Tuesday, March 07, 2006
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New glasses!

Last weekend I finally collected my new glasses. My old pair were really nice (very lightweight titanium frames) but the lenses had gradually gotten a various assortment of scratches, dents, dings and other sorts of problems that make something transparent a little less so. Since I spend 95% of my working day staring at a computer screen, it's especially important that I am actually able to see the screen without major effort.

The old glasses looked like this:

(close-up view as most of the links don't give a good idea of what they actually look like. Like this one for example).

The new ones look more like this:
Yes, they are named "Francis". Although I should note that mine are a different color: I went with DVM, "dark violet". See, my Fashion Tip #4 yesterday was relevant after all. Although the color of the frames differs dramatically depending on the light, ranging from a steely grey to, well, a dark violet. So far reactions have been universally positive. And even more importantly, I can see!
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