Month: June 2022
Why Commerce is Good for You in Photography
Commerce & Photography Or why involving money and your photography is a good idea: Why commerce? Commerce means with merchandise, in Latin. Marketplace, merchants. Mercor, trade, deal sell. Merx — perhaps the same root …
BALLS VS SKILL
The reason why I live investing in crypto is that it takes balls, not ‘skill’. Nobody knows the future. And this is what makes the risk-taking so fun!
Hate is Also a Strong Motivator
My hate for banks and the difficulty to move money drives my passion for Bitcoin and crypto technologies.
How Do You Know if the Timing Is Right?
You never know. I say just follow your gut. And any decision you make in life, make sure you do it when you are well-rested, well-caffeinated, and feeling physiologically strong. Or in other words, …
HOW I COOK BRISKET: FOOD VLOG POV ERIC KIM GOPRO GRILL (OUTDOORS)
Brisket is great on the grill:
How to make your photos more three-dimensional
Think beyond the frame: Photograph your subject against a simple background, with some distance in between. Also, if you have your subject looking towards a different direction towards you, it makes the photo feel …
Insurance against death or injury
Assuming you want to live to be 120 years old, spend the least amount of driving, or time in a car possible. Why? In today’s world, honestly the greatest chance you are of serious …
The cracks in between
The cracks in between is what interests me the most when it comes to photography.
Things that get better over time, things that get worse overtime
Read essay →WHY IS MOVING MONEY SUCH A PAIN IN THE ASS?
In praise of Bitcoin — electronic money transfers.
MONOCHROME MYSTERY
Color is too obvious. Monochrome as more mysterious and enigmatic.
JUST BUY IPAD
If you’re curious, just buy iPad: The best value being iPad Pro, 256GB option. The budget option as normal iPad, 256 option.
ANYTHING DONE OUT OF STRENGTH IS GOOD
Anything you do in a moment of weakness is bad. Or another words, only workout when you’re feeling extremely strong, only invest when you’re feeling extremely strong. If you’re still tired or exhausted or …
SEEING IN INVERSE
See in inverse — black and white. Easy to do in Procreate app:
ERIC KIM COOKS BRISKET GOPRO BBQ GRILLE BACKYARD PATIO POV
No brisket, no life:
The ideal neighborhood is a neighborhood where you could easily walk around and shoot street photography
Northpark, San Diego as a great location.
If you want to live off the grid, an electric car is not a good idea
Read essay →I prefer the closer, worse option than what is further and better
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The Bridge Between On-Chain and Off-Chain
Crypto and credit cards— we need a bridge. Chainlink as the future SWIFT international banking system link?
When you’re not super pumped about something, just delay it.
Obvious values are super obvious.
TIMING
Much of life is all about timing. With investments, having kids, street photography, etc.
Black is healthy
Just drink black coffee. It is far healthier than any strange milk substitutes, or sugar added.
I buy it for the packaging
Whenever I buy coffee, I always buy it for the packaging. It is like a piece of visual artwork on my coffee counter. I wanted to be beautiful, so when I look at it, …
I’d rather do an imperfect job than *no* job
My “satisficeing†way of living. Better to clean frequently (not “perfectlyâ€) than just do it very infrequently, but “perfectlyâ€.
I don’t like heavy things.
Heavy coffee cups are also bad.
A very good white paper should be very short
Be very skeptical of very long papers. Just because something is longer does it mean that it is more intelligent or better. Bitcoin white paper only 8 pages!! Similar that great poetry or aphorisms …
Grills are Clutch
If you cook a lot of meat often, outdoor grills are super clutch. Cooks the meat faster, less mess, less smoking up the house. Also, something very lovely about eating outdoors on your patio …
Be very greedy when others are afraid
A riff off of Warren Buffet. When others are fearful, greed is good.
Oil(Gas) & Food
The two things which are essential to Americans.
Follow the founder, not the thing.
Stick with the founder, rather than the company. For example, I am long Tesla and SpaceX, because Elon musk is still the CEO of both companies. The reason why Amazon may be in trouble …
Don’t do things, unless you feel 100% confident in it
Even though you’re 100% confident, you may be wrong. But that is not the point. I think confidence and risk taking go hand-in-hand.
Maybe it is better to invest in travel than in foreign things
Maybe instead of buying more stocks, just use that money to buy flights, Airbnb‘s and hotels?
Don’t buy or invest in meme coins
Why? Because memes don’t last.
Instead of buying a red car, better to buy red clothes or red shoes
Read essay →If you’re rich enough, then what is the point of investing?
Perhaps the greed and lust for greater gains?
GOOGLE IS A SECURITY COMPANY.
For example, I trust putting my passwords, and two factor authentication into Google, than any other service. A great opportunity for Google to create a crypto wallet. I would far trust putting my cryptocurrency …