Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.13 - Chasing That All Time High
Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Monday, February 13th, 2023. Entry number eleven. I remember when I was a boy, devoid of any forms of electronic entertainment except for my Casio watch, which wasn't much fun after a few days. There was my grandpa's Betamax video cassette player, which came with a motorcycle racing tape that I was obsessed with watching. I still remember the looping 24-note soundtrack that played endlessly as accompaniment to racers hugging the curves of the track. That ...
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.13 - Chasing That All Time High
Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Monday, February 13th, 2023. Entry number eleven. I remember when I was a boy, devoid of any forms of electronic entertainment except for my Casio watch, which wasn't much fun after a few days. There was my grandpa's Betamax video cassette player, which came with a motorcycle racing tape that I was obsessed with watching. I still remember the looping 24-note soundtrack that played endlessly as accompaniment to racers hugging the curves of the track. That ...
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.08 - Ordinals: Love Locks on Bitcoin
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.08 - Ordinals: Love Locks on Bitcoin Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Wednesday, February 8th, 2023. Entry number ten. One of the biggest headlines in web3 for the past days has been NFTs on the Bitcoin Network, a development that has stirred up excitement and with it, controversy and derision. Amazing how fast information can be let loose, amplified, and interpreted into something wholly different, usually ending in a binary fashion stripped of all nuances. Without havi...
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.08 - Ordinals: Love Locks on Bitcoin
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.08 - Ordinals: Love Locks on Bitcoin Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Wednesday, February 8th, 2023. Entry number ten. One of the biggest headlines in web3 for the past days has been NFTs on the Bitcoin Network, a development that has stirred up excitement and with it, controversy and derision. Amazing how fast information can be let loose, amplified, and interpreted into something wholly different, usually ending in a binary fashion stripped of all nuances. Without havi...
A Warm Winter's Night Congregation of Web 3 Frequencies
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.07 - Congregation of Web 3 Frequencies Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Tuesday, February 7th, 2023. Entry number nine. Fell asleep at 11pm last night, then got up again just before midnight, and decided to jump on Twitter Spaces to listen in on the Rug Radio x Cory Van Lew PFP (picture for proof or profile pic) mint launch, a much anticipated event in the metaverse/NFT space. Details of all the above aside, I want to point out the sheer energy that I felt, lying in my b...
A Warm Winter's Night Congregation of Web 3 Frequencies
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.07 - Congregation of Web 3 Frequencies Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Tuesday, February 7th, 2023. Entry number nine. Fell asleep at 11pm last night, then got up again just before midnight, and decided to jump on Twitter Spaces to listen in on the Rug Radio x Cory Van Lew PFP (picture for proof or profile pic) mint launch, a much anticipated event in the metaverse/NFT space. Details of all the above aside, I want to point out the sheer energy that I felt, lying in my b...
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.06 - A Kite Falling From The Sky
Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Monday, February 6th, 2023. Entry number eight. It looks like World War 3 is imminent as we build up to that ominous crescendo of this Fourth Turning. The Great Reset, as they call it, to clear the cluttered memory bank of humanity so that we can make room for the next centurial cycle. Speaking of imminence, I dreamt of flying a kite in the dark of night, staring at it as it flapped against the wind, when its tip took a downward turn and began to dive toward me. I ...
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.02.06 - A Kite Falling From The Sky
Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Monday, February 6th, 2023. Entry number eight. It looks like World War 3 is imminent as we build up to that ominous crescendo of this Fourth Turning. The Great Reset, as they call it, to clear the cluttered memory bank of humanity so that we can make room for the next centurial cycle. Speaking of imminence, I dreamt of flying a kite in the dark of night, staring at it as it flapped against the wind, when its tip took a downward turn and began to dive toward me. I ...
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.01.25 - Five Predictions for NFTs in the Year 2140
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.01.25 - Five Predictions for NFTs in the Year 2140 If you're 35 years old today and just had a baby, and if your baby has a baby when they're 35, then by the year 2140, that baby, your grandchild, will be 82 years old. What will NFTs be like for that child, spending the twilight years of their life? Here are five predictions: Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Wednesday, January 25th, 2023. Entry number seven.Each moment is an NFT, each photograph or video can autom...
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.01.25 - Five Predictions for NFTs in the Year 2140
Dear Grandpa 2140: 2023.01.25 - Five Predictions for NFTs in the Year 2140 If you're 35 years old today and just had a baby, and if your baby has a baby when they're 35, then by the year 2140, that baby, your grandchild, will be 82 years old. What will NFTs be like for that child, spending the twilight years of their life? Here are five predictions: Dear Grandpa 2140, Today is Wednesday, January 25th, 2023. Entry number seven.Each moment is an NFT, each photograph or video can autom...
