re: #201 FemNaziBitch

I wish I had the xtra cash for the google glass.

sounds kinda kool and I’d to be on the front end of some technology knowledge for once.

I have a friend who has one. He let me try it. That’s the reason I don’t want it.

No, let me be fair. I want it conceptually. I can’t use google glass as designed - and I got a solid view of the problems.

I am near-sighted with astigmatism. I am 54, and as is typical for the over-50 crowd I have presbyopia.

The normal solution for the latter is bifocals. The location of the google glass, however, means that that particular section needs a differently ground lens. In addition to the bottom half being ground for close and the top for far, there needs to be a special ‘very close’ grind in the upper center of the lens with the gglass. It’s an expensive grind, and if you add astigmatism it’s a complex and more expensive grind.

And it creates a blurry spot in your right eye when looking at something far away. That’s a nuisance at best, a safety hazard at worst. (If you wear glasses you can get the same effect with attachable ‘jeweler’ lenses. Line one up at the top of your right eye, and remember you cannot ever swing it out of the way when you’re driving or talking or anything else.)

I want what it can do. It’s a good thing I have some ideas about alternatives because I can’t use Gglass.