he makes it possible for me to take pictures like this!
Aperture: f/6.7
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 12 May, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/180 s

Star Wars Last Supper Mosaic will never die! haha

If you have a “customer appreciation” picture, please send it to me! I’ll post about it and link to wherever you like (appropriate, of course). Here’s my contact info

Yay, I filed for an LLC. That makes me a CEO. Kind of cool I guess. I don’t feel any different, am I supposed to be getting a package in the mail that teaches me how to be a jerk, or will that just happen over time? ha ha, just kidding.

Seriously, though: Geekglassware.com is also now live, and so is the Etsy page, facebook page, and twitter account. Also made the subreddit for a small nest of future planning that I’ve got in mind with the help from my best CEO-friend, Samir Balwani (he owns and runs SiteFox.com. I traded him tech support for advice and all that

The homepage for geekglassware is just a landing page, takes you directly to my Etsy account (which I am both proud and sad to say is nearly sold out of inventory). More glasses coming soon!

Here’s a snap of our starting inventory. Just finished up all these glasses last night After some personal fulfillment we will be putting them on Etsy! geekglassware.com
Aperture: f/32
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 26 April, 2012
Focal length: 35 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 6 s

Aperture: f/4
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 15 April, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/30 s

I decided to make some glasses for my brother. He co-owns and operates a relatively new game development company, renderDragon. I made this pair of glasses for him with some help. Also, my first experiment into depth and layering the sand blasting. I’m happy with how it came out

Serenity Firefly, not the bug firefly.

Aperture: f/1.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 17 April, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/10 s

Here were some templates I recently used (I totally forgot to take pictures of the actual glass after it was done)

This is a VOTIVE, not a shot glass. Was done as a sample request for a friend-of-a-friend kind of thing.

Those tiny holes are really tough to keep on under the massive pressure of a sand blaster.

Firefly template I used for a glass (Man those intricate lines are TOUGH!)

And of course, the glass we made (also banner) for team Andrew+Joe (two of my best BESTEST friends)

Just hooked up my left flank monitor, sadly it’s a TN panel, so it’s viewing angle isn’t so hot.

My main two (Samsung 245BW) are both IPS though, but the third monitor was just sitting around…might as well, right?

There’s also a fourth, but it’s actually my bedroom TV mounted on the other side of the room, so while technically it’s a monitor, I don’t really use it for anything except watching my terabytes of movies/tv shows.

Aperture: f/27
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 29 March, 2012
Focal length: 24 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 8 s

Here’s a photo from my actual seat (had to employ a low mag. fish eye)

Aperture: f/27
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 29 March, 2012
Focal length: 24 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 8 s

if you look at the EXIF data, the shutter speed isn’t lying. I had to pause the movies so I could take a nice high aperture photo with no flash.

To be honest, I kind of wish I never called this a steampunk monitor, because people have certain expectations of steampunk. It’s a provocative buzz word, and I’m guilty of trying to appear in search results. Really, this is more of an “industrial grunge” monitor. Anywho, onwards!
Aperture: f/6.7
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 20 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/4 s

Here’s the frame all painted. I used wrinkle black to get a rough texture, and it came out quite nicely.

Aperture: f/16
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 20 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 4 s

I used a plug cutter to drill the holes, they made a nearly perfect sized opening for the 1/2″ copper pipe, I used some sand paper wrapped around a ratchet handle to smooth it a bit and get the sizing perfect.

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Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 20 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 500
Shutter speed: 1/30 s

These holes had a zero tolerance sizing, I had to hammer them in like pressure fittings. Mmmmm how I love well measured work.

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Aperture: f/22
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 20 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 30 s

From the back side I used JB weld epoxy, and plugged the back holes. Some added stiffness for the protruding heavy piping.

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Aperture: f/22
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 20 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 30 s

I screwed down the base, only two screws from the outside (each). Since I’m not actually using it for piping, I think the two screws should be enough.

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Aperture: f/22
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 20 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 20 s

Frame + Base. Starting to come together!

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Aperture: f/4.5
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 28 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/180 s

Getting ready with some flexible piping. Excited to add some more copper!

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Aperture: f/3.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 20 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/180 s

Right about now it looks ready to brace some sprouting plants. That’ll change.

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Aperture: f/4.2
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 26 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/180 s

Bent around! I twisted the backs together to hold them into place while I skewered the inserted ends.

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Aperture: f/4.2
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 26 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/180 s

And that’s it for the accessories! Time to put the screen in and started preparing for the final build.

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Aperture: f/3.5
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 18 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/90 s

Real quick test with everything to make sure I didn’t break anything in my “adventures.” All good!

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Aperture: f/11
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 30 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 4 s

Mounted the back to the frame, and voila!

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Aperture: f/5
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 38 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 4 s

Glamour shots

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Aperture: f/5
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 35 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 4 s

Boy she shines

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Aperture: f/5
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 21 March, 2012
Focal length: 35 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 4 s

Soooo…anyone want it?

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Seriously though. I’m selling it.This monitor has already been claimed. I built it for the sole purpose of selling it when I finished. Contact me if you’re interested. I’m not charging a lot, I’m asking $175+S/H (or local pickup). The monitor itself is a 17″ 16×10, 1920×1200 gorgeous ultra fine pixel pitch.

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Aperture: f/1.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 18 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/180 s

Here are some of the parts

Aperture: f/4.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 18 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/60 s

this is a close up of the circuit boards I ordered from a chinese supplier, she was lovely and helped me pick out the exact board to get my old laptop screen to work right away. I did test it, and it worked beautifully.

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Aperture: f/4.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 18 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/60 s

Taking some careful measurements. The boarder is about 1/4″, so that’s the size I’ll need to route in the frame in order to hold it securely. Precise measurements are required to get a professional, flush, and finished appearance. In this respect I am most definitely my father’s son.

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Aperture: f/6.7
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 18 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/1000 s

I routered the entire piece, and then I went at it with a chop saw for some very carefully measured angle cuts.

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Aperture: f/3.3
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/90 s

The frame is mostly pieced together (this is unsanded, and not glued or anything. Just to double check I didn’t screw the pooch royally in my cuts)

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Aperture: f/9.5
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/350 s

Sanded the edges and front face (lightly) with 80 grit to even things out, and get a good surface for the glue

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Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/180 s

Post glue. Look at that flushness. I do say I’m impressed my own self.

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Aperture: f/2.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/180 s

Seriously. LOOK AT THAT FLUSHNESS. MMmmmmm. I can taste the upvotes already. or not

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Aperture: f/22
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 10 s

test fit with everything connected. Looking good so far.

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Aperture: f/22
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 8 s

This will be the back brace (i skipped the cutting and stuff, kind of boring) it will give it a real naked back look. I hope it doesn’t look bad.

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Aperture: f/22
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 10 s

If you saw the last post, you’ll recognize this. This is going to be the mount, and it’s on the piece of wood that will be the base plate (so it doesn’t tip)

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Aperture: f/22
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 6 s

Mount + Frame!

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Aperture: f/22
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 19 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 15 s

Here’s a tease of the copper accents almost finished. They’re all actually soldered together. I also took a blowtorch to them and quenched them randomly to get a really raw, grungy look. I’m happy with it so far.

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I just finished painting and assembling some other pieces parts. More updates to come soon!

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I had the pleasure of spending mine in Boston
For some reason the shutter speed reports 1/350 for most of them, but in reality they varied beteen 750-1000. I think the post processing in photoshop may have screwed it up.
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Gothic Lights
Aperture: f/1.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 17 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/350 s


Ye Olde and The New
Aperture: f/1.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 17 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/350 s

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The Fire Escape
Aperture: f/1.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 17 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/350 s


Rich Colors
Aperture: f/5.6
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 17 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/350 s


Stone Work
Aperture: f/1.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 17 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 200
Shutter speed: 1/350 s

Some beautiful wrought iron
Aperture: f/4
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 17 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 320
Shutter speed: 1/30 s

And as a special added bonus, Robin getting ready to go out!

Beautiful Birdie
Aperture: f/1.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 17 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 640
Shutter speed: 1/60 s

I’ll just leave this here….
(Warning, the full size is about 4MB, so be patient if you click to expand)
Aperture: f/1.8
Camera: NIKON D90
Taken: 10 March, 2012
Focal length: 50 mm
ISO: 400
Shutter speed: 1/125 s