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La Sportiva gore-Tex boots, an expensive Gore-Tex jacket, merino wool, etc. Why? The goal isn’t to live in the most luxurious home in the mountains, but to be outdoors. Therefore, the best way to …
Very efficient. This recent Lake arrowhead trip I did, I brought iPhone Pro with SD card lightning adapter, as well as my MacBook Pro laptop. I didn’t even take my MacBook Pro out of …
Nietzsche.
Something nobody really talks about: the importance of safety. For example, I just did a quick weekend trip in Lake arrowhead, and when driving up the mountain, there was an insane amount of fog, …
Nobody knows what it means to be happy, but we know what it means to be focused. Knowing how to focus on something better you can control. Therefore, put your strength and efforts towards …
Also, skech on top of your screenshots!
The best ethos for raising a child, also works well with adults. Best to be hands-on.
Danger breeds focus. Focus over “happinessâ€.
The Palm Springs modern art museum as a great place!
Currently doing a weekend retreat at Lake arrowhead, in the mountains at an Airbnb cabin lodge. To escape the cold, we drove to Palm Springs, checked out the art museum, and did a short …
The mountain air and elevation as very restorative for your health.
We currently live in the year 2022, we live in the extreme future. Yet why do we still think retrospectively and into the past? Shouldn’t we rather think present and into the future?
Uber — ubermensch, overman, or “over†better. Better to be over-caffeinated, over-engineered, over-prepared.
Tesla Model S Plaid — triple tri motor. Three, or tri for ourselves and our lives? Three, triangle, 3 as an interesting concept.
I love cruel and harsh landscapes. They sharpen me, focus me, and inspire me.
How can we optimize our lives to live more dangerously, more recklessly? Living in the mountains, desert, or more unforgiving climates. Places where it snows. East coast people as having more hair on their …
Great for landscape photography. HDR looks great and balanced.
The purpose of life isn’t to stay at home, but to leave, embark, explore, discover, conquer, and traverse.
If you judge others or compare yourself to others, you equivalize yourself to others. Assuming you’re a rare plant, treat yourself as your own category, your own species.
When people challenge you to an argument don’t be suckered — there is no “winning†an argument by reason, logic or dialectics. Just ignore them, and don’t acknowledge what they said or their existence.
If I shot a lot of photos in a given day, it is a sign that I had a great day.
In praise of iphone Pro to edit your photos while in the field.
What do we want? Things to be faster, more instant. Consider the “Insta-potâ€, or even “Insta-Gramâ€. Instant film (Polaroid, Instax). Digital photography as superior to film photography because digital photos are instant.
Even when you go out to the mountains, or the desert, what is it that binds all of humans? And society? Commerce.
Opt for smaller. With Tesla, get Model 3 Performance over Model S Plaid. iPhone Mini over iPhone Pro. Small is the new (clutch) luxury. Small luxury apartments (less square footage, more modern and premium) …
Retro is bad; a step backwards, not forwards. No more gas cars. No more turbochargers. No more hybrids. No more manual transmissions or automatic transmissions (only 1-gear electric). No more romanticization of past forms, …
Not a matter of a ‘step forward’ or a ‘step backwards’. Rather, just different. I say– Embrace it. Don’t stick to the old ways, even if it were in fact … ‘better’. Ride with …
Your aesthetic tastes will change and evolve as your life changes and evolves. Ride it! Become less concerned with consistency. Should your life goals at age 12 be the same as age 21, or …
The sign of progress and evolution? With technology, the march of technology is always forward and brutal. And whether we like it or not, perhaps it is best to just ride that wave?
Quick thoughts on iPhone 13 Pro: The first thought is that I don’t actually really like the new design. I think it is big, bulky, heavy, and ugly. Yet, there are many things which …
Uplifting habits: Being outdoors, in the direct sun, walking, thinking. Depressing habits: Sitting on your butt all day, being indoors, also being indoors on a laptop all day on a standing desk. Thought — …
The minimum viable equipment you need in life: Digital camera (The newest Ricoh GR III/IIIx camera) Laptop (the most powerful MacBook Air)
The upside of a laptop: The form factor doesn’t change. Compare this with the iPhone — the form factor is always changing (with the Pro — always getting bigger, thicker, uglier). Thus a simple …
It seems that most people don’t have ‘taste’. But what does this mean?
The bigger, bulkier, the uglier and the worse.
What I love about the desert is how cruel, Spartan, and vast it is. Also, something strangely zen about being in the desert. It purifies my mind, and in someways, makes me go into …
I just came back from Joshua trip, and I have nearly over 2000 photos to quickly sort through. In order to maximize speed up my workflow, this is what I did: First, I shot …
To make a better composition, get closer, fill the frame, and make your compositions tighter. For example, in this portrait I shot of my mom, Umma, look at how I worked the scene, and …
A good way to make better compositions is this: place your subject in the extreme top of the frame.
The most fire shoe! The reason why it is so great is that it fits your feet so well, is insanely comfortable, has a wide toebox, aesthetically looks great, and also it’s not a …
My grade joy of seeing a super base level Nissan versa, with stick shift. No frills, no unnecessary flourishes. Black on black. It reminds me of my first car, my 1991 Nissan Sentra XE, …
For the most part, I hate the design and ethos of the iPhone Pro. It is big and ugly, heavy, and too thick, not skinny and sexy enough. Yet, I’ve discovered it is actually …
Some thing I learned from my friend Sean, who is a Japanese woodworker: the notion of honesty of materials. For example, if it is not wood, don’t make it try to look like wood. …
Invest in Tesla — why? Simple thoughts: The Model S might be the best car in the world. Why? It isn’t a car — it’s a mini autonomous self driving house/mini-RV. In case of …
My great anger and disgust with Google — no I do not want notifications here!!! Perhaps time to DuckDuckGo
The new aesthetic — becoming an explorer.