8K Open Studio, Disability, AI, and Public Survival Archive

A public working record by Ken Meyering / HDCOLORS.

Why this archive exists

This archive begins with a hard-drive crisis, but it is really about something larger: how a disabled artist-programmer is using AI, 8K media, home servers, VR, public documentation, and open-source software to preserve memory, survive outside normal employment, and build tools for people whose lives do not fit ordinary schedules.

It is intended for readers who can tolerate neurodiversity, disability, unusual cognition, public vulnerability, experimental home infrastructure, and long-form personal technical documentation.

Content note: this archive may discuss disability, mental health, medication, Social Security, caregiving, family memory loss, storage failure, housing insecurity, and public survival planning.

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Public survival chat

The high-level narrative of the conversation and why it matters.

Hardware and storage

8K/VR studio, file server, DAS, network backbone, and recovery-safe storage architecture.

Disability and work

Why self-directed bedroom work is not evidence of ordinary employment capacity.

Memory-care software

The cognitively compassionate interface mission behind MyAnythingList and care-TV automation.

Basement VR studio

A privacy-preserving public-interest studio alternative to a basement rental apartment.

Links

Public project links, YouTube channel, and daily build archive placeholders.

Suggested public folder name

8k-open-studio-disability-ai-public-survival-archive/

Suggested public URL:

https://8k.art/beta/open-studio/