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Indoor gyms being a depressing place. Solution: spending more time outdoors, at the park, at the outdoor shopping mall, and even working out outdoors at the closest park with good workout gym equipment. Ideally …
A very cool thing I witnessed when visiting the UTC outdoor shopping mall in San Diego (La Jolla)— this great 24 hour fitness outdoor fitness training area. Imagine being able to enjoy doing deadlifts …
A simple thought: what if going to the gym was more about training your mind, and when pursuing intellectual matters, you are actually training your body?
For example, it is good to be nervous before you try a new personal record attempt in a one rep max in powerlifting. For example, being or feeling a little bit nervous before attempting …
Not a car or Tesla. Moar Bitcoin! Also the idea of selling your car and using that money to buy bitcoin is actually a good idea. On craigslist, I’ve already seen people start dumping …
We should stop this nonsense of ‘sports sedans’. Just get a coupe or nothing.
How to breathe new life into your photography: 1. Full-stack photography The first idea: Just shoot it all. Make yourself a fully integrated, vertical-integration solution. You make the photos, you process the photos, you …
In today’s cruel world, the most ‘fair’ way to succeed is to have the courage to market yourself.
It is not often in everyday life we can exhibit physical courage (besides powerlifting). However, when we decide to make certain design decisions which will get huuuuge backlash (pretty much every design decision Steve …
Whenever you go to a restaurant and ask the server what they recommend, it is always the (over-priced) mediocre option (chicken). Better to say: If these were your kids, what did you do, or …
Something I have learned: For the name of progress, we will need to be ruthless and cut functionality in order to advance. For example, whenever we start using new technologies, it will never work …
Dear friends, A simple thought: You are what you photograph. Similarly speaking: Just photograph your own life. What are the repercussions of this thought? Let us take this thought. What does it imply, and …
Towards a life integration approach in photography:
Perhaps it does all suck, but the thought: If we just accept that it all sucks, how can we make the best out of it?
If you got insomnia, suggestion: Eat a shitload of beef ribs (and eggs, whole eggs, fried/scrambled in bacon fat — 12 of them), and this will hit you like horse tranquilizer in the evening. …
No concern for the kids of others.
The more I can let Seneca touch stuff, the more he learns and understands.
Why I like hitting my limit: it actually gives me assurance and quality information on what my “one rep max†is. And give myself a week to rest and re-strengthen myself, eat more beef …
The more you practice your strength, strength practicing, the stronger you’ll become, in the more accustomed you will become to the movements.
The upside of cheaper looking stuff, like my iPhone SE— less concern about it getting stolen! Same goes with more “plain Jane†cars.
Some ancient saying, which I read from the book, “LIFT†by Daniel Kunitz.
Another design language thing we love. For example the flush door handles on TESLA.
Rather than thinking about what has been done in the past and iterate based on that, think carte blanche (first principles) and think: How *SHOULD* it be? My critique of Porsche 911: It relies …
After studying composition much, I think I can *see* composition before my eyes, kind of like photography augmented reality (AR) but for composition. I actually see these red lines when I’m out and about:
What’s best? That which updates the most frequently and recently.
The best “set it and forget it†approach.
A serve is like a one rep max.
What I desire– a truly ZEN driving experience. No distractions, no devices, no touch screens, no music, no LCD screens, etc. Only a pure driving experience– manual transmission, no CD player, no superfluous things.
Get a GoPro BONES— the ultimate minimalistic design. No LCD screen. The truly zen camera. I intend to use this for my street photography GoPro POV videos, and vlogging. I don’t have a drone, …
Now that Seneca is over a year old (he’s currently around 1 year, 3 months old), I am currently out of the trenches (the first year of child rearing is like trench warfare, World …
If you aspire towards more photography and more adventures, having a kid is a very good idea. Seneca hates staying at home. Thus taking him out, and taking my RICOH along — results in …
A small glass cube, with lots of direct sunlight, and also temperature-regulated (air conditioning, or heating when it is cold).
A thought: When is ‘up’ good, and when is ‘down’ good? For example, we want to UP our muscle mass, but DOWN our body fat percentage.
Car photography. The idea: When you’re stuck in traffic, or stopped at a stop light, you can (safely) shoot photos.
A thought: Perhaps we should become *less* choosy with our photos. The thought: What if I like *all* my photos, all the photos I shoot?
What new futures await you and your photography?
Another big step towards our personal independence: become your own barista, make your own coffee at home. Even a cheap deLonghi single serving espresso machine is good, we got ours used for only about …
Everyone can aid you. They’re like your mercenaries, and support characters.
Instead, create your own trend. Follow your own creative vision and intuition.
The best way not to be so self conscious when shooting street photography without permission.
Easy: just sumo deadlift 5 plates, squat 4 plates, bench 3 plates. Powerlifting style. Any normal male can do this without steroids, testosterone, supplements etc. MUSCLE MOTIVATION *BEYOND* MAINTENANCE. HOW TO GET BIGGER ARMS …
Beyond just basic notions of making a bunch of money from your photography. What’s new and interesting ways you can integrate crypto and crypto technologies for photography? Not just selling your digital photos as …
Become the “over†(uber) photographer by just shooting it all.
Don’t comment on others or their behaviors. Just ignore them, and keep steaming ahead!
Intrepid: not alarmed. Practice street photography every day. Just go to the mall or local downtown where there are other human beings. To improve your street photography skills, timing and ability to capture decisive …
If you were a billionaire and aspired towards photography, how would you do it? The camera: RICOH GR IIIX. The strap: ERIC KIM WRIST STRAP MARK II. The files, extra small jpeg. High contrast …
It trains kids to play in a very strange, reductive way. More fun to play with your kid in the skate park, or even at the local mall. Even something I’ve been training Seneca …