Author: tompayne

Every couple of years, the freeze cycle weakens much of the stone/concrete work around the house, especially the front steps and stone wall. It starts to be pretty dangerous when the stone steps become loose and the underpinning becomes loose. I watched a couple of videos and settled upon...

So last night I embarked on my first serious quest for an End City and the elusive “elytra” (wings). I watched a number of YouTube videos to prep and talked to Cousin Mikey for advice. For supplies, I brought: Food (steak and pork chops) Bucket of water (to scare...

After probably 10 years of playing Minecraft, I finally got the nerve/interest in seeking out and killing the Enderdragon. I watched a couple of videos and did a trial run on a test world. Didn’t seem very difficult, just tedious for someone with such bad aim using a Minecraft...

Here are some of the “source” photos helping me recall details about our old house in Brooklyn. Backyard Interior Shots Google Street Shots...

I have always wanted to revisit my childhood home (876 East 35th Street). This weekend, I recreated it in Minecraft (beside my current home). I need to decorate the interior and build some secret passages building upon childhood imagination. UPDATE – Garage and patio added...

Version 1.19 is here. We had to wait a couple of extra days for the Vanilla team to update their version and for James Chambers to update his amazing setup script. I prepped the world by deleting some “infrequently” used blocks (“chunks”) with the Server Mods installed Dynmap-3.4-SNAPSHOT-spigot.jar floodgate-spigot.jar...

This is actually pretty crazy… https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/post/how-to-set-up-and-run-a-really-powerful-free-minecraft-server-in-the-cloud...

I found a pretty cool tool, DynMap, that can help illustrate my Minecraft world. It potentially boarders on cheating, but I will try to control myself. Above is a via of my basecamp, including a recreation of Stately Payne Manor. Here is a 2D view that includes my base,...

William has been complaining that his Nintendo Switch “joycon” is suffering from drift again. Apparently, this is a chronic design flaw of the controller that resulted in a law suit and a poorly publicized repair program. I returned both boys’ controllers once and am not sure Nintendo will fix...