My world
Built myself.
Next to the client work I build my own things: devices, Blender plugins, animations. This is where I write about how they come together, to rebuild, to take away, to support.
♥ Support- Built myselfGoogle Takeout: how to download your data and uploads
Built myself · 1 October 2026
Google Takeout: how to download your data and uploads
Google Takeout gets your data back out of Google: photos, emails, Drive and your own YouTube Music uploads. Step by step, using my old songs as the example.
Read - NotesCrown&Paste: why I built my own iPhone keyboard
Notes · 27 September 2026
Crown&Paste: why I built my own iPhone keyboard
I copy logins, links and codes back and forth on my phone all the time, often late at night. The iPhone only remembers one of them. So I built a keyboard that remembers everything.
Read Notes · 27 September 2026
Eierwiese in Grünwald: where it all started for me
At 16 I stood behind the bar at the Eierwiese in Grünwald and earned my first camera there. Now it has closed, and from 20 October the Waldhaus Eierwiese takes over.
Read- Built myselfI turned my TikTok Live into a game. And got banned.
Built myself · 26 September 2026
I turned my TikTok Live into a game. And got banned.
Viewers write the answer in the chat and land on the leaderboard with their profile picture. Before it worked, two things went wrong: answers that never arrived, and a ban for silence.
Read - NotesA game on the digital menu board
Notes · 24 September 2026
A game on the digital menu board
Anyone waiting for their dürüm looks at their phone. What if the menu board offered a round instead, one the whole restaurant plays together, and TikTok too?
Read - NotesA cookie banner you won't want to click away
Notes · 24 September 2026
A cookie banner you won't want to click away
Cookie banners are annoying, and everyone clicks them away unread. Mine is a small game. Now you can have it on your site too: free, with your logos in a little town.
Read - News & takesThe Gemini hack: three companies breached. The real news is further down.
News & takes · 20 September 2026
The Gemini hack: three companies breached. The real news is further down.
Google confirms that its model broke into three real companies in May. The headlines say breakout. The original sources say something else, and it concerns all three big labs.
Read - News & takesSuno AI signed, and the outrage sounds just like it did with Auto-Tune
News & takes · 19 September 2026
Suno AI signed, and the outrage sounds just like it did with Auto-Tune
Labels are suing and licensing AI music at the same time, a Munich court rules against Suno, and the outrage sounds like Auto-Tune in 2009. With sources and two things to try.
Read Built myself · 17 September 2026
NFC Google review card: make your own in ten minutes
There's a scheme doing the rounds: NFC cards for Google reviews, sold for 50 euros and up. Behind it is a sticker worth a few euros and a link Google gives you for free. Here's how to do it yourself, and better.
ReadBuilt myself · 10 September 2026
A DIY NFC reader: from a Blender model to a device on the wall
Housing designed in Blender, 3D-printed, painted, electronics fitted, my own firmware on top. The complete guide to building it yourself.
ReadTools
Crown&Paste
An iPhone keyboard that remembers everything you copy and pastes it back in order.
OpenTools
Crown Works
Everything: enclosures, surfaces, G-code, shape cutting, wall mounts, keyboard cases.
OpenTools
Crown Surface
Patterns and logos on any face, vents and hole patterns through any wall.
OpenTools
Crown G-Code
Spiral toolpaths straight out of Blender for vases and lamps, no slicer.
OpenTools
Crown Works free
The free edition to try: basic shapes, holes, inserts. No key, straight as a zip.
OpenTools
Keks-Banner
A cookie banner with a jump’n’run and your logos in the city. One file, proper consent.
OpenTools
Website check
A quick check in seconds, plus deep and SEO checks with a report by email (German).
OpenTools
Shop rules
Every new obligation for online shops as a checklist: tick off, filter, get reminded before deadlines.
OpenTools
Shop rules check
Enter your shop address and see in a minute which obligations are missing. No sign-up.
OpenTools
Ad copy checker
Check product texts for banned green claims, with better wording. Stays in your browser.
OpenGames
Live Arena
Search, count and find-the-person games live on TikTok: answer in the chat or play on your phone.
OpenGames
Weekly Sudoku
A new puzzle every Monday, with a leaderboard. No account.
Open
Downloads
Blender plugins and templates from the builds, free and pro.
Pro · v0.17.1 · Blender-Add-on · Zip
Everything: enclosures, surfaces, G-code, shape cutting, wall mounts, keyboard cases.
BuyFree · v0.17.1 · Blender-Add-on · Zip
Inserts, fits and the tolerance coupon. No key required.
Download (108 KB)Pro · v0.17.1 · Blender-Add-on · Zip
Patterns and logos on any face, vents and hole patterns through any wall.
BuyPro · v0.17.1 · Blender-Add-on · Zip
Spiral toolpaths straight out of Blender for vases and lamps, no slicer.
BuyKeks-Banner
Free · JavaScript · 20 KB
Cookie banner with a game, configured to your site, then downloaded.
Configure & download
Reach
0M+
Views on GIPHY, from 19 GIFs and stickers of my own, among them the set for #teambabyblau. Drag your way through the favourites:
On top of that: Over 30M views on TikTok, edits for creators and brands · Over 200K views on YouTube, videos and a studio makeover · 1.3M views on Instagram, for various clients