Last week's sunrise from the top of Mount Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand, Earth.
Small fragments. Things I read, heard, or couldn't stop thinking about. These are too short for essays but too good to lose. Sort of like commonplace book meets tumblelog.
429 bits, and counting.
Woke up with serious jet lag yesterday at 3:30am in Wellington, New Zealand and decided to hike up Mount Victoria. Doing so required weaving through the city center, up some switchbacks, where I was ultimately delivered to a lookout at the top. Here's a 30-second long exposure.
Habbo brings back so many feelings for me. This article transported me back to my college dorm room where I would endlessly tweak isometric pixel art with Adult Swim on in the background. https://www.engadget.com/2019/05/13/habbo-hotel-wandering-the-halls/
Typing text on a screen and reading it out loud does not count as teaching. An audience reading text off the screen does not count as learning.
The sole cause of man's unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.
— Pascal
You tell me things aren't fair
Like I was unaware
So who told you, you could change your mind
And run back when the stars aligned
My brother and I found ourselves negotiating over a beat up Mitsubishi Pajero with two decades worth of dents and scratches. It had a broken door, no air-con, and a quarter million kilometers to it's name. It was perfect.
Read 2 books this week: The Dark Forest (5/5) and Meet Me in the Bathroom (4/5). Both wildly different and extremely entertaining. I'm excited to complete The Remembrance of Earth's Past Trilogy. But first, some non-fiction.
Caught the morning bus to LA.
I don't think I could ever tire of taking NYC street photos. Miss the city already.
Hunting for textures and cool outerwear.
SoHo, NYC.
Sunday driver in Hibiya.
Amara's Law: We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.
Jasmine Snow Buds.
Productive meetings this week in Portland and San Francisco. Looking forward to being grounded over the next few days.
Post-brunch walk in Manhattan Beach.
Friday shop talk.
I've traveled all over the world with this resilient camera and lens combination for the past 3 years. Rain, snow, and shine. Landscapes, long exposures, and portraits. I've tried other camera systems, but this, this is the one for me.
It's hard to explain.