A few hours ago an undetected dark star exploded nearby my solar system. Except Jupiter (logical the most massive), Haumea (very far away on the opposite side) and Uranus (luckily shielded by Jupiter that was in conjunction against the shockwave) all the other celestial bodies were simply swept away from their orbits.

That dark star that exploded was my wife.
Over the last week temperatures have risen as summer is finally there. And in my home we have no air conditioning so temperatures are pretty high, around 27 degrees Celsius. The basement is usually the place were she goes to get fresher temperatures. We have a TV room there and she has also her professional office in another room. Unfortunately the average temp in the basement has overall increased and you can feel the heatwave I have to admit. We have now a Nevada desert climate in the basement.

This morning she came with an ultimatum. A thermal ultimatum.
Either I close the door of the small basement room were is my placed my solar system, so as to stop heating the ambient air or she cuts the power from the main switchboard. Exception Jupiter, Haumea and Uranus are each in other places and so are not concerned.

Ok I closed the door. Temperatures that were about 35 degrees in that room after a few hours went to over 45 and rising. The wooden door was hot to the touch. To my big amazement all machines were still perfectly running. I did not dare to check core temps but I switched off one by one all the machines. It was a terribly painful procedure. In fact this small room is shared with stocks of various household products, cleaning, and others. All objects in that room were hot when touched.

The room has a window that stays completely open. In winter time cold air rushes inside (cold air is heavier) and all is perfect, temperatures are mild in the basement and everybody is happy. But in summer time the hot air is not let's say hot enough to force itself out of the window through the cooler external air. It remains trapped and heats everything around.

So I have now to study a solution. Conditions are clear. The door must remain shut and air temp inside the room must be max at 25 degrees C. No idea what this will cost. But the investment then must be designed to allow for a few more devices.

So for some time I will slowly fade away from stats and rankings. So to all of you have fun, and crunch crunch crunch.

I'll come back !!