Specialization is for Insects

Liz and I both bought new glasses recently. We paid about $200 for four pairs of glasses between us. Last time I bought glasses, I would have been ecstatic to get one pair for less than $200.

The ultimate guide on how to order eyeglasses online is at http://glassyeyes.blogspot.com/. The site explains what you need to do, reviews online retailers, and provides a forum for questions and comments about the process.
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I recently uploaded pictures of Yosemite from 1996. These are significant because they are about the last pictures I took with slide film. From the time I first started photography till 1996, I used slide film. I believed that slide film was somehow superior to print film. Then I read something profound on photo.net. To paraphrase, if you want your final result to be a print on the wall, you should use print film.

As you might guess, my next photography task will be to scan negatives (or maybe the prints) from 1996 until July of 2004. In July of 2004 I bought a digital camera. Let no one accuse me of being an early adopter.

It has taken me over 6 months to scan my 2000+ slides. While waiting for my scanner to do it’s thing, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on the digital photography revolution. Every once in a while I’ll read a blog post by someone lamenting the death of film. Trust me, I have lost almost nothing by abandoning film.

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