Author: raisetheshields

08-Apr

LASIK update

Things still fluctuate on occasion with the vision. I had my 10 day appointment and my eyes working together see 20/20. The left eye still has a teensy tiny bit of fuzz on things that are close to me, but since my right eye is dominant I don’t notice it. I know, I’m repeating myself. […]

08-Apr

movabletype and sin city

I’ve spent the last five days researching how to transplant MovableType onto my new server. In the process I’ve determined that Berkeley DB sucks major big time. Frequently if you go from one box to the other and your database version changes from v1.805 to v1.808 then the whole dang friggin’ thing won’t work unless […]

01-Apr

quote unquote

I don’t know how I missed this, but an interview I gave last month about my Real World Austin site was printed a couple weeks ago in the Austin American-Statesman. Yay! Still no bids on the car. Boo. In other news — I desperately want to use the word badonkadonk but haven’t found the occasion […]

31-Mar

eyewitness

Thursday, Day Seven: Let me just get this entry out of the way. For the most part, the number of instances where things get a little distorted has been greatly reduced. There are still halos and starbursts at night, but I can tell that they are also reducing in frequency. My left eye seems to […]

31-Mar

the ministry of issac

Check out this bizarre religious nut that seems to be getting no coverage by the media here. Is this out of fear that criticizing anything conservative will tork off all conservatives? The Ministry of Isaac purports to reveal the identity of the Anti-Christ as well as other useful information such as the exact timing of […]

30-Mar

the ebay song

Nobody bid on my car, even though there were 18 ”watchers” over the auction. I’ve re-listed the car here with some adjustments so I can avoid the re-listing fee. Good times. Buy my car. Tuesday, Day Five: As far as LASIK goes, the improvements are in tiny increments. I’m very impatient. I drove the DeLorean […]

28-Mar

the lasik saga continues

Friday, (technically) Day One: The 1 PM meeting at LasikPlus indicated I’m seeing 20/20 out of my right eye and my left eye is around 20/40. There is swelling, however, and this is supposed to change and fluctuate over the next few days. I drove home from work today in my car without any problems […]

25-Mar

my lasik experience

On Monday I walked into the LasikPlus office off Hempstead and 59 in Houston, Texas. I was given the most complicated set of tests to measure my visual acuity that I’d been given in a long time. My most recent prescription was -7.50 sphere, -1.25 cylinder, 174 axis in my right eye (i.e. really bad) […]

24-Mar

contacts and glasses no more

I’ll be entering surgery in just over 4 hours. In the last twelve hours I’ve read about ten testimonials about people who’ve had LASIK. I just found out a guy I work with had the surgery seven years ago and then subsequently his wife and mom had the surgery. I’ve got my lubrication drops for […]

22-Mar

lasik beam

On Monday I went to LasikPlus to get evaluated for possible LASIK surgery. I passed even though my nearsighted vision is in the -8 to -9 range. I’ve been wearing eyeglasses for the last 9+ months with the goal of getting LASIK. Contacts change the shape of your eyeball and you have to stop wearing […]