Workout in sans supplements! But got some more at the store just in case. How much? Milk Thistle, zinc and magnesium were on sale. How do I even test for this stuff? Could these supplements just be placebos that enable me to THINK of doing something? And could that then lead me to DEVELOP the abilities, techniques and mindsets?

Went to the Apple Store to get my AirPods aaaaand… didn’t get anything! The girl who helped me was from China, we tried AirPods Pro 3 (with live translation from Chinese… it sucked), AirPods 4 with and without Noise Cancellation, Beats Buds and Beats Buds+ with Noise Cancellation. Why didn’t I buy? I wanted to get an engraving and they wouldn’t do it in store!

Stopped off at FamousWok for dinner… kinda like what it used to be.

GOLD getting CRUSHED! What happened to the safety trade? On patience and money making… it’s easy to say have patience, but there’s also time cost and opportunity cost.

(And too late to sell GOLD as it’s a plunging… probably because of the USD. People run to cash. What about that Fed?)

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00:00 Botched Intro Notes

00:41 Podcast Purpose Setup

02:19 AI Tech Job Shift

03:13 Market Pullback Patience

04:31 Top Supplements Stack

08:39 Resetting And Bloodwork

10:30 Lethargy Mindset Goggins

13:30 Cost Value Motivation

21:21 Supplement Warnings Advice

22:48 Workout Recap Echo Bike

23:49 AirPods Mall Run

24:55 Empty Malls vs Canada

26:03 Apple Store Reality Check

27:06 Shopping for New AirPods

27:51 Meeting a Chinese Staffer

29:02 Live Translation Fails

35:08 Case Design and Fit Issues

39:10 No Engraving In Store

41:20 Markets and War Headlines

42:22 Food Court Famous Wok

44:46 Wrap Up and Links

Demo website done! And it includes a game! Ha!

Workout in! Feeling strong enough. How much am I paying per month? $100 vs other people’s $40 a month?!?! How? Why?

Library closed! How do you work at home??

Got the gift cards!

And I forgot to mention… Team Canada lost again… to the United States… in Paralympics hockey! Final score was 6-2, FFS!

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00:00 Cold Snap Catchup

02:58 AI Website Reality Check

05:19 Landing Page To Assessment Flow

06:50 Dino Game Waiting Room

09:15 WordPress Deployment Headaches

11:03 Automation Stack With Zapier

13:06 Winnipeg Market And Web Pricing

17:20 Gym Circuit And Membership Math

22:56 Packing Plans And Flight Timing

24:47 Library Closed And Staying Sober

28:40 Gift Cards And New Headphones

30:16 Team Canada Hockey Sweep

33:25 Wrap Up And Links

Happy St. Patty’s Day! There are Irish pubs, but no real need to go. Lunch with one of the nieces was good enough

Workout in but feeling sluggish! Off Maca, Ashwaganda, Collagen and just about everything. Why? Not working? Or… just need to find my points card?!

How’s cleaning going? I’ve got some annual reports to go through. Does this bring you joy? In order to know, you must handle it yourself.

And a throw back to my youth, bologna sandwiches! What do you mean they’re like hot dogs? I grew up on this stuff!

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00:00 St Patricks Day Setup

00:28 Winnipeg Irish Pubs

03:07 Snowy Day Neighbor Chat

05:12 Lunch With Niece

06:54 Sandwich Nostalgia

11:44 Workout Slump Kettlebells

14:31 Supplement Stack Changes

16:57 Fish Oil Ashwagandha Zinc

22:57 Ubiquinol Biohacking Talk

30:35 Decluttering With KonMari

34:10 Does It Spark Joy Outro

Gemini FAIL! Seemed soo simple and yet… nothing. Back to the drawing board. Maybe it can’t be automated? ChatGPT? Manually?

Shopping with Air Miles? Is it worth it?? New pair of Air Pods? Why not?

Workout in, feeling heavy, but hitting the chest and getting the run in on the treadmill. Have to! I gained weight! THREE POUNDS! TOO MANY DONUTS!

And the state of the market drop, is it done yet? In 2025 it dropped from around 6146 to 4825 and took from Feb 17 to April 7, or thereabouts. Current top is around 7002 last set on around Jan 28, 2026. Another 20% would take it down to 5600, or about the right shoulder of the reverse head-and-shoulders chart pattern set during the 2025 draw down. Will it happen? Who knows! It’s death by a thousand paper cuts.

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00:00 Mic Check Cold Open

00:33 Back in Canada Update

01:03 China Visa Free Plans

02:36 Leaving Teaching Behind

03:16 AI Tools for Workflow

06:45 Gemini Automation Fail

16:12 Why Nobody Reads It

17:47 Support the Podcast

18:20 Air Miles Redemption Test

23:25 Gift Cards vs AirPods

27:06 Donuts and Weight Gain

30:45 Market Drop Watch

35:40 Wrap Up and Links

One week till the cut off begins! Am I ready??

Big talk, little problems — does OpenClaw actually solve anything? You still gotta program it yourself!

Workout in! Mostly legs and some chest.

Does YouTube have eye tracing technology? Does the Apple alarm go off earlier?

Got a credit card refund! So easy!

And yet another reason to go to the office: cat puke!

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00:00 Take Two Cold Open

00:31 Show Intro and Timezones

02:42 The Cutoff Explained

04:46 Four Years of Beard

07:58 ChatGPT Style Advice

11:26 Safety and Superstition

15:26 Donation Plans and Deadlines

18:20 OpenClaw Reality Check

24:08 Gym Update and Cardio

25:32 YouTube Eye Tracking

29:17 Credit Card Refund Win

30:36 Office Life and Cat Puke

33:13 Wrap Up and Links

OpenClaw restricted in China? No shhhht. I honestly haven’t looked at this very much.

Apparently there ARE multi-platform publishing sites in China… but they’re all in Chinese and all require WeChat login. Safe much?

Workout in, not much of a circuit workout, but enough to go around a few times.

Market correction underway, only down by 5% or so.

How did you like the latest Substack article? That was pretty much all done through my new workflow system!

And I realized there’s another reason I kinda liked having an office to go to: I don’t go buy coffee and donuts!

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00:00 Cold Open Notes

00:32 Back in Canada

01:34 Open Source AI

03:04 China API Barriers

05:14 OpenClaw Security

09:33 Personal AI Assistant

13:23 Publishing in China

17:16 Gym Training Update

19:49 Running for Anxiety

23:56 Market Correction Talk

25:53 Stop Loss Basics

28:34 Substack Workflow

33:23 Office Coffee Savings

37:04 Wrap Up and Links

Workout in! But in between visits! Back workout done today, will do my circuit workout tomorrow or Friday.

Out early this morning to meet up with one of my Uncles and Aunts, they just got back from Puerto Vallarta.

Off to a dance competition… 8am to 10pm?? Five days in a row?? During the WORK WEEK!?! How do you even??

Walking around Downtown Winnipeg, what’s it like? Oh Doughnuts kitchen closes at 2pm, but they ended up giving me a buy 1 get 1 free. I gave two away.

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00:00 Day Setup and Intro

00:33 Expat Back Home

02:50 Breakfast With Aunt and Uncle

05:47 Farm Rules and Life Lessons

07:39 Ukrainian Community Talk

11:59 Digital Memories and Death Cleaning

13:24 Work Plans and Money Reality Check

15:12 Aging, Health, and Meeting People

18:59 Dance Competition and Workout

20:48 Downtown Walk and Safety Vibes

25:54 O Donuts Detour

31:42 Wrap Up and Where to Find Me

Making a list and checking it twice! What do you need to do before you leave?

Daly Burger chili burger done and had! Another one checked off the list!

Cleaning up the books, doing some accounting of what I’ve bought and used, cut expenses by half!

And working on that book, what’s the crossover between book writing, podcasting and video making?!

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00:00 Checklist And Chili Burger

00:34 Why So Many Podcasts

04:18 Daily Routine And Motivation

09:00 Canada To China Countdown

14:03 Donut Smuggling Logistics

17:37 Lost AirPods And Food Cravings

19:24 Burgers Beer And Growing Up

25:44 Taxes Tools And Subscriptions

33:22 Writing A Must Read Book

38:23 Share Support And Sign Off

Warming up in Winnipeg! Did I miss all of the winter activities?

Skip an hour ahead! Did you lose an hour this weekend? I didn’t. Slept till 9.30!

Neat new remotion tool using Claude! But still hitting limits! Thinking… May You Make Your Movie… could be AI animation??

And looks like I don’t need to go to Toronto, visa-free entry is enough!

https://toronto.china-consulate.gov.cn/eng/zytzxx/202602/t20260217_11860938.htm

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00:00 Winnipeg Warmup Check

01:16 Prairie Winter Reality

02:32 Building an AI Pivot

04:44 Coworking vs Library

08:19 Missing Local Festivals

10:10 Was It Worth It

12:06 AI Tools and Hustle

14:45 ChatGPT Sales Tactics

16:24 Claude Remotion Magic

21:55 AI Video Challenges

25:48 Website Progress Update

26:42 Beijing Return Plans

27:58 Visa Free China News

30:47 Wrap Up and Links

Slower day today, seems people are getting sick.

Apparently the Chinese students don’t go back until next week. Still some students looking to take IELTS so they can avoid going to class!

Markets getting hit, but some are not… or at least they are rebounding already. (Chinese stocks, Constellation Software, Intuit.)

To the library to get some books, marketing and more decluttering. (Finished Pico Iyer’s book.)

-Marie Kondo Spark Joy and The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up

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00:00 Cold Open Takes

00:37 Late Night Setup

01:30 Audio Gear Experiments

03:39 Library Declutter Books

05:53 What Stuff Survives

09:20 Two Apartments Problem

12:14 Visits Without Storage

13:38 Kondo Books Recap

14:40 Womens Day And Students

15:40 IELTS To Skip Class

26:24 Markets Red Or Not

32:06 Sickness And Sign Off