideal– Standing desk on your laptop, outdoors, with direct sun on your back.
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HOW TO BECOME A PHILOSOPHER
When I meet uber-successful people, after all their success, riches, etc … what is it they all strive towards or ultimately do and become? They become philosophers, or focus on philosophy. For example one of my friends at the gym, who is a crypto-whale (apparently is paying $10M in taxes this year alone), after he…
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LAPTOP AS THE MINUM VIABLE DEVICE
Phone, tablet– ‘nice to have’ things, but not essential. Only essential device is a laptop.
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DYNAMIC PREFERENCES
Not your past preferences, your new and present day preferences.
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The 1 Meter Challenge
Currently I’m having an issue in which my RICOH GR III doesn’t focus or startup properly anymore (lens error). A workaround– Shoot in snap focus mode, with the pre-focus set to 1 meter. Funny enough, this has been very liberating. Why? It reduces one thing in your photography process; worrying about focus. Certainly you cannot…
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KETTLEBELL HOME WORKOUT (48 KILOGRAM, 105 POUND): 1 HANDED CLEAN AND SQUAT
Assuming you don’t have a gym membership, you’re a parent and have a kid, and just want more efficiency with time, home kettlebell workout seems to be the best bang for the buck in terms of time and effort and results. Just get one 48 kilogram (105 pound) kettlebell, and have fun with it at…
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Car only useful when driving not parked.
Car which promotes flow?
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Too much money?
Having too much money is bad—you spend more time thinking about how to spend or invest your money over just doing things and physical activity or making things.
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JUST ONE OPTION.
Less paralysis by analysis, more action. Choose your defaults wisely.
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JUST DON’T REACT.
Stoic indifference.
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Just disable it all.
I don’t want any recommendations or “suggestions” from my services or devices.
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WHY CATEGORIZE YOUR PHOTOS?
Perhaps when we categorize our photos, we make sense of them?
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Ultralightweight
Using the new WPASTRA theme, and even though there are many things I don’t like about it, the biggest benefit is how ultralightweight it is in terms of frontend file size, which means the site just loads insanely fast.
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BLOOD FLOW.
Not ‘working out’, but physical activity as a means to flow your blood? For example, not ‘stretching’, but physical movement to motivate blood flow?
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Just get a beater
Beater car, phone to live more adventurously and recklessly.
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Clutch.
99/1– 99% minor annoyances but 1% clutch — this is worth it.
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Anti Screens
Best car has no screen.
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Why aren’t we allowed to touch?
Touching is wisdom and learning.
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HOW TO EXTRACT MORE MEANING FROM YOUR PHOTOS
Lately I’ve been shooting a lot– and uploading a lot of photos. In this torrent and stream of images, I have been trying to extract deeper meaning, significance, and memory from the photos. But how does one do this? Some thoughts:
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YOUR PASSION VS WHAT YOU DO.
When you go to a party and someone asks you, ‘So what do you do?’ What is the best way to answer? Just tell them what your passion is, not your boring day job.
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SMALL THUMBNAIL, THEN LARGER
When reviewing your photos, see them as small thumbnails (contact sheet), and *then* when a certain photo intrigues you from a small thumbnail, *THEN* make it larger and full-screen it.