Sar
@elderlogs.net
(Formerly @nerdrooted on Twitter)
Professional nerd/idiot (he/him)
Plays way too much #Warcraft, Steam, PS5 & Switch
Game collector, screenshot junkie
#AuDHD, #ADHD, #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent, #INTJ #WorldOfWarcraft
http://linktr.ee/_sar_
Professional nerd/idiot (he/him)
Plays way too much #Warcraft, Steam, PS5 & Switch
Game collector, screenshot junkie
#AuDHD, #ADHD, #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent, #INTJ #WorldOfWarcraft
http://linktr.ee/_sar_
A very Merry Die Hard day to all who celebrate!
To the rest of you who are clearly misers, have Merry Xmas instead 😂😉
To the rest of you who are clearly misers, have Merry Xmas instead 😂😉
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A very Merry Die Hard day to all who celebrate!
To the rest of you who are clearly misers, have Merry Xmas instead 😂😉
To the rest of you who are clearly misers, have Merry Xmas instead 😂😉
I know no right-thinking person actually uses it, but the Epic Games free game today is The Callisto Protocol.
Quite a big game for free, even if it's on EGS?
Yeah, why not.
store.epicgames.com/...
Quite a big game for free, even if it's on EGS?
Yeah, why not.
store.epicgames.com/...
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I know no right-thinking person actually uses it, but the Epic Games free game today is The Callisto Protocol.
Quite a big game for free, even if it's on EGS?
Yeah, why not.
store.epicgames.com/...
Quite a big game for free, even if it's on EGS?
Yeah, why not.
store.epicgames.com/...
Ok, getting my CSS sorted on the GTS instance, which is more for fitting in with the actual blog at elderlogs.net, rather than anything else, as posts there should federate out to Mastodon etc.
The only bad thing about GoToSocial is the deliberate lack of Quote posts 😥
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The only bad thing about GoToSocial is the deliberate lack of Quote posts 😥
1/5
The Elder Logs
Musings from an older tech/gaming perspective...
elderlogs.net
December 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Ok, getting my CSS sorted on the GTS instance, which is more for fitting in with the actual blog at elderlogs.net, rather than anything else, as posts there should federate out to Mastodon etc.
The only bad thing about GoToSocial is the deliberate lack of Quote posts 😥
1/5
The only bad thing about GoToSocial is the deliberate lack of Quote posts 😥
1/5
It's been a stressful few days. Long and stressful...
Losing a Parent: Slowly
Old age is a luxury, but only sometimes.
www.elderlogs.net
December 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's been a stressful few days. Long and stressful...
So, after a very stressful couple of days (more on that particular issue tomorrow - it's a long, stressful tale), I decided to install and finally give Euro Truck Simulator 2 a proper go.
Only 13 years after release 😂
#EuroTruckSimulator #ETS2
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Only 13 years after release 😂
#EuroTruckSimulator #ETS2
1/3
December 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So, after a very stressful couple of days (more on that particular issue tomorrow - it's a long, stressful tale), I decided to install and finally give Euro Truck Simulator 2 a proper go.
Only 13 years after release 😂
#EuroTruckSimulator #ETS2
1/3
Only 13 years after release 😂
#EuroTruckSimulator #ETS2
1/3
And with that, my journey in #LegionRemix is largely completed!
Chronoscholar was the last major thing I wanted to get done, so now it's just really bronze farming for the very few vendor bits & pieces left I still want.
Done all the raids. Unlocked all the Decor. Maxed out my Infinite Knowledge.
Chronoscholar was the last major thing I wanted to get done, so now it's just really bronze farming for the very few vendor bits & pieces left I still want.
Done all the raids. Unlocked all the Decor. Maxed out my Infinite Knowledge.
December 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
And with that, my journey in #LegionRemix is largely completed!
Chronoscholar was the last major thing I wanted to get done, so now it's just really bronze farming for the very few vendor bits & pieces left I still want.
Done all the raids. Unlocked all the Decor. Maxed out my Infinite Knowledge.
Chronoscholar was the last major thing I wanted to get done, so now it's just really bronze farming for the very few vendor bits & pieces left I still want.
Done all the raids. Unlocked all the Decor. Maxed out my Infinite Knowledge.
New article on the website!
Privacy Goals for 2025: What were they, and did I hit them?
Privacy Goals for 2025: What were they, and did I hit them?
Privacy Goals: 2025
What were they, and did I hit them?
www.elderlogs.net
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New article on the website!
Privacy Goals for 2025: What were they, and did I hit them?
Privacy Goals for 2025: What were they, and did I hit them?
So that's the Autism Assessment process completed now, and now I have to wait for the letter to arrive with the decision.
It'll be after the New Year, so it's going to be an anxious Xmas and New Year holidays...
😬
Fingers crossed for the right result, after waiting for four years for it!
It'll be after the New Year, so it's going to be an anxious Xmas and New Year holidays...
😬
Fingers crossed for the right result, after waiting for four years for it!
December 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
So that's the Autism Assessment process completed now, and now I have to wait for the letter to arrive with the decision.
It'll be after the New Year, so it's going to be an anxious Xmas and New Year holidays...
😬
Fingers crossed for the right result, after waiting for four years for it!
It'll be after the New Year, so it's going to be an anxious Xmas and New Year holidays...
😬
Fingers crossed for the right result, after waiting for four years for it!
So apparently my post earlier today regarding Labour adding an amendment clause to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill got the Meta-baters riled up.
So, just for clarity, for those on Threads that didn't see my replies, or on other platforms I cross-post to, page 20:
bills.parliament.uk/...
So, just for clarity, for those on Threads that didn't see my replies, or on other platforms I cross-post to, page 20:
bills.parliament.uk/...
December 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
So apparently my post earlier today regarding Labour adding an amendment clause to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill got the Meta-baters riled up.
So, just for clarity, for those on Threads that didn't see my replies, or on other platforms I cross-post to, page 20:
bills.parliament.uk/...
So, just for clarity, for those on Threads that didn't see my replies, or on other platforms I cross-post to, page 20:
bills.parliament.uk/...
So I paid today for a VPS with Hostinger, exploring potentially running my own, strictly single-user Mastodon instance.
Inspired by Elena Rossini's excellent article about how she got started down the same road WRT self-hosting:
blog.elenarossini.co...
My Geekom will prob be my Nextcloud server 😄
Inspired by Elena Rossini's excellent article about how she got started down the same road WRT self-hosting:
blog.elenarossini.co...
My Geekom will prob be my Nextcloud server 😄
A newbie's guide to self-hosting with YunoHost. Part 1: reasons + requirements
The first post in a four part miniseries about self-hosting for newbies via YunoHost
blog.elenarossini.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
So I paid today for a VPS with Hostinger, exploring potentially running my own, strictly single-user Mastodon instance.
Inspired by Elena Rossini's excellent article about how she got started down the same road WRT self-hosting:
blog.elenarossini.co...
My Geekom will prob be my Nextcloud server 😄
Inspired by Elena Rossini's excellent article about how she got started down the same road WRT self-hosting:
blog.elenarossini.co...
My Geekom will prob be my Nextcloud server 😄
Apparently Labour in the UK are intending to force all suppliers of mobile/cell phones to the UK market to install unremovable software that will scan each and every photo on your device, all in the name of "protecting the kids".
Thus treating every adult in the UK like a suspected pedophile.
Thus treating every adult in the UK like a suspected pedophile.
December 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Apparently Labour in the UK are intending to force all suppliers of mobile/cell phones to the UK market to install unremovable software that will scan each and every photo on your device, all in the name of "protecting the kids".
Thus treating every adult in the UK like a suspected pedophile.
Thus treating every adult in the UK like a suspected pedophile.
So, after nearly 4yrs of waiting the day of my #Autism assessment is finally here!
Little bit nervous, but mainly looking forward to the experience, and finally getting an official answer, whatever way it goes.
If it doesn't go as I expect (that yes, I have the 'tism), then I'll be flummoxed tbh.
Little bit nervous, but mainly looking forward to the experience, and finally getting an official answer, whatever way it goes.
If it doesn't go as I expect (that yes, I have the 'tism), then I'll be flummoxed tbh.
December 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
So, after nearly 4yrs of waiting the day of my #Autism assessment is finally here!
Little bit nervous, but mainly looking forward to the experience, and finally getting an official answer, whatever way it goes.
If it doesn't go as I expect (that yes, I have the 'tism), then I'll be flummoxed tbh.
Little bit nervous, but mainly looking forward to the experience, and finally getting an official answer, whatever way it goes.
If it doesn't go as I expect (that yes, I have the 'tism), then I'll be flummoxed tbh.
So other than the Chronoscholar title in #LegionRemix, this was the only other long-term goal I had left to get: A Deathless run on a mail character in Mythic Trial of Valor for this transmog - it was something I missed out on in Legion, and it was unattainable until #Lemix
Started today at lvl 21!
Started today at lvl 21!
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So other than the Chronoscholar title in #LegionRemix, this was the only other long-term goal I had left to get: A Deathless run on a mail character in Mythic Trial of Valor for this transmog - it was something I missed out on in Legion, and it was unattainable until #Lemix
Started today at lvl 21!
Started today at lvl 21!
I hate the AI slop Coke Xmas ad on TV. It's so bad looking...
December 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I hate the AI slop Coke Xmas ad on TV. It's so bad looking...
Getting to the end of Remix on my Paladin!
Got The Infernal title yesterday by doing a +45 key, and finally hit the Infinite Knowledge cap of 36 this morning.
Bronze to farm for the remaining mounts, & mogs etc I want to get, but really the last thing is the Chronoscholar title!
Then onto Hunter!
Got The Infernal title yesterday by doing a +45 key, and finally hit the Infinite Knowledge cap of 36 this morning.
Bronze to farm for the remaining mounts, & mogs etc I want to get, but really the last thing is the Chronoscholar title!
Then onto Hunter!
December 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Getting to the end of Remix on my Paladin!
Got The Infernal title yesterday by doing a +45 key, and finally hit the Infinite Knowledge cap of 36 this morning.
Bronze to farm for the remaining mounts, & mogs etc I want to get, but really the last thing is the Chronoscholar title!
Then onto Hunter!
Got The Infernal title yesterday by doing a +45 key, and finally hit the Infinite Knowledge cap of 36 this morning.
Bronze to farm for the remaining mounts, & mogs etc I want to get, but really the last thing is the Chronoscholar title!
Then onto Hunter!
Season 3 comes to a competitive end, and with it the expansion as a whole.
A quick round-up of the end of this season, and filling in time now until the launch of Midnight...
A quick round-up of the end of this season, and filling in time now until the launch of Midnight...
The War Within: Season 3
Edges were Cut, Remix was maxed, and now we chill...
www.elderlogs.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Season 3 comes to a competitive end, and with it the expansion as a whole.
A quick round-up of the end of this season, and filling in time now until the launch of Midnight...
A quick round-up of the end of this season, and filling in time now until the launch of Midnight...
Finally, on our 3rd kill, and me not being absent on Holiday or on the bench: Cutting Edge: Mythic Dimensius!
Plus got my +30 key done in #LegionRemix tonight after the raid, so a decent night, so just 3 heroic quests for the Void-Scarred regalia, and a +40 for the Infernal title and done (AFAIK)!
Plus got my +30 key done in #LegionRemix tonight after the raid, so a decent night, so just 3 heroic quests for the Void-Scarred regalia, and a +40 for the Infernal title and done (AFAIK)!
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Finally, on our 3rd kill, and me not being absent on Holiday or on the bench: Cutting Edge: Mythic Dimensius!
Plus got my +30 key done in #LegionRemix tonight after the raid, so a decent night, so just 3 heroic quests for the Void-Scarred regalia, and a +40 for the Infernal title and done (AFAIK)!
Plus got my +30 key done in #LegionRemix tonight after the raid, so a decent night, so just 3 heroic quests for the Void-Scarred regalia, and a +40 for the Infernal title and done (AFAIK)!
I've ordered myself a mini-PC, a Geekom A6, with 32gb DDR5 Ram, 1Tb ssd, Ryzen7 6800 and 680m gpu.
Should be a nice little starter to experiment with for the nascent beginnings of a potential Homelab setup for 2026 and beyond.
No idea if I'll have a use-case, but this should test the waters 😂
Should be a nice little starter to experiment with for the nascent beginnings of a potential Homelab setup for 2026 and beyond.
No idea if I'll have a use-case, but this should test the waters 😂
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I've ordered myself a mini-PC, a Geekom A6, with 32gb DDR5 Ram, 1Tb ssd, Ryzen7 6800 and 680m gpu.
Should be a nice little starter to experiment with for the nascent beginnings of a potential Homelab setup for 2026 and beyond.
No idea if I'll have a use-case, but this should test the waters 😂
Should be a nice little starter to experiment with for the nascent beginnings of a potential Homelab setup for 2026 and beyond.
No idea if I'll have a use-case, but this should test the waters 😂
Another day, another reason to move to #Linux
I am THIS CLOSE to move to LINUX... Windows updates & "Smart App Control"... WTF?
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November 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Another day, another reason to move to #Linux
Aaaand that's 740 max ilevel in #LegionRemix finally, after getting my boots tonight!
Now to get that Vers level maxed out to 999 - currently on 230, so a bit to go there. That and finish off the ach's for the last 2 Sargerei Regalias - 100 Heroic Tier world quests and a +30 key :P
Now to get that Vers level maxed out to 999 - currently on 230, so a bit to go there. That and finish off the ach's for the last 2 Sargerei Regalias - 100 Heroic Tier world quests and a +30 key :P
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Aaaand that's 740 max ilevel in #LegionRemix finally, after getting my boots tonight!
Now to get that Vers level maxed out to 999 - currently on 230, so a bit to go there. That and finish off the ach's for the last 2 Sargerei Regalias - 100 Heroic Tier world quests and a +30 key :P
Now to get that Vers level maxed out to 999 - currently on 230, so a bit to go there. That and finish off the ach's for the last 2 Sargerei Regalias - 100 Heroic Tier world quests and a +30 key :P
So close to max iLevel now in #LegionRemix!
Tomorrow should finish it off, just 3 items left now that aren't 740.
Found I can solo heroic dungeons easily at this ilevel, and did the first boss of Tomb of Sargeras on Normal mode solo too.
Going to push an m+ key solo tomorrow as well...
Tomorrow should finish it off, just 3 items left now that aren't 740.
Found I can solo heroic dungeons easily at this ilevel, and did the first boss of Tomb of Sargeras on Normal mode solo too.
Going to push an m+ key solo tomorrow as well...
November 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So close to max iLevel now in #LegionRemix!
Tomorrow should finish it off, just 3 items left now that aren't 740.
Found I can solo heroic dungeons easily at this ilevel, and did the first boss of Tomb of Sargeras on Normal mode solo too.
Going to push an m+ key solo tomorrow as well...
Tomorrow should finish it off, just 3 items left now that aren't 740.
Found I can solo heroic dungeons easily at this ilevel, and did the first boss of Tomb of Sargeras on Normal mode solo too.
Going to push an m+ key solo tomorrow as well...
Ok, looks like Filen will be keeping their Starter lifetime deal in place *for now*, but the 2Tb deal, scaling up the starter plan, is less than half the price.
And that 2Tb will essentially last me a lifetime, because I only ever backup photos, very few videos, and important documents.
And that 2Tb will essentially last me a lifetime, because I only ever backup photos, very few videos, and important documents.
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ok, looks like Filen will be keeping their Starter lifetime deal in place *for now*, but the 2Tb deal, scaling up the starter plan, is less than half the price.
And that 2Tb will essentially last me a lifetime, because I only ever backup photos, very few videos, and important documents.
And that 2Tb will essentially last me a lifetime, because I only ever backup photos, very few videos, and important documents.
So apparently Filen.io are getting rid of their lifetime plans.
Makes sense from a business perspective, but I have 200Gb on a lifetime deal. I'll obviously get to keep this, as they're honouring these.
So I did the sensible thing and bought another 2Tb before the offer goes away 😂
Makes sense from a business perspective, but I have 200Gb on a lifetime deal. I'll obviously get to keep this, as they're honouring these.
So I did the sensible thing and bought another 2Tb before the offer goes away 😂
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
So apparently Filen.io are getting rid of their lifetime plans.
Makes sense from a business perspective, but I have 200Gb on a lifetime deal. I'll obviously get to keep this, as they're honouring these.
So I did the sensible thing and bought another 2Tb before the offer goes away 😂
Makes sense from a business perspective, but I have 200Gb on a lifetime deal. I'll obviously get to keep this, as they're honouring these.
So I did the sensible thing and bought another 2Tb before the offer goes away 😂
Wrote up my thoughts on #Bazzite so far, how it's been performing and why I ended up on it.
It's been a fun journey, not least learning how it works, as it's not like any other distro I've ever used before...
It's been a fun journey, not least learning how it works, as it's not like any other distro I've ever used before...
Bazzite: The way forward?
Is this the way out of Microsoft's Agentic hellscape?
www.elderlogs.net
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Wrote up my thoughts on #Bazzite so far, how it's been performing and why I ended up on it.
It's been a fun journey, not least learning how it works, as it's not like any other distro I've ever used before...
It's been a fun journey, not least learning how it works, as it's not like any other distro I've ever used before...
So, as luck would have it, this releases on the Monday night, meaning the Early Access period is over the preceding weekend.
Which normally would be great, but that's a weekend I've already got tickets to go see my first Man Utd match at Old Trafford!
Ah well 😂
Which normally would be great, but that's a weekend I've already got tickets to go see my first Man Utd match at Old Trafford!
Ah well 😂
Midnight Releases March 2nd, 2026 - Blizzard Announcement Trailer
Blizzard has announced that Midnight will arrive on March 2nd, 2026!
www.wowhead.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
So, as luck would have it, this releases on the Monday night, meaning the Early Access period is over the preceding weekend.
Which normally would be great, but that's a weekend I've already got tickets to go see my first Man Utd match at Old Trafford!
Ah well 😂
Which normally would be great, but that's a weekend I've already got tickets to go see my first Man Utd match at Old Trafford!
Ah well 😂