Comments on: The Eyes Had It http://www.marialanger.com/2006/04/07/the-eyes-had-it/ Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:42:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Miraz Jordan http://www.marialanger.com/2006/04/07/the-eyes-had-it/#comment-288 Miraz Jordan Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:10:27 +0000 http://www.marialanger.com/?p=434#comment-288 I've been wearing glasses for short-sightedness since I was about 11. There was a decade there where I wore contacts, but my eyes became intolerant of them and I had to stop. I'm now 51 and have found quite often over the last couple of years that I just can't read labels at the supermarket. For the last 5 years or so I've been wearing progressive lenses - the ones where you can read up close at the bottom of the lens and look mid-range through the middle and far away through the top. They're quite good, but with my hobby of astronomy it's tricky. I'm looking up, towards the sky, through binoculars. It's hard to get the correct focus, as I'm naturally looking more through the upper parts of the lens. The new MacBook Pro was a problem - the higher resolution screen made all my fonts just tiny. I've increased the font size in every single application! I’ve been wearing glasses for short-sightedness since I was about 11. There was a decade there where I wore contacts, but my eyes became intolerant of them and I had to stop.

I’m now 51 and have found quite often over the last couple of years that I just can’t read labels at the supermarket.

For the last 5 years or so I’ve been wearing progressive lenses – the ones where you can read up close at the bottom of the lens and look mid-range through the middle and far away through the top. They’re quite good, but with my hobby of astronomy it’s tricky. I’m looking up, towards the sky, through binoculars. It’s hard to get the correct focus, as I’m naturally looking more through the upper parts of the lens.

The new MacBook Pro was a problem – the higher resolution screen made all my fonts just tiny. I’ve increased the font size in every single application!

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