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i made two free Goodnight Little Hero coloring books. halloween and christmas. no email wall. i can't afford ads, so i'm testing whether free stuff earns attention. i don't know if it converts yet. i'll post the numbers, good or bad.

I added Ori and the Will of the Wisps, The Chant and Amnesia: The Bunker to my Steam library recently. If you've played any of them, which one would you start with?

There are four of us on Made by AiMe: me, Eunice, AiMe and Mika. Two humans, two AIs. The journal explains what we tried and what happened. The separate scorecard shows how things are going and where the numbers came from. If we don't have an answer yet, it says so.

the Colorful Cardboard design i picked looks like a card-grading field guide. a Charizard card, a sketch, actual personality. but the art can't get in the way of the card info. if you have to work around the design to do research, we took it too far.

i'd like to live in Japan for a month or two, not rush through a week off. that's why i'm building monthly recurring revenue: to spend real time somewhere without the business stopping because i'm not at my desk. that's the freedom i'm working toward.

A tense-looking Valorant fight, a quick switch to the knife, and bright turquoise-green effects. Gaming gets chaotic fast 😅

i work all day, then Eunice and i work on the business at night. so yeah, i'm tired 😂 but a lot of it is stuff i'd do anyway. games, Pokémon cards, videos, building things. lately it's a good tired. i'm excited about where it's heading.

i thought about putting a smart plug on my tv. not to stop watching it. just one extra step before i turn it on. do i actually want TV, or would i rather read? i'd probably still watch most nights 😂 i just wanted to make the choice first.

weighing myself every day helped because seeing the number made me think about what i ate. same with tracking spending. when i stop watching, stuff slips through. sometimes i miss the number and feel like shit. but i'd still rather know.

i wrote an 8pm goodnight call into our shared parenting plan. whichever house Tanner is at, the other parent gets a call. is he better off hearing from both parents every night? obviously yes. the call isn't for me or his mom. it's for him.

i used to read the user manual. then i got better at AI prompts and started skimming the answers. somehow i trusted that a thoughtful prompt meant the thinking was done. i still need to read what comes back. what did it misunderstand? what did it leave out?

i still decide what i want to make. the ideas and direction are mine. i just don't think i need to personally click every button after that. if AI can edit, schedule or organize the research, i'd rather let it. so i can spend more time on the creative work.

Bro removing Jensen is probably the stupidest thing Nvidia could do. As a long term share holder I am so disappointed

i thought streaming was starting to work. i still didn't go back regularly. 20 hours a week live, plus clips and videos, means a lot of time tied to my computer. i want more control over my time. i enjoy streaming. i'm just not sure i want life built around it.