# Kinitos / NeoEdge Project State and Recovery Audit Original audit timestamp: `2026-05-03T14:15:35Z` Updated after preservation pass: `2026-05-10T18:11:41Z` Repo: `public` Canonical public project page: `public/kinitos-neoedge.html` Canonical deep archive root: `public/kinitos-neoedge/` Supporting intake scaffold: `public/data/kinitos-neoedge/` Canonical active local workspace after consolidation: `/Users/steven/Projects-All/public` Prior source-state reference checkout: - `/Users/steven/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/StevenWoods/public-quack-recovery` - branch: `codex/public-recovery-stabilization` - commit: `189094d5eb6e71303fad6f56ba90dae587da9722` ## Precise goal This project is the canonical deep archive for the company line that began as Kinitos, evolved into NeoEdge Networks, passed through the Blue Noodle phase, and ended in the 2011 Double Fusion asset and IP transfer story. The archive is meant to preserve: - company history and phase transitions - memories and narrative context - demos and video leads - historic artifacts and archived web captures - recovered code and technical clues - source manifests and Steven-facing public handoff outputs The top-level `public` site is not the canonical company-history layer. It only consumes short Steven-relevant summaries from this archive. ## Current state and status The project is beyond setup and already has a usable archive backbone. Confirmed archive state: - canonical archive manifests exist in `public/kinitos-neoedge/` - a public summary page exists at `public/kinitos-neoedge.html` - a working repository page exists at `public/kinitos-neoedge/index.html` - source research has already produced three substantial research passes - sixteen approved sources now have checked-in local HTML preservation copies - the company arc now covers Kinitos, NeoEdge, MostFun, Blue Noodle, and the Double Fusion endgame - the archive coordination contract with `public` is in place - the continuity and restart layer now lives in the canonical `~/Projects-All/public` checkout Recommended project status label: - `Active archive with preservation completeness underway` Recommended immediate focus: - `Preservation completeness from the canonical Projects-All workspace, with the remaining weak spots concentrated in blocked press sources` ## Workspace status update The active local workspace situation is now clarified. Canonical active local workspace: - `/Users/steven/Projects-All/public` Deprecated source-state reference checkout: - `/Users/steven/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/StevenWoods/public-quack-recovery` Historical legacy checkout: - `/Users/stevenwoods/GitPages/public` Support-only scaffold: - `public/data/kinitos-neoedge/` That means the archive is no longer dependent on the older recovery checkout for active continuity. The remaining gap is preservation completeness, not workspace ambiguity. ## What is checked in At the committed-history target for this consolidation, the archive and its restart layer include `48` tracked files relevant to Kinitos continuity: - public pages: - `kinitos-neoedge.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/index.html` - machine-readable coordination files: - `kinitos-neoedge/project-manifest.json` - `kinitos-neoedge/source-manifest.json` - `kinitos-neoedge/public-handoff.json` - `data/projects/kinitos-neoedge.json` - continuity and restart documents: - `kinitos-neoedge/WORK-PLAN.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/WORKSPACE-STATUS.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/PROJECT-STATE-AND-RECOVERY-2026-05-03.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/PORTABILITY-AND-MAC-HANDOFF.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/tools/start-kinitos-codex.sh` - `data/shared/company-research-workflow.md` - archive documentation and research notes: - `kinitos-neoedge/README.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/incoming/README.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/incoming/document-leads.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/incoming/research-pass-2026-03-24.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/incoming/research-pass-2026-03-24-endgame.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/incoming/research-pass-2026-03-24-site-captures.md` - typed historic lanes: - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/README.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/memories/README.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/demos/README.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/code/README.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/README.md` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/README.md` - checked-in local HTML artifact captures: - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/mostfun-homepage-2007-03-20-wayback.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/neoedge-homepage-2007-02-05-wayback.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/mostfun-homepage-2008-04-07-wayback.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/neoedge-homepage-2008-03-15-wayback.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/bluenoodle-homepage-2011-02-08-wayback.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/pg-sorenson-lecture-2003-01-01-usask.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/mostfun-try-before-you-buy-2007-07-01-gamezebo.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/yahoo-ad-supported-online-gaming-2008-07-10-newmediawire.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/neoedge-neomom-product-tastes-2008-12-22-gamesbeat-reader.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/neoedge-raises-4m-2009-09-29-gamesbeat-reader.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/neoedge-offspring-merger-2009-11-19-gamesbeat-reader.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/neoedge-raises-3m-2010-12-21-gamesbeat-reader.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/double-fusion-neoedge-acquisition-2011-12-15-gamedeveloper.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/interstitial-advertising-patent-2011-11-02-google-patents.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/distraction-free-content-patent-2011-11-02-google-patents.html` - `kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/founding-innovation-keynote-2023-04-01-uwaterloo.html` - earlier intake scaffold retained for continuity: - `data/kinitos-neoedge/AGENTS.md` - `data/kinitos-neoedge/README.md` - `data/kinitos-neoedge/memories/README.md` - `data/kinitos-neoedge/demos/README.md` - `data/kinitos-neoedge/demos/video-leads.md` - `data/kinitos-neoedge/artifacts/README.md` - `data/kinitos-neoedge/code/README.md` ## State of source preservation The current `source-manifest.json` contains `32` source records: - `24` approved - `8` deferred - `0` rejected Approved-source preservation status: - `16` approved sources have checked-in local archive copies - `0` approved sources depend on an archive-web-only path without a local copy - `8` approved sources currently depend only on canonical live URLs - `0` approved local archive paths are broken when resolved relative to `public/kinitos-neoedge/` ### Approved sources with checked-in local copies - `src-kinitos-2003-usask-pg-sorenson-lecture` - `src-mostfun-2007-gamezebo-try-before-you-buy` - `src-neoedge-2008-yahoo-ad-supported-online-gaming` - `src-mostfun-2007-wayback-homepage-game-player` - `src-neoedge-2007-wayback-homepage-patent-pending-delivery` - `src-mostfun-2008-wayback-homepage-game-network` - `src-neoedge-2008-wayback-homepage-marketplace` - `src-neoedge-2008-gamesbeat-neomom-product-tastes` - `src-neoedge-2009-gamesbeat-raises-4m` - `src-neoedge-2009-gamesbeat-offspring-merger` - `src-neoedge-2010-gamesbeat-raises-3m` - `src-blue-noodle-2011-wayback-homepage-casual-social` - `src-neoedge-2011-gamedeveloper-double-fusion-acquisition` - `src-neoedge-ip-2008-google-patents-interstitial-advertising-chain` - `src-neoedge-ip-2010-google-patents-distraction-free-content-chain` - `src-kinitos-neoedge-2023-waterloo-rdd-founding-innovation-keynote` ### Approved sources not yet preserved locally - `src-kinitos-2004-internetnews-microsoft-sneak-peek` - Microsoft Offers Sneak Peek to Developers - `src-kinitos-2005-microsoft-experience-capital-markets-partners` - Microsoft Experience Capital Markets Is Supported by More Than 20 Leading Solution Partners - `src-neoedge-2007-gamespot-bushnell-joins-board` - Bushnell joins NeoEdge board - `src-blue-noodle-2010-uspto-trademark-filing` - BLUE NOODLE INC. trademark filing in USPTO Official Gazette - `src-blue-noodle-2011-adtechdaily-clickstrip-gdc` - Blue Noodle Premiers New Video Ad-Bar, Clickstrip, at Game Developers Conference - `src-blue-noodle-2011-fortune-mmv-financial-trouble` - Exclusive: MMV Financial in trouble - `src-blue-noodle-2011-fortune-investor-immorality` - Investor immorality: The strange case of Blue Noodle - `src-double-fusion-2011-adtechdaily-major-expansion-neoedge-assets` - Major Expansion at In-Gaming Ad Leader Double Fusion ## Recovery assessment ### What is recoverable from a fresh checkout right now A fresh checkout of the committed repository is already sufficient to recover: - the project structure - the public project summary page - the working repository page - the machine-readable manifests - the continuity and restart documents - the shared workflow baseline - the three research passes - the lead tracker - the sixteen preserved local HTML captures - the distinction between the active deep archive and the earlier intake scaffold That means the archive can be resumed meaningfully on a new machine without rediscovering the company arc from scratch and without depending on `public-quack-recovery` as the active workspace. ### What is not yet guaranteed from git history alone The main remaining gap is not workspace continuity. It is evidence completeness: - eight approved sources are still not locally preserved - the GamesBeat / VentureBeat funding-and-merger cluster now has local reader-rendered preservation copies, leaving a smaller set of Microsoft, GameSpot, USPTO Official Gazette, Fortune, and AdTech Daily pages as the main blockers - full source review therefore still depends partly on the public web ### Practical verdict The Kinitos archive is now `continuity-safe and meaningfully more self-contained` from the canonical `~/Projects-All/public` checkout, but it is not yet `fully self-contained and exact-evidence reproducible` because a blocked press cluster and several other approved live URLs still lack local copies. ## Fresh-machine restart procedure On a new machine, the intended restart path is: 1. clone the `public` repository 2. prefer a local working path analogous to `/Users/steven/Projects-All/public` 3. run `bash public/kinitos-neoedge/tools/start-kinitos-codex.sh` from the repo root 4. open: - `public/kinitos-neoedge/WORKSPACE-STATUS.md` - `public/kinitos-neoedge/WORK-PLAN.md` - `public/kinitos-neoedge/PROJECT-STATE-AND-RECOVERY-2026-05-03.md` - `public/kinitos-neoedge/project-manifest.json` - `public/kinitos-neoedge/source-manifest.json` 5. read the research passes in `public/kinitos-neoedge/incoming/` 6. inspect the preserved HTML captures in `public/kinitos-neoedge/historic/artifacts/archive-html/` 7. continue work from the canonical deep archive root at `public/kinitos-neoedge/` The older `public/data/kinitos-neoedge/` tree should be treated as supporting intake and workflow context, not as the canonical deep archive root. ## Recommended next steps 1. Continue Kinitos local work only from `~/Projects-All/public`. 2. Prioritize local capture of the remaining `8` approved non-local sources, especially the Microsoft, GameSpot, USPTO Official Gazette, Fortune, and AdTech Daily pages. 3. Keep using the startup script and recovery audit as the first restart path after any machine or checkout transition. 4. After those preservation steps, resume broader research or restoration only when: - new documents arrive - a targeted source-capture campaign is chosen - code or artifact restoration work is ready to begin See also: `WORK-PLAN.md` for the living phase plan and `WORKSPACE-STATUS.md` for canonical-versus-deprecated workspace labeling. ## Bottom line The project is already a real archive, not just a loose lead list. The continuity layer is now present in the canonical `~/Projects-All/public` workspace, so the old recovery checkout is no longer required for active Kinitos work. The main remaining risk is source-preservation completeness within a smaller, more clearly defined blocked-press cluster.