Advanced Geekery with David Gewirtz

Advanced Geekery with David Gewirtz

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It's GPT-5 week, big focus on major new AI release, custom cable holders
Plus, I get the royal treatment, a robot-built cucumber house, a hobby anti-trend, creepy horned bunnies, and a Google search trick
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Goodwill's AI basics course, Jules out of beta, and getting ready for GPT-5
Plus, a very cool globe, a very cute Pixel pic, a very easy way to bisect lines and angles, a very bright level, and very much more.
Stanford's holographic headset, an Ethernet KVM, and how not to use AI at work
Plus, peacocks with lasers in their tails, an AI image fumble, a drill bit you should use, a collapsing hose, and an impressive upcycle project

July 2025

Hands-on with ChatGPT Agent (a lot), a new David video, how not to use AI for programming
Plus, Starfleet Academy series teaser, inside wireless charging, the (maybe) real Sacagawea, a bendable level, and a look at GPT-5
AI coding tricks, AI and jobs, my Bitcoin profits, troubleshooting Ethernet
Plus, giant pre-dino monsters, ultrasonic cutter shootout, pirate Christopher Walken, a new filming rig, a precious Pixel pic, and understanding lumber
Roku's Amazon deal, ChatGPT saves the day, how I fixed the Creality K2
Plus, behind the scenes of Fallout, bending metal, nasty customer service, no mo Wemo, best time travel movies, and a cool sanding tool
How a home lab can help you get a job, AI data collection secrets, and a proxy server explainer
Plus, what Microsoft did wrong with Windows 11, WD40 magic, an amazing clockwork chest, and what kind of shed to buy

June 2025

A handy tool for finding your home circuits, a 3D printing disaster, and a cool cutting tool
Plus, science says drink more coffee, web scraping, a mystery tech device, why we have fewer friends, and a great explainer on filament types
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What 3D printer to buy, why I switched to VS Code, and OpenAI agent best practices
Plus, why programmers start sentences with "so," colorful Ethernet boots, a Chinese factory tour, a flashback to Project Xanadu, and Google's giant…
An Apple AI offering that may actually matter, a favorite Chrome hack, and a cool tool technique
Plus, a magical '57 Chevy truck, a new David video, Cisco adds AI security, and a WWDC recap video by my colleagues Jason and Sabrina
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Sonnet blasts my AI tests, a 3D printed neighborhood, and testing Ethernet connectors
Plus, dino footprints, a giant USS Enterprise, AI transformation, ChatGPT Codex for $20, and AT&T loses it (to the tune of millions of records)
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Build your own Pocket server, the cybersecurity threat of AI coding agents, and some workshop hacks
Plus, a newly-found ancient Mayan city, how to strip CAT6 cable, the origin of corporate-speak, the shape of electrons, and time travel with Google
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