There are examples of this in real world: Elon Musk ventures jump to mind.
This idea transfers to self-dev: don’t build/chase “goals”/targets; instead build the things which themselves “build” those things. I.e., systems / habits.
This is a great website for getting at direct downloads of notable HW/SW patches, service packs, security updates, DirectX, etc.
http://www.softwarepatch.com
In my experience USB “thumb” drives are notoriously unreliable, but that’s something you find out only once you attempt to read back the data you’ve “written” to the device. Always check your medium before use.