Hello there! This is Zonk.

Summary I’ve been a fan of German in Venice for a while, and I wanted to bring that love into my home by creating a wall decoration. The idea was simple: take their iconic logo and turn it into something tangible. I grabbed some photos of their GiV stickers from Facebook, traced the design, and used some 3D modeling to generate a printable file. Then I loaded it into my 3D printer and let it do its thing. What started as a fun little project turned into something I’m genuinely proud to display. The whole print took just over two hours, and watching it come together in this 4K timelapse was mesmerizing. ...

Summary I recently got to experience something really cool while thinking about our “German in Venice” brand – watching a 3D printer bring our logo to life in real-time. There’s something mesmerizing about seeing a design go from digital file to physical object, layer by layer. It was the perfect intersection of technology and creativity, and honestly, it got me thinking about how much our world has changed. When you can literally print your vision into existence, the possibilities feel endless. ...

Summary I decided to switch things up and host a trivia livestream focused on software testing—a topic I’m genuinely passionate about. I wasn’t sure how it would go since trivia streams can be hit or miss, but I wanted to challenge my audience and have some fun while diving into a subject that’s often overlooked but super important in the tech world. Throughout the stream, I asked questions ranging from beginner-friendly to pretty challenging, and I loved seeing how people engaged with the content in real-time. It was a great reminder of how much I enjoy connecting with my audience over things that actually matter to me, not just whatever’s trending. ...

Summary I’ve been watching Kurt Crucial’s 80’s Life channel for longer than almost any other creator I follow, so when he organized the Thrashin’ 40th anniversary reunion at the Skateboarding Hall of Fame in my hometown of Simi Valley, I was genuinely excited. People lined up outside our mall at 7 in the morning. Actors from the iconic 1986 Josh Brolin skate movie showed up. Limited edition boards were being sold. It was this huge moment happening right in my backyard, brought there by someone I’ve admired from a distance for years. ...

Summary I recently decided I wanted the German in Venice logo on my wall—you know, the channel that inspired me to start this whole journey. The problem? There’s no media kit, no official files, nothing to work with. All I had were two reference images: one Facebook photo with a corner cut off and another so pixelated it basically fell apart when I zoomed in. So I did what any slightly obsessed creator would do—I decided to rebuild it from scratch and 3D print it. ...

Summary I’ve been wanting to put my Adam the Woo logo up on my wall for a while now, so I finally decided to take matters into my own hands and create a 3D printed version. The process was actually pretty straightforward—I traced the design from one of my t-shirts and used some tools to generate a 3D printable file. Once I had the file ready, I loaded it into my 3D printer and hit start. Watching the print come to life over the course of nearly three hours was so satisfying, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. It’s one of those projects that feels like the perfect blend of fan appreciation and DIY problem-solving, and now I’ve got a awesome piece of wall art that’s uniquely mine. ...

Summary I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the days when I ran a bulletin board system out of my bedroom back in 1992. That was a wild time—multiple phone lines, modems, subscribers dialing in from all over—and one night when I installed a trivia game called Farwest Trivia, something just clicked. It became this incredible community hub where people would log in not just to play, but to be part of something together. ...

Summary I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how easily I get attached to people—whether it’s someone I work with, someone in my personal life, or even someone I follow on YouTube. I made a video yesterday about this at a railroad crossing in Simi Valley while waiting for a train that basically ghosted me, but today I want to dive deeper into a specific example that really illustrates this point: German in Venice. ...

Summary I’ve been sitting with this question for a while now, and I finally decided to just talk about it. Over the years, I’ve turned down jobs that paid more money and came with equity stakes—offers that, on paper, should have been no-brainers. But I walked away from them because I didn’t want to leave the people I was working with. My team wasn’t just colleagues to me; they were people I actually respected and enjoyed spending time with. That matters more to me than I can easily explain to someone looking at a spreadsheet. ...

Summary Growing up in the 1980s, my family had pretty strict rules about what I could do on our Atari 800XL computer. Video games were basically off-limits unless I could prove I was being productive and actually using the machine to learn something worthwhile. But there was one glorious exception to that rule: Zork. My dad actually bought us Zork, and it completely changed how I thought about gaming and interactive storytelling. It wasn’t just a game—it was a gateway into understanding what computers could really do. ...