I thought I share with you guys what I have been doing in SSP recently. I found [URL="http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/842589-100-power-craft-15a-screenshot-of-mining-vehicles-released/"]PowerCraft[/URL] which is a very intuitive and simple industrial/automatation mod. In just a few hours I was able to build a nice remote controlled subway system:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdaEnd_k6-w"]mc.avi - YouTube[/ame]

This one is fairly obvious, but some people may not think of it, so I put it up here.

Whenever I explore a cave (or dig out mining shafts) I always put my torches on the right wall. This way I can easily find the exit by keeping the torches to my left. If exits are not easily seen, I usually put 3-4 torches on the ground to mark the exits.

[FONT="Courier New"]Starting here with some things I start to remember from playing Minecraft.

Are you annoyed by gravel? Here's a useful hint. If you are in front of a high gravel wall and you just want to dig along, don't waste your shovel. Destroy the lowermost gravel block with a torch and [b]immediately[/b] place the torch on one of the side walls after it is destroyed. This way all gravel blocks will fall down and be automatically destroyed by the torch. Saves shovel...