Author Archives: Tony Patti

Don’t Judge A Book (or Glassblowing Mold) by its cover!

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Tony Patti

Earlier this month, on eBay, I purchased a 40-rib glassblowing fin mold attributed to Tiffin Glass Company. Tiffin’s furnaces were turned off in 1980, so you can imagine after 35 years in storage the molds might be a bit dirty, … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Garden Plant Labels / Stakes

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Tony Patti

I went searching for nice permanent weather-proof labels on stakes I could use in my garden to identify the various plants and trees. I looked at a variety of websites, and some were very expensive. I really liked this image … Continue reading →

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I want To Be a Cowboy

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Tony Patti

http://www.glassblower.info/i-want-to-be-a-cowboy.html

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Perfect Glassblowing Safety Glasses (for hot glass)

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Tony Patti

I needed and got new prescription eye glasses, and so wanted to get new glassblowing safety glasses which met two mandatory requirements for my glassblowing with a blowpipe: 1. fit-over my prescription eye glasses (unlike the clip-ons I was using … Continue reading →

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Awesome multi-monitor screen saver for animated GIF images – gPhotoShow

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Tony Patti

A picture is worth a thousand words. (click for full-size image) Unfortunately in this still image you can’t tell that these animated GIFs are all simultaneously rotating, it is a beautiful mathematical sight to behold! It was more difficult than … Continue reading →

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PHP used to create a Hero Image for a LinkedIn Group

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Tony Patti

I founded and manage the LinkedIn group “Cryptographers and Cryptanalysts” LinkedIn allows the group manager to create a “Hero Image”, which appears at the top of the main group page, and helps to describe and brand the group. This hero … Continue reading →

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Happy 12th Birthday to www.glassblower.info !

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Tony Patti

As I mentioned in my earlier blog, the www.glassblower.info website started on April 11, 2002, so today is its 12th Birthday! Even more exciting is that we just had our MILLIONTH page view of the home page on Tuesday, and … Continue reading →

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U.S. Postal Service Honors Legendary Guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, with Limited-Edition Forever Stamp

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Tony Patti

http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2014/pr14_015.htm March 13, 2014 The greatest rock guitarist of all time gets his own “forever” postage stamp, what more is there to say, this stamp ROCKS! Tony

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FreeCell Card Game

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Tony Patti

My son introduced us to FreeCell many years ago. FreeCell is a solitaire-like card game, which has four “free cells” (hence its name) at the top of the screen. There is a Wikipedia page devoted to FreeCell (in general), and … Continue reading →

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Taking Photos and Videos both day and night of Birds and Animals

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Tony Patti

We started thinking we would feed a few birds outside the kitchen window. Then we learn more about birds, and that each type of bird has a preferred food. So we add a few different types of seeds. One of … Continue reading →

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