For all man are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall -1Peter 1:24

Friday, January 30, 2009

Lasik

"Eyes like a hawk's"


Finally did my lasik, perfect vision is so convenient. The day of wiping smudged glasses is over.

Immediate noticeable difference in vision distance/sharpness and greatly increased peripheral vision.
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Wheelock Place


3Jan - Pre-lasik check

Test result, clear, with 97% sucess rate to achieve driving vision without glasses.


15Jan - Actual Lasik

Halfway through I recalled the procedure and realized they were cutting my conea flap open.

Watched the tip of the surgery tool being used to 'flip' open the cut flap, vision on first eye went blurry. And they moved on to the next eye.

Walked out of the surgery room, already able to see. Went home unaided after a 20mins rest.

Wore googles to shower, eye shield to bed.

Eyes were very dry and uncomfortable. Mostly slept. Apply eye drops every hour (steroids/antibiotics)


16Jan - First day post surgery checkup

Test result: Eye is healthy, free of infections

Eye drops every two hours (steroids/antibiotics)

Walked around town wearing shades.

Able to watch DVDs (can't sleep anymore, nothing to do)


17Jan -

Able to read emails now. Went to town. As if normal

Eye drops four times a day (steroids/antibiotics)

Experienced phantom glasses syndrome.


19Jan-

(Monday) Back to work


22Jan - First week post surgery checkup

Test result: achieved perfect vision.
Eye drops four times a day (artifical tears only)

Transition Issues Log - Short Cuts

- Select Operating Systems During Boot Up
At startup, hold down the option key (alt) to choose between Mac OS X and Windows.

- Secret Screen Capture Shortcut
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/secretcapture.html
Shift-3
Shortcut for taking a screen capture of your entire screen.

Command-Shift-4
Crosshair cursor to crop an area of the screen to capture.

Control-Command-Shift-3 (or 4)
Captures into Clipboard memory, to paste it elsewhere (without creating a file on your desktop).

- Force eject disc
During bootup, press and hold touchpad key.

Getting Fired

Tribes of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down -
Hence The Expression "To Get Fired."

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Definition of Justice

Justice = A blind woman swinging a big sword... '''


(7July 2009) I'd like to add some additional revelations:

This was not obvious at first. The weighing scale she holds measures who can pay more. This is a fair comparison since the weigh of gold does not lie. It ensures the sword does not slice randomly.

The blindfold is used so that judgment is not clouded by emotions. She does not care who is paying. But this is redundant since justice was already blind to begin with.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Eric Hoffer -The Passionate State Of Mind Part 4

Secretiveness is a source of pride. It is a paradox that secretiveness plays the same role as boasting - both are engaged in the creation of a disguise. Boasting tries to create an imaginary self, while secretiveness gives us the exhilarating feeling of being princes disguised in meekness. Of the two, secretiveness is the more difficult and effective. For the self-observant, boasting breeds self-contempt. Yet, it is as Spinoza said: "Men govern nothing with more difficult than their tongues, and they can moderate their desires more than their words." Humility, however, is not verbal renunciation of pride but the substitute of pride for self-awareness and objectivity. Forced humility is false pride.