🔧 Building & Tinkering
- Home Network Overhaul — I've been deep into my Ubiquiti home network. My first attempt resulted in a spaghetti web of wires that looked nothing like the clean network racks people show off on YouTube. So I went back to the drawing board, and it's much improved now — but there's still a lot of work to do.
- Getting Better with AI — I've been working hard to level up my use of AI tools across the board: Claude Cowork, Harvey.ai for legal practice, Google Gemini, and ChatGPT. Learning what each does best and how to integrate them into real workflows.
📚 Reading & Listening
- Apple in China — Just finished this one. Incredibly eye-opening about Apple's dependence on China for its supply chain, and how China leveraged Apple to build a world-class manufacturing ecosystem. Highly recommend.
- Apple: The First Fifty Years — by David Pogue. Just started listening to Pogue's narration of this 600-page book, and I'm really enjoying it. I also bought the hardcover so I could take in the treasure trove of product photos.
🎯 Life
Just got back from Las Vegas celebrating a friend's big round-numbered birthday. Came home with a little bit of the casinos' money, which is always a nice bonus.