Gareth Harmer

More work on the #minecraft castle. Mostly trying to balance out the towers to make a satisfying composition, but partly to redo the towers internals to have fewer ladders and more spiral staircases.

I’m planning to work on some cute medieval docks to make the […]

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Evening all! Almost finished the blacksmith/crafting station on the 2nd half of this castle! Still need to do some decorating, but getting there!

Inspired by Bluenerd on YouTube

#Minecraft

Started work remodelling the 2nd half of the castle in #Minecraft. The original layout was a mess of towers with no real usable space. I spent some time demolishing one tower and rebuilding it elsewhere so that I could squeeze in a smithy and forge. Still a work in progress, but not too bad so far.

new internet who dis?

I always had a feeling this was on the cards - MMO New World is being closed by Amazon. https://massivelyop.com/2025/10/28/new-world-heads-to-maintenance-mode-out-intention-is-to-keep-servers-operating-through-2026/

Via @massivelyop

I would really wish that Microsoft got itself back under control. The organisation seems determined to make decisions that drive customers away.

- The windows 11 push, especially considering there are ways for customers to get extended 10 support for free.

- The Xbox drop, now seeing TikTok as […]

@Vidyala oh wow, that’s rough! Does that mean the schools are all closed at the moment?

I was going to ask about science fiction books for 6-8 year olds. Sammich loves space and rockets, but there doesn’t seem to be much genre fiction in that age bracket. Is there anything you know of that’s […]

@Vidyala oh gosh! I’m so sorry to hear that! I was going to ask you for some advice, but it can definitely keep for now.

I hope that you can get a treatment plan soon though- you must be super anxious.

Evening all!

So… that #minecraft castle.

Now that I’ve added some spires to the other towers and started texturing the walls, it’s starting to look ok. But that giant Wizard’s Tower is definitely dominating the skyline…

Also, Ghasts are amazing for helping with this kind of remodelling.

Morning all!

Spent some time adding a mage/wizard tower to the #Minecraft castle, only to realise afterwards that it’s about 5 blocks too high *and* it completely dominates the build from certain angles.

I’m going to have to adjust things elsewhere to compensate, I think.

Evening all!

Completed the latest story update in #ZenlessZoneZero. Unfortunately I lost the 50-50 attempt for Lucia, but I’m super happy to have got Komano added to my roster.

On another note, I’m a little concerned about the direction that character design has been heading in lately. I’ve […]

Son, age six: can we have oysters for dinner?

Me, having never fed him oysters before: o_O

The title page from ‘Rex Wrecks It’, torn to pieces and taped together.

The title page from ‘Rex Wrecks It’, torn to pieces and taped together.

Didn’t expect my day to involve repairing a school library book that my son destroyed, but yet here we are.

A blue and apricot colored stuffed Mastodon toys sitting next to each other on ambiguous white background.

A blue stuffed Mastodon toy sitting comfortably.

An apricot colored stuffed Mastodon toy sitting comfortably.

The result of the photo shoot with the new #Plushtodon in preparation for their launch at the end of November. See the @Mastodon blog for details.

For any servers that are thinking of taking this stance or have implemented this approach, consider this:

You are making the decision to cut off thousands of federated users across multiple servers to make a political point. These servers, their admin teams and their communities have maintained […]

Quoting this to add:

Effectively, lgbtqia.space has decided to fediblock all UK users *and* all UK-hosted servers in a protest measure against the UK Government’s implementation of the Online Safety Act.

While I sympathise with their position, it puts UK-based servers in the difficult position […]

This might be one for @josey or the #MastoAdmin squad - I’m trying to decide on the best way of moving Mastodon’s Postgres data from its current local location to a mounted volume. Current options are:

- Copy the files over then use a symbolic link, but this might upset docker

- Copy the files […]

Some interior screenshots from the rightmost castle, showing the courtyard and bridge to the leftmost one. #minecraft

A Minecraft castle

A Minecraft castle

A Minecraft castle

A Minecraft castle

More progress on the #minecraft castle! Most of the work has been on the house internals, but I’ve also rebuilt the bridge and adjusted some stuff on the rightmost keep.

Currently working on texturing and building out more internals before working on the leftmost half.

Looking down the Thames at Waterloo Bridge, with the dome of St Paul’s roughly centre and Southbank on the right.

An art installation at Southbank

Afternoon all!

Apologies for the silence over the last seven days - day job has had an intense launch week!

Still, it allowed me to get some nice photos of London at dark :)

My hope for Dawntrail:

Wooo! Beach holiday! Aztec! Cities of Gold!

My reality with Dawntrail:

Petulant Child: an Escort Quest.

#ffxiv

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

A customer service provider fo Discord has been breached, spilling photos of government-issued ID.

The UK Online Safety Act has, demonstrably, made UK citizens less safe. https://www.theverge.com/news/792032/discord-customer-service-data-breach-hack

@rakuno Thanks! I’m really enjoying the progress :)

More work on the #Minecraft castle! Added this medieval/tudor style house to the castle walls. It’s got a huge amount of space inside and should make the perfect centrepiece for our HQ!

Based on a Bluenerd design.

Cooked a snacky dinner (Welsh rarebit) and promptly fell asleep for an hour and a half. It was so bad that I had pins and needles up my arms when I finally woke.

I’ve also been trying to help Sammich have a better night’s sleep, after falling asleep twice at school. Changing his nightlight and […]

I saw Linus Tech Tips creeping back into my YouTube recommendations lately, after I’d unsubscribed and blocked all LMG channels following the GamersNexus debacle.

The. I found a bunch of former LMG presenters had all started up their own thing. Some had been laid off when their channels were […]

@belghast Ach, blocked in the UK. :(

I feel like I’m in a real bind about the #Xbox #GamePass price increase.

On the one hand, a lift of 50% for no apparent improvement in value is a huge hike that’s difficult to swallow.

On the other, Game Pass Ultimate is basically our main gaming solution. The Xbox is our main set top box that […]

Been playing a little more #ZenlessZoneZero, clearing through my backlog of quests and trying to accumulate gacha currency.

I did go back on my original statement and pick up Orphie and her signature weapon, but only after I saw a guide that recommended her in […]

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[Work work.]

Evening all.

Work is super super busy right now. Crunch time, which means long hours and late nights.

Still, not long until it’s all wrapped up.