actually in fact there's a guide i've been wanting to write for a little bit but have never gotten around to. it would probably be useful in the IHA library though, basically just a guide on what webmastery and webhosting Is!
i was a programmer for several years but i only worked up the interest to get my own domain+server because i had One Friend (out of all my friends there was only One Person) who was paying for their own domain and server. then i didn't get the confidence to do it myself until i met mortis and got to work directly with the HD website "backend"
i would probably format it as an instruction guide on how to get your own, because just having people explain what it is never really helped me vs. learning what they did to get a website going. in this case, renting a web server, renting a domain, connecting to a remote server with SSH, and transferring files into it