8K Open Studio, Disability, AI, and Public Survival Archive
A public working record by Ken Meyering / HDCOLORS: 8K/VR media, AI collaboration, disability, memory preservation, and open-source survival infrastructure.
This archive begins with a drive crisis, but it is about much more than a drive.
This is a public working record of Ken Meyering / HDCOLORS building an AI-assisted 8K/VR home studio, a memory-preservation system for family caregiving, a high-performance media server, and open-source software for people whose lives do not fit ordinary schedules.
It is written for people who can tolerate neurodiversity, disability, unusual cognition, long-form technical documentation, public vulnerability, and experimental public-interest media infrastructure.
Content note
This archive discusses disability, mental health, medication, Social Security, caregiving, family memory loss, data loss, housing insecurity, home infrastructure, and survival planning. It is intentionally candid.
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Hardware Shopping List
The Amazon-linked performance-first shopping list documented in the chat.
Hardware and Storage Plan
The 8K/VR/CUDA file-server architecture and recovery-safe storage plan.
Disability and Work
Why bedroom-based AI-assisted hyperfocus is not ordinary employment capacity.
Memory-Care Software
The MyAnythingList / care-TV mission behind the project.
Basement VR Studio
A privacy-preserving alternative to converting the basement into a rental apartment.
SSA Disability Context
A plain-language summary of the disability/work-capacity issues discussed.
Core thesis
Economic security can unlock contribution from people who cannot survive ordinary employment. AI can make previously unusable human capacity useful, especially when work is self-directed, public, asynchronous, and protected from coercive schedules.
Recommended public URL
https://8k.art/beta/open-studio/