Month: April 2022

I’m not interested the photos you’ve already shot, in the past, I’m more interested in what your photos could become.

In video games, people often complained that a certain character or race (Protoss) is “OP” (Over-Powered). But this is assuming that everything should be ‘fair’ in life. But unfortunately, that is not how real …

The modern day school and modern day office as a prison.

Don’t just criticize, offer an alternative. Arsbeta.com instead of Instagram.

With kids, just let them do their own thing, and supervise. It’s okay if you let them wreck some havoc and destroy some stuff.

A thought on my mind: I think what we really desire is to become an elite photographer. The funny thing is that in America, we have this strange puritan notion that elitism is bad. …

When in doubt, just blog it.

Huge fan of the new BATMAN film. Darker, gloomier, more melancholic is good. More Dionysian aesthetic. HBO max seems to be killing it. Note that HBO (parent company) owns DC comics.

When Bitcoin dips, when Apple, Amazon, or TESLA dips, buy it.

Build your name. Your first and last name.

No more Leica. Only RICOH.

Don’t be a digital indentured servant (social media user). Digital Sharecropping, digital indentured servant.

What if the most optimal conditions for your personal thriving is to just have a big-ass house in the (quiet) suburbs, preferably somewhere warm (Southern California), a fast wifi connection at home, the proper …

Strive to make your website as beautiful, elegant, and sexy as possible. ‘Usability’ is second.

The goal we seek: To improve our lives. But be really critical. Think: Will it really improve my life, and what does that even mean?

The best living— keep it as local as possible, even if your locale is less good than other places. As little time in a car or in transit as possible.

Just let other people dumb down their kids. Something I’ve observed being a new parent— witnessing other parents doing things which I witnessed as dumbing down their kids, like feeding them Cheerios, giving them …

Perhaps your child’s step count and their mental and physical development runs hand-in-hand. My personal goal is to try to maximize Seneca‘s step count every single day. Also maximizing his time outdoors.

The goal is to become a more elite photographer.

You paid all the money for the thing, why have it branded on yourself like cattle?

Make your own restaurant. Go to Costco Business Center, and buy your own top sirloin steak meat (super cheap), cut it yourself, and grill it on the pan (like making your own all you …

How do we make things ‘future-proof’, and why? With technology, it seems the best strategy is to just buy whatever is newest, most expensive, and max it out. This is the strategy that my …

TRIPLE. Triple. Tri-layer. Tri-force. Tri-motor (plaid). Three layers. Three things (triangles). For example, I put on two pairs of training underwear for Seneca, and a pair of shorts on top, which gives them a …

Physical training as perhaps 100 times more important than mental training.

My joy playing with Seneca in the real world, instead of restrictive indoors, and play places.

Extreme love, extreme hate — these are good. What we want to avoid is lukewarm or ‘meh’ or tepid emotions. Or best to be anti weak emotions. Indifference is the worst.

Your photos tend to be more subtle, but beautiful still!

Perhaps one of the best ways to approach composition is to make it subtle. Just add a foot on the bottom, or a small element somewhere in the frame.

Once you’ve discovered a certain lifestyle, place, or approach which gives you zen … don’t mess with it. Stick with it.

The best music are ‘bangers’. The Dionysian bliss of bass, and things that get you in the ZONE. Ironically is it BANGERS (high key) that get you in a more zen zone? Theory: Things …

A simple composition thought in photography: When you’re framing, don’t include or cut out the whites (bright parts of the frame) when you’re shooting. This works especially well when you’re using “live view” on …

A simple thought: Things which you are scared of, or what causes fear inside you are things which you are actually really interested in, but for some reason, you’re afraid to attempt or pursue …

The simple observation and thought which others seem to miss: Your kid is a mini-you. Your kid is almost like a mini clone of you. So why not treat your kid like yourself? Your …

A subtle fun life hack I’ve discovered: Go to the Costco Business center, buy large pieces of steak (beef), and just cut it yourself at home, and grill it on the frying pan at …

The best plug-ins are the plugins or addons or extensions which BLOCK or REMOVE superfluous functionality. For example, plug-ins which BLOCK advertisements, popups, cross track site trackers, cookies, annoyances, “notifications”, comments, social media, etc. …

Bitcoin is fascinating to me — not just open source money, but open source wealth. A thought: I like the idea you can store your wealth in open source (Bitcoin) and harness that (digital) …

Be sure you can do it all yourself.

What if it is more virtuous to consume and eat more, than ‘leave some’ for others?

Become more efficient and effective with time. One of the big upsides of having a kid— you learn to utilize your time very very well. And it becomes a great filter: What is truly …

My aesthetic ideal.

It’s just a dosage thing.

Making a diptych of your old photos is a good way of “creative upcycling”.

Follow Nassim Taleb advice — when in doubt, choose the more precautionary route. Or when in doubt, play it very safe.

No need to justify it. Art needs no self justification.

I don’t like sentimental art.

The more uncommon you become, the better.

Avoid what’s popular and trendy. What everyone else is doing or where they’re going is bad.

Black tank top “wife beater” (UNIQLO), black UNIQLO workout shorts (roll them up, to make them “short shorts” to Flex your turbo thighs (thunder thighs), vibram five fingers EL-X, exofficio boxer briefs. When weather …

NO LIMITS WITH DIFFICULTY. One of the great upsides of the gym and working out there is that with the weights, there are no limits. Deadlift can go up to 700 pounds, squat to …

PODCAST BEATS

My parenting philosophy.

Your body always knows best.

With things, the lower it is to the ground the better. Beds which are on the ground (no bed frame)— Japanese tatami style. Or how Koreans sleep on the ground. A lowered performance car. …

This is what we love seeing.

Let it rip and fade. One black merino wool tshirt everyday for 3 years— the cool rips, tears, and sun damage it will get. Note the new Balenciaga stuff — already “sun worn” and …

You end up losing control, and having to compromise to please investors and the “board”.

Think “alo” or Lululemon.