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Precious Blocks: Status Update 2026Q1

The road to production

Hear me out: Coasy

Ideas on an alternative spelling

It's Canvas (Outtakes): Ink Transfer

Attempting (and failing) to transfer ink onto canvas

TinyFlowerpots: A small rose

Planting a small flower with rose-like petals.

OwnTone Multiroom Audio

There is Music in the Air - Everywhere

Precious Blocks: Status Update 2025Q4

New organisation structure, new games and a new hardware revision

TinyFlowerpots: Simple leaves

Planting a small plant with just two leaves

DIY Bluetooth receiver

Experimenting with Bluetooth, PipeWire, OpenRC-UserServices and AirPlay

It's Canvas (S2): Heat Transfer

Using heat transfer paper on canvas

TinyFlowerpots: Making a round pot

Crocheting a round planter for cutesy, little flowerpots.

It's Canvas (S2): Direct to Canvas

Why wrap the canvas, if you can print on it directly?

Attempting to AirPlay from Android

Sometimes Apple just does it right

From old make new

Recycling broken headphones and turning them into wooden earrings.

Vegan Potato Salad

Bookmug

Are you obsessed with books and need something more fitting to drink out of? Look no further!

I finally caved in and bought it

After years of trying to build my own ROLI Lightpad Block, I finally bought my own

Handmaking a faux ceramic bell

I don't do pottery, but you know what they say: Fake it 'till you make it

Introducing: Precious Blocks

Your desk companion: *waiting to be squeezed*

Scoubidou Pride Flags

Using scoubidou strands to make custom pride flag accessories

Celeriac Schnitzel

The addictive, better version of proper Schnitzel

Glow Orb

Simple 3D-printable base for a crystal ball with lights

Making custom earrings

Running through the process of producing custom earrings, by making GoToSocial earrings

Melon Video Player

I'm sunsetting Melon, but not without saying goodbye

Just a letterbox

Looking out on the street, hangs a letterbox, lost in thought, incomplete.

Making Pizza rolls

Beautiful and quick-to-make lunch.

Letter to the editor: Letter V

Mini fiction series

Letter to the editor: Letter IV

Mini fiction series

Letter to the editor: Letter III

Mini fiction series

Letter to the editor: Letter II

Mini fiction series

Letter to the editor: Letter I

Mini fiction series

End of Chapter

Poem about loving, remembering and ending a chapter.

Dating a notebook

I wonder how old this notebook is - let's find out

Falafelish

Falafel adjacent fried curry chickpea snack

It's Canvas: Time to finish

Conclusion of the It's Canvas series

Scrapwood Challenge: Building a tiny hut for my turtles

I build my turtles a second small wooden hut

It's Canvas: Using Tattoo Paper

Using temporaroy tattoo paper to wrap the canvas

Pusheen Flag Generator

Combining my favourite things

It's Canvas: Waterslide Paper

Using waterslide decal paper to wrap the canvas

Ceiling Mount

Two-part ceiling mount: Easily mount objects to the ceiling.

Minimalistic git hosting

2025 infrastructure update

Moretum

Ancient roman cheese and garlic paste

Building a calculator in CSS

You wouldn't build a calculator using CSS - would you?

It's Canvas: Using Mod Podge

Using glue to transfer a photo to canvas

Turtle

"permission-less" Gitlab job runner

It's Canvas: Introduction

A new canvas-image-transfer multipart series

Inspired to write

Do you ever feel inspired to write? How about something to motivate you?

The Gay Walk. Or: How music affects the way you walk

Sometimes people tell me that the way I walk looks gay - I think I know why. Cue the music

2024 Closeup Wallpaper Drop

Inspired by the autumn sunset and colours, I got out my glass lens collection.

Iconic Ionic: Dynamic Column builder

OpenSCAD based column designer

Visualizing Identity

Why put it into a box, when you can paint the box

Cora

Web-based OpenSCAD customizer

True Fruits Drink Bottle Cap

Replacement bottle cap for a 750ml true fruits smoothie bottle that allows you to drink using a mouthpiece.

Medieval Tales Color Scheme

Yellowed paper like color scheme.

Antico Color Scheme

Color scheme inspired by the Gotico-Antiqua research project

True Fruits Bottle Cap

Replacement bottle cap for a 750ml true fruits smoothie bottle.

90° Stepper Motor Mount for Extrusion

90° mounting bracket to mount Stepper Motors to extrusion

90° Angle Bracket for Extrusion

Easily customizable 90 degree bracket for extrusion. Can be used to secure extrusion at a 90degree angle.

DIY Vinyl Stickers

How to make your own vinyl stickers, without buying them in bulk

Stealing a pesto recipe

I love pesto, and when I found the perfect recipe, I just had to recreate it myself

Oomph

Introduction Oomph! A mastodon music-genre bot

Avocado Case

Phone case, designed for the GS290/Volla Phone. Can be customized to fit most phone/tablet shapes.

Einhell Trimmer Replacement Head (String)

Transforms your Einhell Single-Blade Trimmer into a string trimmer

Einhell Battery Wall mount

A wall mount for the Einhell battery x-change batteries.

Ancient Mayan Pyramid Planter

A planter with an inbuilt water distribution system. Pour water into the top and automatically water your plants.

Let's check out nested intervals

[nested, [inter, val]]

Vegetarian Fish Bagel

A Bagel is perfect for breakfast or lunch

Let's check out functional programming

(functional (programming))

PolarPlayer-Studio

Introduction PolarPlayer-Studio

iPod USB Key and going back to normal

Resetting the iPod Nano 7g back to stock firmware

Using Linux on my phone for 1 month

I've been using gnu/linux on my phone: Here is how it went

Simple Desktop Speaker

Simple Desktop Speaker designed for speakers modules with an outer radius of 8cm. Exposes a cinch connector.

2022 Jersey Wallpaper Drop

I spent a couple of days on Jersey. The summer sun light lead to amazing colors.

2021/22 Harz Wallpaper Drop

I go hiking in Germany's Harz somewhat regularly and some of my favourite wallpapers were taken in 2021/22

2021 Italy Wallpaper Drop

A couple of beautiful sunset/sunrise photos taken whilst staying at lake garda

2021 Bavaria Wallpaper Drop

I went on a hiking trip to Bavaria (Germany).