Month: March 2022

“Work” is not a virtue, but a vice.

The upside of shooting randomly. For example, an eye on the extreme right or left of the frame as dynamic and interesting.

We must seek it everywhere!

The two best hedges against an uncertain future, a good hedge against fiat currency.

Nobody knows what makes them happy, but I do. Photography.

The very unique and special relationship between father and son:

I really love the new WordPress mobile app, especially for iPhone iOS. Why? Buttery smooth, insanely fast load times, and everything just flows. I find it the best way for me to stream my …

Something very unnatural about being on a college campus. What is the issue? It is very unnatural, and very unlike the “real world“. However, if we desire to be more rigorous, what is the …

As of late, there are lots of utopian places and designs constructed. For example, asymmetrical design, floor to ceiling windows, steel, and abundant brightness. Yet, even though the design looks beautiful superficially, and wonderful, …

Arguing is for losers. If you scuffle feathers with someone else, just acknowledge them, say OK, and move on.

Upon much consideration, thinking about what I am — I am a visual entrepreneur. I have a passion for the visual (visual arts), photography, design, etc. Some points of personal interest for me at …

The point isn’t to ‘work’ more (this is a slave mentality), the purpose is to free up your time, mind space, mind labor, and brain space to focus on your arts work, your artistic …

With cars, either get a Tesla Model S Plaid, or nothing. No more Lambos, no more Ferraris, no more Porsches, no more gasoline things. No more hybrid, no more plugin hybrid, no more SUV’s, …

With things, tools, and stuff in our life … choose the least ugly thing, the thing which offends you the least. For example, I need a phone now that I got Seneca and must …

Google AMP (accelerated mobile pages) is a ‘free’ plugin in which your WordPress.org website automatically serves the information of your website as more ‘mobile optimized’ things. For example, your JPG photos turn into ‘webp’ …

What will be the fabrics of the future, for clothing and beyond? Some thoughts: GORETEX: Goretex as good enough for the military (Gore-Seam) and GORE fabrics. Thus good enough for us pedestrians. Merino Wool …

Keep the ruthless march forward! Anti retro, anti past lifestyles, etc.

If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught me anything, it is that capitalism is stronger than pandemics, and people care more for capitalism and consumerism then health, safety, and other pragmatic concerns.

Wu wei is the Taoist notion of not forcing yourself to do anything. That even not trying to do things it will get accomplished, somehow, in its own time without need for foreign intervention. …

Perhaps the reason why travelers who go to foreign places like it is that they feel superior. For example, when you when you travel to a foreign place, there is a feeling of superiority …

On my last recent trip to Lake arrowhead, and even Joshua tree, I was able to import, favorite, and upload to my blog media library all of my photos, from iPhone pro, instead of …

Traffic is a huge problem. For example, the other day I went to see my uncle in K-Town, and the traffic on the five freeway was atrocious. How can we deal with or fix …

Everything in life is just a suggestion. Take it or leave it. Life improves when you suggest things, and you offer your suggestion. However this is what I say: offer your suggestions without spite …

Nothing is good enough for me. Yet, in order to just get on with our lives, perhaps it is actually just best for us to “satisfice” with 90% good enough. For example, I really …

Something I believe in: the idea that we should eliminate options, instead of adding options. For example, I find it very bizarre how the exclusive iPhone pro is now being created in so many …

Some thing on my mind: the difference between iterative innovation and carte blanche, totally new innovation from scratch.

My aesthetic ideal, to create insanely beautiful things (HAPTIC INDUSTRIES), my passion for my insanely beautiful life partner and wife (Cindy), my passion for insanely beautiful products, my desire to create insanely beautiful photos, …

A turbo life thought: if the whole purpose of existence and your real life allowed you to just make one insanely beautiful photo in your eyes, your entire life and existence was worth it …

Blog about your photos to make sense out of your photos.

Why photography is my life Passion:

Something I believe strongly in: don’t buy or use a case. It takes away from the design purity and the beauty of things. For example, if you put a case on your phone, you …

Somethings surprisingly good about the iPhone 13 Pro compared to the iPhone 11 Pro is this: the flat edges make for a better grip, when using the phone without a case. Then it seems …

Always good to have things to look forward to. Why incompletion is good. It seems in today’s world, there is this insane rush to complete things. We want to check off everything off of …

This is what gives us hope and optimism towards the future? Therefore the best photos– the photos which promote hope, optimism, the future, and future adventures? Photos which inspire movement, photos which inspire adventure!

Via negativa YouTube settings. No ads, no comments, no likes.

Lake arrowhead as a great weekend getaway. Rent a nice airbnb in the mountains, breathe that fresh mountain air, and do some quick day trips along the way (Mojave Desert, Palm Springs — shoot …

An experiment: Shooting XS (extra small) jpeg on RICOH GR IIIx. I actually think the photos are *big enough*!

Surprisingly good, especially the default color mode, and the default HDR settings! What makes it so good? Great creative tool. Lidar, ability to screenshot and mark up photos, and the default camera is very …

Avoid free. Why? In ‘free’, there is always a hidden trap, somewhere. Whether it be distractions (Google), whether it be advertisements (Facebook/Instagram), or whether some sort of subliminal brain-washing (the overly sensationalist news).

Joshua Tree– maybe one of my new favorite places on Earth:

Small thumbnails; the quickest way to most efficiently go through your photos, and flag/favorite/download your favorite photos based on what ‘pops’ as a small thumbnail.

Google Photos– a great tool (Chrome) to edit (select and flag) your best photos, and also to share your best/favorite photos with friends and family. Google Photos is great, especially if you don’t want …

A step towards techno-zen.

You pave the path, and cultivate your own culture. You don’t follow anything or anyone.

I love barebones. Clean, minimal, without flourishes and superfluous elements. More spartan, cold— this is our new luxury. Uber-base level Tesla Model 3, white, black interior, cheapest model, no additional autopilot (~$39,999) with the …

Whether it be looking at and reviewing your photos, working out in the morning, seeing your kid in the morning, or your morning coffee!

Not that things are getting more expensive, but the value of the USD is becoming less because of inflation? Don’t save your money in USD, buy Bitcoin or Tesla stock instead.

Towards “re-usable”, things that aren’t disposable. Fewer goods, more expensive and premium-luxury. Better curation of our tools, life and things. Anti gas cars, anti hybrid and plug-in hybrid cars. Electric as supreme, as it …

More expensive, and better.

Lidar as a game changer. Polycam is the one. iphone Pro good for portable Lidar:

Why toe socks are so great?

Beautiful things don’t make for a beautiful person.