Comments on: Mobile tech just solved a 28 year old problem

By: Perky Nerky

Perky Nerky — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:57:13 +0000

Nice goggles dude!

You look really hip. Not like a geek at all!

By: Philip Ferris

Philip Ferris — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:08:12 +0000

Kevin this has to be a rare occasion when the UK is ahead of the US.

From my experiences at Specsavers opticians in the UK, it’s common practise to have an lcd screen that will let one take 4 photos of oneself wearing the glasses; it then displays the 4 photos at once, allowing one to view while using one’s current glasses.

I’ll admit it doesn’t give one the option to send the shots anywhere, you definately scored with that option.

On the ugly topic, at least he didn’t say you had a face for podcasting.

I normally use the camera when I see posters advertising events that I want to tell Cathy about.

By: Ctitanic

Ctitanic — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:06:02 +0000

I have been using contacts since 3 years ago. And glasses since 20 years ago. I switched to day and night contact lenses about a month ago and I’m very very pleased.

By: Alslayer

Alslayer — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:59:08 +0000

Wow, I could totally use that.

By: Paul J Manoogian

Paul J Manoogian — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:48:40 +0000

Dude, you look like a totally different person in those specs! I almost didn’t recognize you! But what do I know, I’ve recently been turned into a cartoon, as well, and my eyes are just dots. ;)

By: Evan Easton

Evan Easton — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:22:08 +0000

Kevin, RK is so 1990. LASIK is the way to go. The technology is very well established and reliable now. Your own physiology is all you really need to worry about with LASIK any more. If you have chronic dry eyes or have a corneal epithelium layer is prone to sloughing (scratches easily when you rub your eyes) they you might reconsider. But otherwise, go for it. You’ll only have to worry about how odd you look without the glasses.

By: Helmut

Helmut — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:10:00 +0000

Yeah, I wore glasses for 28 years, then contacts for 5 years, then had the LASIK surgery 5 years ago. Best thing I ever did. I was pretty nearsighted with stigmatisms in both eyes. Of course recently I had to now get reading glasses, but that is why I went from being a heavy PDA user to a Samsung Q1 user, for the larger screen. ;-)

By: Skip Coghill

Skip Coghill — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:38:45 +0000

I’ve had glasses since hitting 40. I solved my glasses problem a year ago without the surgery.
I wear contacts only at night when I sleep. These contacts reshape my eyeball overnite and I don’t need glasses all day long.
Just use “the goggle” on Paragon CRT

By: Dave Zatz

Dave Zatz — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:27:54 +0000

Laser surgery scares me and contacts are a pain (literally and figuratively). So I’ll stick with glasses too. But my frames aren’t very stylish and haven’t been updated in maybe 3-4 years. I only wear them when I want to see which is usually in the car or in front of the TV so I’m not too concerned with how bad I look.

By: MiniMage

MiniMage — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:14:24 +0000

A big laser and a brilliant physician took care of my 29 yr-old problem (at least until I get to reading glasses age). Did it last year. I have a follow-up exam tomorrow.