Recommendation: If you're not a big fan of podcasts this interview with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky might change your mind. Hear surprisingly honest and captivating answers that covered a brief history of industrial design, how he totally changed his leadership style, what his first and last call of every workday is, and where AirBnB is heading next

AI Happenings - May 2026

Miscellaneous - May 2026

AI keeps making significant leaps, including two recent releases from Anthropic with major implications for cybersecurity and design

NASA launched the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years on April 1, 2026, flew four astronauts around the Moon, set a new human-distance record of about 252,756 miles from Earth, and splashed down successfully 10 days later. (Have I started using "splash down" to refer to coming home or sitting down? Yes). A few of the best photos from the mission:

A potential breakthrough in pancreatic cancer treatment. Reminds me of Morgan Housel's writing: “Medical progress is enormous, but it happens gradually, so we under-recognize it. If cancer survival rates improve by, say, 1% per year, any single year looks unimpressive. But over 30 years, that becomes extraordinary progress [1% improvement per year for 30 years = about 35% total improvement]."

Alinea in Chicago became one of the most renowned restaurants in the world over the past 20 years, including being voted by chefs at once point as the best restaurant in the world. 20 years after opening, Alinea’s chef Grant Achatz writes about what comes next for the restaurant. A much better post than I was expecting, and an interesting quick look at food, creativity, and evolution. 

A few paintings/pictures I came across this month that I liked (paintings by Jim Musial)

AI happenings March 2026

• AI keeps making capability leaps, including in spreadsheet modeling (with major future implications for finance and accounting jobs presumably)
• Building products for AI instead of people
• Anthropic continues to win major share from OpenAI

A few Chuck Norris facts in honor of the legend

• When Chuck Norris was born, the only person who cried was the doctor.
  

• The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year.
  

• Chuck Norris can dribble a bowling ball.

• If Chuck Norris were to travel to an alternate dimension in which there was another Chuck Norris and they both fought, they would both win.

• Chuck Norris can slam revolving doors.
• When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
• Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
• Chuck Norris’ calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, because no one fools Chuck Norris.