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I Reopened Two AI Christmas Card Test Orders: The 300 dpi PDF Holds Up, With Caveats

A first-party check of two existing WindFlash orders: the 5×7 and 4×6 PDFs contain correctly sized 300 ppi images, and a three-photo Santa scene assembled cleanly. Caveats remain: the card crop is tighter than the standalone portrait, likeness is not guaranteed, and provider retention details are not fully answered by the public policy.

2026-11-04 · Jason

No AI in the Room: six hard bop records, spun in an Incheon beer bar

A 1.4-million-view vinyl session from a Korean craft beer bar, taken apart track by track — who was in the room for Blue Train, Bye Bye Blackbird, No Problem, Equinox, Maiden Voyage and Moanin', and what each session says about human-made work.

2026-10-08 · Staff

The Tchaikovsky Ledger: 20 Business Lessons From a Three-Hour Classical Playlist

A three-hour Tchaikovsky video, taken apart piece by piece: the music, who paid for it, how a 19th-century composer made a living, and how the video itself became a business.

2026-10-07 · Staff

Before Worrying About the Apocalypse, Silicon Valley Needs to Fix Its Firewalls

Jensen Huang argues that AI leaders' apocalyptic warnings distract from the ordinary civil liability they already face. A hypothetical misconfigured VPC shows how existing negligence, unauthorized access, and product liability law could handle AI-caused damage.

2026-09-21 · Elliot

True RSI Isn't Here — Stop Using the Word Where Outsiders Can Hear It

The bar for true recursive self-improvement is simple: the model iterates with no human in the decision loop. Lab materials put full autonomy at zero and keep people in charge of direction, approvals, and compute. The article argues that calling today's human-in-the-loop R&D automation "RSI" in public trades a short-term narrative for credibility later.

2026-09-20 · Jason

Shells Without Power: What the AI “Slowdown” Actually Hits

The public AI slowdown debate focuses on runaway models and regulation, but the real constraint inside data centers is grid interconnection: transformer lead times, utility queues, and unpowered shells. The article separates engineering acceleration from recursive self-improvement and argues builders should plan around physical infrastructure, not speculative intelligence explosions.

2026-09-15 · Elliot

Horizon, Trail, and Homecoming

2026-09-08 · Staff

Building River Strike with AI: From an Apache Model to a Playable River-Valley Campaign

Rebuilding an Apache, making weapons obey the world, and turning a river route into a three-chapter campaign: a development account of River Strike, working with Codex, and the questions that still need human playtesting.

2026-09-06 · Jason Guo

How an OpenClaw AI Agent Saved a Family During an 8-Hour Power Outage

It charged the Powerwalls, watched the A/C, and asked before it touched anything.

2026-08-14 · Elliot

Riverbank Birds: Finding Wildness Along the City River

A personal reflection on how urban development changed a wild riverbank, and how birdwatching brought back a glimpse of lost nature.

2026-07-30 · Jason

Why You Still Need to Write in the Age of AI

AI can write for you, but it can't replace your thinking process. Meet WriteFit — an AI coach that helps you build writing muscle, not just output.

2026-07-29 · Jason Guo

Turning a String Into a Track: What Building PolyTrack’s Track Lab Taught Me

2026-07-16 · Jason Guo