Articles / Podcasts
Introducing GPT-4o: The coolest highlight to me was the real time translation from Italian to English. Incredible!
Fredrik Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination.: “Being a writer is the best way I know how to get paid for being insane”.
The Knowledge Project Jim Loehr: One thing that stood out to me was Jim talking about how our parents “outer voice” turns into our “inner voice” and is passed down generation by generation.
The Secret to Happiness: hard times lead to better connections.
Nobody Knows What’s Going On: “There are few penalties for bullshit, and many rewards. Because nobody knows what’s going on”.
Why we have a housing crisis: older generation holding on to their properties + growing population = not enough supply.
Maybe it doesn’t matter: When I find myself slipping into the mindset I’ve been describing, to be able to ask myself: “Wait. Does this actually matter?”
Books
The Day the Sea Came Alive: in progress
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: in progress
The Inner Game of Tennis: 3/5
The Little Book of Common Sense Investing: 5/5
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 5/5
Kitchen Confidential: 4/5
Art and Fear: 3/5.
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets: 5/5. “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” (333)
Diet + Exercise
Dhruv gave me two tennis rackets and I’ve been really enjoying getting back into the game. It’s a great cardio workout as well (60 mins = ~1,200 calories). Goal is to play twice a week.
Fun
May 11th 2024, one of the best days of my life.
“Mini moon” in Idyllwild CA. Amazing place. It was me and Sarah’s first time and we had a blast. The mountain town is 2 hours away from Encinitas and you feel like you’re in a different world. We stayed at Freewyld which was at the top of town and great walking access. Coffee at Better Bean, Movie night at Rustic Theater, fancy dinner at Cafe Aroma, Hawaiian Shaved Ice at Candy Cupboard, and the best maple bar donut I’ve ever had at Amelia’s Donuts. We will be back!
Movies
Pretty Woman: 4/5
Mad Max Fury Road: 5/5
Crazy Rich Asians: 4/5
Wonder: 4/5
Inside Out 2 (Theater): 5/5
Hit Man: 3/5
Music
Teskey Brothers: there was a record player in our Idyllwild cabin and we listened to The Winding Way on repeat.
TV
The Last Dance (for the 5th time): 5/5
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial: 4/5. Those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it.
Quotes
“My life is very simple. I read a lot of books. I watch a lot of movies. Listen to a lot of music. Walk the dog. Cook. Be with my family.”
Cillian Murphy
“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul’s resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.”
William James
“big secret to happiness is just liking stuff. finding more stuff to like. finding ways to like stuff you didn’t before”
Lauren Wilford
“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t think about what you want to be, but what you want to do.”
Richard Feynman
W-2
So much is happening so fast at Anadro, I’m just trying to hold on. If you get the right team in place a lot of what you have to do is just get out of your own way.