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Another Tin Heart… and Extra-Large Grippy Socks
A pacemaker generator replacement brought financial uncertainty, hospital humor, a new tin heart, and extra-large grippy socks. Along the way, friends, family, and neighbors offered encouragement, reminding me how many people were looking out for me through recovery. Read More
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How I Turned a Board of Supervisors Meeting into a Monster Truck Commercial
A late-night idea turned a Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting into a monster truck commercial. Here’s how I combined AI-generated audio, meeting footage, oversized titles, and editing workarounds to create the parody video “Extreme Supervision.” Read More
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China’s Open-Model Moment Is Changing the AI Race
Export controls have influenced Chinese AI development, pushing for efficiency and smaller models that are now viable for home users. Chinese firms leverage open releases and advanced engineering, challenging U.S. dominance in AI with innovative, accessible solutions. Read More
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Tic-Tac-Toe and Crystal Palace 9
I trained a compact tic-tac-toe AI model called Palace-9, which integrates modern training workflows. Challenges included browser visualization versus deployment, complex training processes, and tokenizer issues, leading to future project planning for a smaller model named Crystal-9. Read More
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Doubling Memory
Upgrade the home server to improve large language model performance by increasing RAM to 64 GiB and enabling XMP for better speed. Despite installation challenges, this optimization aims to improve model efficiency using different techniques. Read More
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Data Centers, AI, Security, and the Risks Warren County Should Consider
Recent articles highlight differing perspectives on the data center debate, emphasizing cybersecurity and community impact. Concerns about technological risks and infrastructure demands raise questions about future planning, regulatory standards, and local financial implications regarding data centers. Read More
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Correcting History, One Character at a Time
After correcting 7,626 errors in third-party digitized Warren County newspapers, I tested OCR and AI models to see whether they could improve archival search. But the archive’s rules ask: How can people contribute responsibly with AI assistance? Read More
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The Day My Raspberry Pi Started Seeing Things
I finally put my Raspberry Pi’s Hailo-8L accelerator to work, compiling a local plate-location detector, processing private photos, and discovering both its promise and its mistakes: license plates, bumper stickers, one headlight, and no OCR… yet. Read More
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Bonsai 27 B on old GPU’s
Primarily using Qwen3:8b for analysis on a 3080 Ti GPU, exploring larger models with improved performance. After significant installation challenges with Bonsai:27B, I achieved satisfactory results, balancing memory requirements and processing speed across both GPUs. Read More
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The Long Shadow of September 11
Twenty-five years after 9/11, I remember the confusion near the Pentagon, the stalled roads, anthrax fears tied to my father’s postal work, armed soldiers at Metro stops, and how ordinary life suddenly felt uncertain. Read More