Game consoles priced out of the market

 

This is interesting to me in that I saw the big price increase last December and bought a forgotten Minisforum computer that was stacked up with the fast memory that you can't buy now.

I was using that computer to bring to life old family videos.  Then the liquid-metal cooler broke.  Took months for the warranty because there weren't any of these machines around.  I took out all the high-speed stuff, and they eventually found a UM773 lite barebones.  It works fine now.

Suddenly I had the notion to bring back all the PS3 games stacked in the closet.  I used the AI to install an emulator for Linux, and was off.  It worked great.  Now, I just have the problem that I am worth poop on games.  For the driving game, I finally worked up to driving a mini at 40 on a track.  And it flared up my sciatica that hasn't been around for 30 years!  I just think about the games now, and I feel it.

All being put away again.  My conjecture is that console games are finished for those big social games.  People live to cheat on those things, or boost up their PC's to fire-zone levels, or pay big money.  The human condition.

Second lump of cold coming down

 This one might get the attention of the natgas crazies, since it will hit while they are awake.

It might hit the tomatoes this time.

This is rather confusing, but the Arctic vortex is bravely coming back to life.  The only threat to its dominance was the typhoon off Japan, but that is about to be smashed with cold air.

As usual, El Nino is in a stagnant zombie state.

ps note that the Gulf has been wiped out as a source of heat.  All the charts continue to show cold, and the Arctic ice is hooking up again.  Everything lines up for the ice age.

ps today, the heat blob is completely gone.  It will bob up again.  The curves for this have a 6 day slop, and this is happening by the minute.

Nevertheless, this is somewhat significant.

ps frost on the roofs today, but not down to the tomatoes

Time to set up the micro-greens

 It's going to be a long, cold winter.  Last year, it was made worse by a huge failure of my microgreens.  That's what happens when you never wash it, builds up soil, and the nasty fungus comes in.

For this year, I washed and disinfected everything.  I use circulating water, with nutrients, and I have a clay bead base.  They are already an inch high.  I've written about it before, and today I made sure the heater was working.