It's not all that difficult to run a Minecraft server. In fact, you likely have everything needed to do it in your home right now. On top of allowing for online play with friends, you can even run your own single-player worlds on a server too. Here are my top tips to get started with running and maintaining your own Minecraft servers.

I love Minecraft. But, more than playing it at my desk, I love playing Minecraft anywhere I am. Here's why I keep my single-player world on a server instead of just my local desktop.

Minecraft is a fantastic game. Not only has it defied the odds and survived 16 years as a game, but it's still thriving today.

If you've become bored with the default theme of Pi-Hole, there's an easy way to change that. If you didn't know, Pi-Hole actually has a sort of theming engine. While you used to have to manually install them, the LCARS theme now comes baked in, and here's what all it entails.

Hosting your own Minecraft server doesn't have to be difficult. I've hosted my own servers for friends for the past few years, and it's actually pretty simple to do.

2025 is the year I was determined to keep a journal. And, instead of having to spend money monthly on an app like Day One, I decided to give Obsidian a try. There's no going back.

I was ready to purchase a new camera earlier this year, upgrading from my Sony a6500/a6000 setup that I've been running for several years. I chose to "upgrade" to a seven-year-old camera, but why?

I've been enjoying amateur photography for years, but there's one piece of kit I've never owned up until this month: a variable ND filter. I can't believe I waited so long to get one–it's completely changed my photography capabilities.

It's 2025, and people still flock to 1080p monitors for their computers. I think it's high time that we make 4K the default resolution of computer displays, because a 4K monitor is absolutely worth putting on your desk.

I wanted to move my Adobe Lightroom library to a portable SSD so I could use it on both my desktop and laptop. Instead of purchasing a pre-built SSD, I built my own for a fraction of the cost (and I can upgrade it later if I need to).