How to check if you patched Log4Shell in Minecraft

If you are reading this post you are probably aware of the log4shell vulnerability that was discovered a little over a week ago. This allows any java application using the log4j logging library to execute remote code from an attacker. Paper, Forge, and Mojang were quick to patch the servers against the threat. If you are worried that your server might be vulnerable the first thing you should do is download the latest version of whatever jar you use. If you want to validate the patch worked then you can follow the rest of this guide. ...

December 20, 2021 · 2 min

Turn any Image into a Minecraft Skin

I have been running a Minecraft server for a streamer named Geof for a little over a year now and during a celebration stream for his Twitch partnership I thought it would be funny to put his face on a Minecraft Skin. I went to find a tool online to make this easy for me and I couldn’t find one. I ended up building the skin in Photoshop, but from then on I thought it would be cool to have a website that could make these skins for you. ...

October 1, 2020 · 3 min