Wow, this is pretty amazing stuff: Scientists have discovered a new and tiny species of human that lived in Indonesia at the same time our own ancestors were colonising the world… The 18,000-year-old specimen, known as Liang Bua 1 or LB1, has been assigned to a new species called Homo floresiensis. It was about one …
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Ahh! The laser is in my eyes!
I had wavefront LASIK done on Friday morning. It was an interesting experience. They gave me one last check out, then I got to wear a fancy hair net and take a valium and a vicodin. My metabolism is painfully slow, that turned out to be a literally true. When I went into surgery the …
LASIK & wavefront
Had my eyes measured the other day for LASIK & wavefront. I have very good night vision, so I figured my pupils were fairly large. They are a ginormous 8mm – that’s a fancy medical definition for you. The average pupil size is around 5-6mm. There was some early evidence that with the larger pupil …
I choose cheese
Busy busy. Even a simple wedding is a lot of work. ——————– Wow, check out the picture: World’s pollution hotspots revealed from space Cheese or security. Answer, cheese! Airport security agency cited for lavish banquet, bonuses $140 billion corporate tax bill – “the worst example of the influence of special interests that I have ever …
Is that guy on drugs?
I am going to get my eyes measured today for wavefront LASIK. I have wanted to do this for a while, but waited until the 3d technology was affordable ($2400). Surprisingly, the costs in Calgary were about the same for this kind of surgery. I guess the equipment costs take a while to recoup. I’ve …