Made it to my follow up eye exam. He (eye doctor) was not completely happy with the fit of the right lens, so he is going to adjust that, and happily is significantly strengthening the prescription in my final pair. Looking forward to getting them next week.
I had an itch to try another linux. I booted into KaOS, Neptune6 and Neon... and then when I had my fill of KDE, I decided to try DeepinOS again (it had been awhile). Deepin has had many updates and tweaks so I was looking forward to it. I installed Deepin only to find that the interface is STILL choppy and glitchy. I keep hoping it will become smooth but... no luck. It is still a gorgeous interface but the graphical glitches when panels slide out or the way things do not open or slide smoothly, even with my NVidia drivers installed for my 1080, discourages me.
So... I downloaded the latest ISO build of Pop again. About to install it. I hope I have learned my lesson and will never do this again.
Friday, July 19, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
Contact Lenses day 4
Interestingly enough, they still drive me nuts when I first put them on but at around 4 hours or so they start to feel pretty natural. Like my eyes forget they are there for a few moments at a time. That is a great relief.
It also enables me to experiment a little, focusing on HOW I see with these lenses as opposed to being worried about the itching/pain sensations.
Again, they are different! They are small and they float around on your cornea a bit. I can actually SEE the edges because my vision begins to blur a little at them. When I move my eyes around, depending on how fast or how much I move them, the contacts shift. I think they want to stay centered because of my eye lids... so when I turn my eyes left, they seem to shift right a tiny bit.
The break in pair I am wearing, as I noted before, are super weak and I am actually very comfortable sitting at my computer while wearing them. Screen is crisp and clear.
My permanent pair will be stronger, so I might need store-bought reading glasses to tone down the prescription a bit.
I am VERY happy that I can wear them for a time without the irritation. I am only supposed to wear them 5 hours a day but I have been stretching it out to 6 or 6 and a half. I mean, they feel BETTER the longer I have them on, the opposite of the soft lenses.
At work my eyes dry up a bit because the A/C shoots right down onto my head and face... so that is annoying. But when there is no constant blowing on my eyeballs they feel great.
One other thing I noticed and I think I wrote about: they are changing my eye shape. Yeah... so when I take them off, and put on my glasses, my vision is messed up for awhile. It is weird.
I think the biggest issue I need to overcome is my right eye, upper lid, has a bump near the edge and it catches on the contact. Doesn't actually catch, but it is hyper sensitive to the edge of the lens and that is about 80% of all my discomfort. But over hours, it sort of "gives up" and hurts less. So yay.
That's all for now!
It also enables me to experiment a little, focusing on HOW I see with these lenses as opposed to being worried about the itching/pain sensations.
Again, they are different! They are small and they float around on your cornea a bit. I can actually SEE the edges because my vision begins to blur a little at them. When I move my eyes around, depending on how fast or how much I move them, the contacts shift. I think they want to stay centered because of my eye lids... so when I turn my eyes left, they seem to shift right a tiny bit.
The break in pair I am wearing, as I noted before, are super weak and I am actually very comfortable sitting at my computer while wearing them. Screen is crisp and clear.
My permanent pair will be stronger, so I might need store-bought reading glasses to tone down the prescription a bit.
I am VERY happy that I can wear them for a time without the irritation. I am only supposed to wear them 5 hours a day but I have been stretching it out to 6 or 6 and a half. I mean, they feel BETTER the longer I have them on, the opposite of the soft lenses.
At work my eyes dry up a bit because the A/C shoots right down onto my head and face... so that is annoying. But when there is no constant blowing on my eyeballs they feel great.
One other thing I noticed and I think I wrote about: they are changing my eye shape. Yeah... so when I take them off, and put on my glasses, my vision is messed up for awhile. It is weird.
I think the biggest issue I need to overcome is my right eye, upper lid, has a bump near the edge and it catches on the contact. Doesn't actually catch, but it is hyper sensitive to the edge of the lens and that is about 80% of all my discomfort. But over hours, it sort of "gives up" and hurts less. So yay.
That's all for now!
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Hard Lenses Day 2
Second day with my hard contact lenses brought highs and lows. There were times when I wanted to scratch my eyeballs out (they feel like someone tickling the inside of my eyelids with fluffy feathers). But then there were a few occasions where I completely forgot I was wearing them. I want more of those times.
The lenses themselves are definitely underpowered but I guess my doctor sees this pair as my trial before he finalizes the shape and power so... I put up with that for another week.
I hope day three brings some more advancements. If I can get to the point where I forget I am wearing them more often than when I want to rub my eyes, I think that will be good progress.
The lenses themselves are definitely underpowered but I guess my doctor sees this pair as my trial before he finalizes the shape and power so... I put up with that for another week.
I hope day three brings some more advancements. If I can get to the point where I forget I am wearing them more often than when I want to rub my eyes, I think that will be good progress.
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Hard Lenses
Today I picked up my hard, gas permeable lenses. I've worn contact lenses for decades but since moving to Arizona I have found the soft lenses to be more difficult to maintain with my low-moisture eyes.
For the past 8 years I've worn only glasses.
But honestly I really enjoy the vision afforded me by contact lenses and the ability to use sunglasses as I need them, masks for swimming, etc. So I decided to try hard contact lenses. I was warned that they are a very different beast and so they are! Obviously one thing different from soft lenses is that they are hard. They are relatively inflexible, so they are measured and made to more closely fit the curve of your eye.
While putting the lenses on your eye is more or less the same as with soft lenses, taking them off is a little more difficult. The optometrist said I did well for my first try, even though it took me a minute or so. You have to stretch your eyelids to the side so they apply pressure around the lens, then blink... if you do the stretch right they literally shoot out of your eye. Kind of funny (until you lose one). At first it felt like it wanted to pop out of my eye but after having to struggle to get it out, I realized it is simply a new sensation I will have to adjust to.
Speaking of sensations, the actual drawback to hard lenses is not how it feels on your eye, but how it feels to your eye lids. I am suffering that right now, they say it takes a solid week for your eyelids to adapt, or begin to adapt. So I need to wear the lenses about 5 hours a day until my next appointment so the eye doctor can assess the lens fit and such, and to see if I can stand wearing them. I guess that is the biggest trigger for people to return the lenses, they complain that it just hurts. According to my eye doctor it is the fixed edges of the lens that rubs against the eyelid when you blink (or turn your eye, or what-have-you) and that is the sensation you are feeling. My LEFT eye already feels FINE with the hard lens, but my right eyelid has a small bump in it, and that catches a bit... so I imagine I will always feel that or it will take awhile to get used to it, at the very least.
My only other complaint is that the doc made my prescription too weak. That is good and bad. Bad when I want to see distant road signs, good when I want to work at my computer... but I would rather have stronger lenses for distance and wear reading glasses as needed. So I will have to talk to him about that.
Oh there is one other good point: supposedly these are actually more permeable to oxygen than soft lenses and since they are much smaller and roll around a little on your cornea, they don't deprive your eyes of oxygen... so... bonus there.
Now if only these lids would de-sensitize.
For the past 8 years I've worn only glasses.
But honestly I really enjoy the vision afforded me by contact lenses and the ability to use sunglasses as I need them, masks for swimming, etc. So I decided to try hard contact lenses. I was warned that they are a very different beast and so they are! Obviously one thing different from soft lenses is that they are hard. They are relatively inflexible, so they are measured and made to more closely fit the curve of your eye.
While putting the lenses on your eye is more or less the same as with soft lenses, taking them off is a little more difficult. The optometrist said I did well for my first try, even though it took me a minute or so. You have to stretch your eyelids to the side so they apply pressure around the lens, then blink... if you do the stretch right they literally shoot out of your eye. Kind of funny (until you lose one). At first it felt like it wanted to pop out of my eye but after having to struggle to get it out, I realized it is simply a new sensation I will have to adjust to.
Speaking of sensations, the actual drawback to hard lenses is not how it feels on your eye, but how it feels to your eye lids. I am suffering that right now, they say it takes a solid week for your eyelids to adapt, or begin to adapt. So I need to wear the lenses about 5 hours a day until my next appointment so the eye doctor can assess the lens fit and such, and to see if I can stand wearing them. I guess that is the biggest trigger for people to return the lenses, they complain that it just hurts. According to my eye doctor it is the fixed edges of the lens that rubs against the eyelid when you blink (or turn your eye, or what-have-you) and that is the sensation you are feeling. My LEFT eye already feels FINE with the hard lens, but my right eyelid has a small bump in it, and that catches a bit... so I imagine I will always feel that or it will take awhile to get used to it, at the very least.
My only other complaint is that the doc made my prescription too weak. That is good and bad. Bad when I want to see distant road signs, good when I want to work at my computer... but I would rather have stronger lenses for distance and wear reading glasses as needed. So I will have to talk to him about that.
Oh there is one other good point: supposedly these are actually more permeable to oxygen than soft lenses and since they are much smaller and roll around a little on your cornea, they don't deprive your eyes of oxygen... so... bonus there.
Now if only these lids would de-sensitize.
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Brief nightmare
So in June, the creators of one of my favorite games decided to create a new launcher, presumably more secure or something to that effect.
Well, the new launcher did not work with WINE. I tried to install Windows in a virtual machine but could not get the accelerated graphics and such to actually work, in fact could not even install 64 bit version of Windows.
So I bemoaned my fate loudly and... wiped linux and installed Windows 10.
I am not a Windows 10 hater. I like most operating systems. But I really prefer my linux. For a week or so I worked with Windows... then I decided to dual boot. My install setup was not ideal so I needed to start from scratch. It took me several tries (mostly because I did not want to read "the instructions" and just plowed ahead aimlessly). On the third or fourth try, I successfully installed Windows followed by Pop!_OS and I am happy.
The downside is that if I want to play StarStableOnline I need to reboot into Windows. Still it could be worse!
Well, the new launcher did not work with WINE. I tried to install Windows in a virtual machine but could not get the accelerated graphics and such to actually work, in fact could not even install 64 bit version of Windows.
So I bemoaned my fate loudly and... wiped linux and installed Windows 10.
I am not a Windows 10 hater. I like most operating systems. But I really prefer my linux. For a week or so I worked with Windows... then I decided to dual boot. My install setup was not ideal so I needed to start from scratch. It took me several tries (mostly because I did not want to read "the instructions" and just plowed ahead aimlessly). On the third or fourth try, I successfully installed Windows followed by Pop!_OS and I am happy.
The downside is that if I want to play StarStableOnline I need to reboot into Windows. Still it could be worse!
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