I find 2026 to be distasteful so I’m going back to 1998. Enjoy your surveillance AI hell scape. I’ll be rocking Mac system 9, wearing Jncos and playing PlayStation and N64.

Happy April 30th Metal Gear fans.

So much neat stuff sitting in hefty containers. Most of them work. If I ever get my health back I’ve got a ton of mod/maintenance/repair work to do. Casual front loader NeoGeo CD and Duo-R.

Over half a petabyte, 576tb of storage after parody. 624tb total raw, just the main array. Which I’ve maxed out can no longer add disks. All in a single 4U chassis.

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @newyorker.com, with Andrew Marantz: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I think it's bad for the President to threaten to annihilate an entire culture and i do not think you are being alarmist if you take his threats seriously and literally.

Ordered a new pair of Litter Robots to replace the aging V3 robot. Went with the v4 because then newer one has an “AI” powered camera and requires a $120 a year Whiskers+ subscription. No. I don’t want a fancy internet connected litter box taking pictures of the inside of my house.

Six, 4k Remux streams transcoded to 480p, using Plex and Jellyfin. The Intel Arc 310 does work for budget card.

Summoned what little energy I have to install a new GPU in the Plex server. Intel Arc A310 (4gb), wanted the 380 but the GPU market is just… awful. I primarily wanted this for AV1. Since disks are probability expensive. Going to test AV1 & AV1 transcoding.

Not one but two working GDROM’s, and a stack of some Naomi GD fire.

Crazy #FinalFantasyVII turns 29. I still have my copy, even the receipt. Still one of the best FFs of all time. Maybe I should play it on my Debug PlayStation system that came from Square office. (Though the US version has a few more months before it’s officially 29).

Lost Odyssey is $8.24 on XBL buff.ly/3CsyJ5j

I bought this portable Viewsonic monitor for my microscope for soldering work. But I use it more to work on PCs than anything. It also means I need to get back into modding and repair work.

Merry Christmas but 75° and running my AC on Christmas doesn’t feel like Christmas at all. Halloween didn’t feel like it either since it was 90°. Global warming sucks and I want consistently cold October - December.

How and what the hell am I suppose to do till the next season of #Pluribus comes out? Just live life and wait? The way things are going who knows if 2027 will even be a thing. Season 1 review: 11/10, masterful cinematography, sound design, writing and acting.

Working on the last SFF PC refresh for realistically a long long time. I had a feeling hardware availability would tank but didn’t respect it to be this bad. My squad of X3D AM5s should get me to 2029/2030. Kidding but not. :-/ Glad I always went 64gb minimum in ram.

I’m going to buy an island and retire early. This isn’t even all of the loose DDR4 ECC I’ve got laying around.

First SFF (re)build is finished. AIO, Arc B580 (will fit 4070super) with a Asus Strix B650E-I running a 7800X3D. Temps are great considering the slim radiator/fans and GPU literally mm’s apart. All crammed into a Fractal Ridge.

Talking about SFF: “Oh yeah SFF is the way to go, you can have all the performance and minimal drawbacks. Only my main gaming rig is full size, I love mini itx. “ Working on SFF builds: “Oh god I hate this cable management is such a pain why is it like this I want the pain to stop.”

PC/Server pricing is just unbelievable, I paid $350 for this memory kit 11 days ago (11/07/2025). Now it's almost $800 and prices are continuing to going up. I bought some ECC DDR4 for the home lab Feb/March 2025, $380 for 512gb. Now just 128gb ECC DDR4 is $370 dollars.

Last refresh for a long time. Realistically until AM6 and post AI bubble. Ive got a 9950X3D, 9800X3D and 7800X3D based rigs. I can’t imagine anything on AM5 fast enough to warrant replacing the 9950/9800X3D. Now GPUs are different story, but I’m solid on those at the moment as well

My copy of Concord and Google Stadia came in today. Wow I don’t know what one I’ll play first. So exciting. I bet 2026 is year of Stadia and Concord!

I’ve been into mini pcs and picked up this little one. GMKtec Evo-X1 Mini PC AMD Ryzen AI 370. Packs a Radeon 890m. Still disappointed I missed the amazing Apple M4 MacMini deal, but that sold out like it was a Final Fantasy x Magic the Gathering drop.

Tried aura farming the Death Stranding 2 Platinum.

It just keeps getting worse and worse.

Seriously can’t believe I got sucked into Magic in my 40s. My love of collection NTSC/U and NTSC/J has spilled over into this as well.

Just can’t stop pulling Vivi. This is my third one.

Not only did MTGxFinalFantasy get me into Magic. I’ve been getting the Japanese cards. I’ve also been organizing all my cards. In sets of fifty, organized in common, uncommon etc.

Almost a full collection of Cid’s, just missing the Final Fantasy XIV Cid alternate card.

Got my gigantic bulk card cases setup. One for #MTGxFinalFantasy one for #FinalFantasyTCG Probably will need one more for MTGxFinalFantasy…..

I got into the Final Fantasy: Trading Card Game, because Magic is a gateway drug. The card art vs MTG is night and day, Wizard of the has high standards. FF: TCG can vary. However this card, is just amazing. 11/10 no notes. Wizards of the Coast needs to step their game up.

You can take MGS from its creator but you can’t take MGS out of the game. #deathstranding2

I bought the fancy deluxe edition which lets you play early. Been busy with work and being sick, so making up for lost time.

Back on my bullshit. #deathstranding #deathstranding2 #kojimaproductions

Pulling some mythical heat tonight, solid in the top 5 cards for tonight. Though I’m spending more time reorganizing than any other Magic the gathering related events tonight. #MTGxFinalFantasy #FinalFantasy #MagicTheGathering

Going to open a few packs today. Excited for the final Final Fantasy 6 themed commander pack.

Dangerous levels of meta here. #MTGxFinalFantasy

Finally some represent for the goodest boy, Torgal. Also Whiteheart is 100000x times cooler name than Ambrosia. Whiteheart is bad ass, took hit for Clive that everyone thought killed her, lost her eye to said injury. Then protected the citizens and travelers of Martha’s Rest becoming a legend.

Getting new art for older titles (titles that aren’t Fantasy VII) is great. While VII is amazing, there are plenty of great games that over overshadowed by it.

There it is… the best Magic the gathering x final fantasy card. Instant Ramen.

Very Kupo. MTGxFinalFantasy

The Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy prerelease kits are beautiful. The attention to detail and aesthetic, I love it what an amazing collection of Final Fantasy artwork.

Framed the big Chocobo foil that I got from a Magic the Gathering x Final Fantasy Event.

Never been into Magic the Gathering, but they got me with Final Fantasy. Got this all MSRP, thanks Video Games Plus in OKC. This will go into my sealed collection. I’ve got more on the way but this is for Final Fantasy collection. The commander pack is shipping box sealed and still remain so.

Was only able to snag a pro controller from Walmart but still got a snack bag! Thankfully was able to snag a Switch 2 Mario Kart bundle for @myraccoonhands.com and myself. Launch deliveries from BestBuy and GameStop, I’ve also got a bunch of stuff I need to pickup in person at BestBuy tomorrow.

Been working on the home lab, installed a WiFi 6 AP I’ve been sitting on for a while. The 5g WiFi is more than 2x the old 5g AP, 6g WiFi saturated the connection. The AP should be getting a 2.5g link to my Cisco nexus with my 2gig symmetrical fiber internet. So in theory there’s more in it.

UnRaid/Plex/JellyFin/Audiobookshelf server upgrade day. Doubling the ram to 256gb and all matching and faster speed ram. Shot of the dual P1000 Quadro’s because hardware transcoding is where it’s at.

They weren’t lying, this is in fact cool.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is really fantastic and just a touch over an hour into it. I also got the Platinum in Returnal because I’ve lost control of my life.

Going to load up Peak, only heard amazing things about Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. So many good releases I need to play, Lunar Remaster, Fantasian Neo Dimension, I haven't played Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth since the PSP days.