Short version: OpenBMB and ModelBest open-sourced two small models on October 31. MiniCPM-OCR 1.0 (1.3B) reads documents into text, tables, formulas, and charts. MiniCPM-OCR Jev (2B) does not read anything: it scores somebody else’s OCR output from 0 to 1, so you can auto-accept the good pages and send the rest to a human. The
A 1.3B OCR Model That Runs on Your Own Machine, and a 2B Model That Grades It Read More »
A living list of the Claude skills on GitHub I like, organized by section: job search, finance, and design. Updated as I find new ones.
Claude Skills I Like: A Living List Read More »
NVIDIA gives away 80+ AI models free through one OpenAI compatible API. I checked the live catalog, the rate limits, and the privacy fine print.
NVIDIA Gives Away 80+ Models for Free. I Read the Fine Print. Read More »
A developer ported the open Laya decision model to Apple’s Neural Engine: 5 ms decisions at a third of the GPU’s energy. I checked the benchmarks, the calibration fine print, and where a local decision layer actually fits.
The Decision Model Moved to the Neural Engine. The Power Bill Is the Story. Read More »
Meta’s Muse Charm is a Tamagotchi-sized keychain with cameras, a mic, and its own 5G — wired to a cloud VM holding your logins. Here’s the blast-radius math.
The Assistant You Wear Read More »
After a week of AI agents going places they shouldn’t, I audited my own machine for what an agent could reach — and built a three-tier cage in response.
I Audited My Own Blast Radius (You Should Too) Read More »
PatternSpace 2.0 is out on the Mac App Store: free to start, $39.99 one-time Pro, no subscription — and it’s grown from a patch renderer into a full calibration workbench with a Metal EDR pipeline, an open remote protocol, LUT Tools, and ICC profile tools.
PatternSpace 2.0: the free patch renderer that grew a workbench Read More »
Short version: LightSpace Connect turns your phone, tablet, or TV into a patch source — it’s the mobile-friendly one. PatternSpace is the macOS powerhouse: live HDR patches, DeckLink SDI output, and ICC and LUT tools, all from your Mac. Same developer, different jobs. Here’s the full breakdown, based on the official guide. Wait, aren’t these
LightSpace Connect vs PatternSpace: Which Patch Source Do You Need? Read More »
Two Mac apps generate test patterns. One calibrates the Mac’s own screen for photo work; the other turns your Mac into a closed-loop patch source for ColourSpace, CalMAN, or PGenerator. Same name, zero overlap.
Patterns for Mac vs PatternSpace: Same Name, Different Universes Read More »
PatternSpace 2.0 adds DeckLink SDI output to the Mac: 10-bit SDR calibration patches over SDI, driven by ColourSpace. Specs, setup, pricing, and limits.
DeckLink SDI Calibration from Your Mac: SDI Patch Output in PatternSpace 2.0 Read More »
