{"id":44931,"date":"2025-10-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=44931"},"modified":"2025-10-02T14:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T21:09:21","slug":"whats-in-my-now-colby-black-p-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-colby-black-p-i\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Colby Black, P.I."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m an Operational Swiss Army Knife (looking for my next gig) Production, Program &amp; Project Management Executive who builds, launches, and grows high-impact digital experiences. West Texas native who lives in Brooklyn with my wife and 4 year old heat seeking missile of a daughter. \u2014&nbsp;<strong>Colby Black, P.I.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/10\/wimb-colby-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44932\" width=\"672\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/10\/wimb-colby-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/10\/wimb-colby-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/10\/wimb-colby-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/10\/wimb-colby.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/kcnM9n\">ANCEL AD310 Classic Universal OBD II Scanner<\/a><\/strong>: Our 8 year old VW has started acting like it. I bought this cheap OBD II reader to read the check engine soon codes it throws now and I feed them into Gemini. \u201cLow Vacuum System\u201d and \u201cLow turbo boost\u201d cause Gemini to diagnose I needed a new gas cap instead of a $3000 turbo.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/XaKSt\">ARZOPA Portable Monitor 15.6\u201d<\/a><\/strong>: I got one of these second monitors for my laptop. Not too expensive, can throw it in a backpack and totally life changing.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yeti.com\/drinkware\/tumblers\/rambler-20oz.html\">YETI 20 oz Tumbler<\/a><\/strong>: Might be lame and basic, but the 20 ounce Yeti Rambler is just about perfect. NOT leakproof so don\u2019t go tossing it in a bag or carrying it upside down.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sunsama.com\/share?refId=65eb6af61a6ec600016f1b99\">Sunsama<\/a><\/strong>: Sunsama is the only way I can keep things on track at home and work and extra curricular. Shared affiliate link will get folks $20 in Sunsama credits.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cursor.com\/\">Cursor<\/a><\/strong>: I\u2019ve been playing with vibe coding the last year or so and Cursor just feels like sorcery.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rodhunt\/7349742552\">Never let short term greed get in the way of long term greed.<\/a><\/strong>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I read this almost 15 years ago and it stuck with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ec17518-5a1f-4d72-bb4c-90894919687f_600x600.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #225<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[2389],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44933,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44931\/revisions\/44933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}