"Another day of repair and paint" written by Paul on estrip.org

04/20/10 08:45 - 52ºF - ID#51431

Another day of repair and paint

The morning started with a call from my boss at 8am that I was late
for a presentation to the leadership forum. The meeting was two and
half hours before my usual start time and I had taken today off to
work on the house, totally forgetting about it.

So, i rushed out and made in time for my presentation and it went
awesome. Work has just been awesome in general. I even got an award
for innovation. Find out more about that next week.

So back to the house, I am capable of doing so many more things now
thanks to my new wood chisel set. I made some fancy new replacement
parts for the house facade and replaced some more shingles with
(e:matthew)'s help. Some bees has gotten in where the insulation was
blown in. We stuffed them shut and replaced the shingles that were on
top of them. You can't even tell which ones are new.

I was also able to finish half of the driveway-side cornace in brown
and orange. I had my dad come and watch me in case i fell. I think
he enjoyed watching me work, haha. It was also nice to spend some
time with him.

It's crazy how much you an get done in a day.

Permalink: Another_day_of_repair_and_paint.html
Words: 247
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: linwood

04/18/10 07:32 - 44ºF - ID#51418

Painting the bathroom

We are hosting the Linwood Historic District home tour after party next weekend. I have so much crap to do before then. I am going to hanve to take off some time from work.

Today we painted the back bathroom. I really want to redo it but it will have to wait while we finish other stuff. In the mean time we sanded it all down and painted. It already looks so much different. It was time for the stupid red sailboats floating in the clouds to go.

What I really want is a walk in shower. At home depot the other day I found this ad for showers. Who has a Kohler shower with a steam vent and disco lighting. I know I want it. I hope it comes with the costumes.

Permalink: Painting_the_bathroom.html
Words: 152
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: web

04/18/10 07:30 - 44ºF - ID#51417

Possible Threat Of Weather Apps

This is too funny. I love when local media has articles about stuff they do not exactly understand.

This one article on wivb was about the danger of installing 3rd party apps on cell phones and how they can have viruses or be full of exploits. That is true and there is real danger there but what's weird is this passage.

Another possible threat is simple weather apps. GPS technology conceivably could take control of a smartphone, by reading text messages and address books.

Loosely translated into english: I don't understand cell technology but I heard some of it is scary so I will name some random part of the system I know the acronym for as dangerous and make up some bull shit reason.

The real thing they should say is this. Like desktop apps you shouldn't install apps from sources you do not trust.

Permalink: Possible_Threat_Of_Weather_Apps.html
Words: 154
Location: Buffalo, NY

Category: mobile

04/18/10 10:47 - 41ºF - ID#51416

Apple's shitty web

I am so sick of not being able to see flash media on my iPhone. This
is excactly why I did not buy the iPad. I mean who can live without
the strawberry shortcake

site? Specifically,

No seriously, it sucks. I get the whole, they want to control everything and have optimal battery life but flash could be offered as an option you can turn off. It could even be off by default, or not installed by default. Clearly the phone could power it like android or maemo. And clearly, adobe is interested in that happening.

I realize HTML 5 is better in the long run but so us HTML 6, 7, 8. Unfortunately sites are still designed for media delivered by flash and major changes are expensive to make. Not to mention that IE does not support HTML 5 and they are still a huge percentage of the browser market.

I'm case you are wondering what the web full of hole looks like, this is what it looks like.

Notice its not like removing flash removes adds. They just do those with javascript and HTML5.

Permalink: Apple_s_shitty_web.html
Words: 209
Location: Buffalo, NY

04/18/10 10:39 - 41ºF - ID#51415

Wegman's $6.99/lb mix

Every once and a while we go to wegman's starving and eat there first,
before grocery shopping. I like how everything is the same price per
pound so you can mix and match amongst about 100 different items.

Permalink: Wegman_s_6_99_lb_mix.html
Words: 43
Location: Buffalo, NY

04/16/10 11:33 - 51ºF - ID#51407

My 2010 glasses

Well it's 2010 and I got my space age glasses. Now I just need a
flying car to match.

The other pair I ordered was so messed up they gave me tunnel vision.
I could not even read like foot high letters outside a 20 degree
radius. Needless to say I did not purchase them although the guy
tried to convince me to bring them home and test them out. That's
what happend two years ago with my last pair from another store that
still are in their box.

I hate glasses. I am pretty sure I want the surgery. My prescription
is so stable that I have the same glasses I wore in 1997. I figure if
I go blind, it was meant to be and I will switch my life up.

metalpeter writes at 04:24:05 04/17/10 - Comment #55833: I Can't imagine having foggy or blury vision, except when I wake up of course. Bars often with them being dark and beer signs being bright can be tough to see in then there are all these distractions I can't imgine having foggy glasses.

Yes there are people who really do need glasses and for those that do go for it. And for those that like them cause they say Dolci and have diamonds I say go for it. But I still think that there are a lot of people who don't really need them but whom they are sold to anyways.

I hope that It never gets to a point where I really need them. If that does happen though I do Have an idea on how to style them up a bit.....

paul writes at 03:17:22 04/17/10 - Comment #55832: I hate that feeling of not being able to see in a bar. I am surely going to get the surgery but I am waiting until the winter when I can guarantee I won't have any eye allergies for months in case there are any complications.

heidi writes at 03:13:50 04/17/10 - Comment #55831: Yea for new glasses! I'd be a severe threat to society if I drove without glasses - my vision was so bad at 16 that I have the little mark on my license that says I can't drive without vision correction. I had gas-permeable contact lenses during high school & college which seemed to help stabilize the vision changes. Now my prescriptions usually just need modified slightly, more astigmatism usually.

It's such a stressful moment to walk into a place like a bar in the winter and have to take off my glasses because they're fogged up. I can't tell who anyone is and can't acknowledge people greeting me because I can't see them.

paul writes at 02:46:15 04/17/10 - Comment #55830: Oh the color thing is interesting. I found something saying its actually a correction as well. " Color changes with RLE tend to relate to the removal of a discolored natural crystalline lens and replacement with a clear intraocular lens (IOL). Color change with RLE is actually resolution of a discoloration problem."

jenks writes at 02:08:09 04/17/10 - Comment #55829: Jason- I think it can wear off sometimes, but it's usually supposed to last a long time, like 20 years-ish.

One interesting thing I just learned about lasik is that it has a very subtle effect on your ability to discern colors- which is why microsurgeons can't have it.

And ok peter, yes, a lazy eye actually is about muscles. So that actually CAN be trained. But not the actual FOCUS part of vision (visual acuity).

And yes, my vision was ok when I was a kid. But it slowly started getting worse. And I just thought that's how it was for everyone. Then one day I tried on my dad's glasses and realized I could see a million times better with them. So I went to the eye doctor and got glasses. But my vision has continued to get worse and worse over the years. And that's just what it does. As you/your eyeball grow, it can change. And then eventually in most people it stabilizes and doesn't change any more. It doesn't have anything to do with the fact that I wear contacts.

Do you HAVE to wear glasses? of course not. If you can stand everything being blurry and/or not being able to read- fine, live with it. But why not be able to see???!

But absolutely if your vision is so bad you can't drive safely, I think you owe it to society to either get glasses, or not drive. That becomes a public safety issue.

And sure, 20/20 is based on a 'norm' and I guess that is somewhat subjective. And if you are out of the 'norm' and are happy with it, good for you.

I for one will stick with my glasses.

metalpeter writes at 07:49:56 04/16/10 - Comment #55821: First of all I Am Supposed to have glasses for reading. I think I had/Have what they call lazy eye. I can see things from what I think is a long way a way but can't read them. In Terms of reading a paper or book I have a strange problem my self. It isn't that I can't see the small lettering it is that if the thing I'm reading is far away I will skip a line, and be like what that makes no sense and then go oh I skipped a line.

Now I could be wrong about this (e:Jenks) but I think that the reason you vision is blurry with out contacts is because your eyes adjusted to them. I'm not saying you have perfect vision but I'm guessing it was better before the use of contacts.

You Have people who are farsighted and Near sighted and then people who have 20/20 vision here is my question why are the people with 20/20 considered "The Norm". I'm sorry I don't buy that I think everyone has eyes that perform differently. As long as you can perform what you need to perform in life why get glasses.

What makes things complicated is that your mind combines two images into one. But as long as you can see well enough to see where to get off at a highway and not crash into anyone and read your GPS then you don't need glasses.

I think it is one of these things of averages. If you are out of the Average you need something to put you into the Average, well no you really don't.

I have heard that with that Lasik you can lose some of its effectiveness, it in some people has caused Depression. But I wonder if their is some type of tie in to that of them not needing glasses and that changes them some way.

jason writes at 07:25:16 04/16/10 - Comment #55820: Nice. I could be mistaken but I think re surgery loses effect over time does it not?

jenks writes at 07:14:46 04/16/10 - Comment #55819: hahaha Peter, you must be one of the lucky people with good vision. And that is something I frankly can't even imagine. 'Like, you can SEE? Without glasses? Just nothing in/on your eyes? And you can see? For real? You're telling me those trees over there are NOT all blurry? You can actually READ that sign?" I am blind as a bat. If I take my contacts out, I can't see anything in focus until it is about 5 inches from my face.

I'm not sure people get glasses who don't need them, aside from maybe those over-the-counter reading glasses from walgreens or whatever. So I think I'd have to disagree that it's a scam... Besides, wearing glasses is a pain in the ass. I'm not sure many people would do it for no reason.

And for what it's worth... 20/20 is a real, measurable thing. And there are really no muscles involved in vision... It's all about the shape of your eye and how the lens focuses light on the retina.

metalpeter writes at 06:18:19 04/16/10 - Comment #55817: I think Glasses are mostly a scam. Lets think about this for a second. There is this thing they call 20/20 vision. If you don't have it then you need some kind of glasses. But think about all the people you see with glasses for something I'm guessing maybe 1 of 5 people need glasses. So if this is the case then that 20/20 vision thing can't be right.

Lets say the doctor says you have week eyes or what ever. So Then you get glasses so you can see better. I think that since you are talking about a muscle that what will happen is your body will adjust and your muscle will just work less hard and you will see the same. This means that your eyes will get weaker and the glasses you need will get stronger. but that is just me

Permalink: My_2010_glasses.html
Words: 134
Location: Buffalo, NY

04/16/10 09:25 - 52ºF - ID#51406

24 Linwood trim painting

Finally got some orange trim paint on the side of the house. All that
is left is the top now.

Permalink: 24_Linwood_trim_painting.html
Words: 39
Location: Buffalo, NY

04/16/10 09:23 - 52ºF - ID#51405

Web app launch complete

The fun part was the teeshirts we made out of the icons.

Permalink: Web_app_launch_complete.html
Words: 17
Location: Buffalo, NY

04/14/10 10:21 - 53ºF - ID#51401

Sewing curtains

(e:Matthew) and I teamed up and hemmed one curtains with the sewing
machine. It was weird trying to remember back to home economics in
middle school. I guess that skateboard pillow project paid off after
all. The sewing machine looks haunted in this photo.

Permalink: Sewing_curtains.html
Words: 50
Location: Buffalo, NY

04/14/10 10:18 - 53ºF - ID#51400

Painting 24 Linwood

(e:Matthew) snapped a pic of me painting with his iPhone. I really want
to finish this up but work has been non stop so I can never take any
time off despite having like 3,000,000 hours to burn at this point.

Permalink: Painting_24_Linwood.html
Words: 41
Location: Buffalo, NY