Antireflective Lens Coatings: Waste Of Money or Must-Have for Happy Eyes?
If you look through the back catalog of articles, you'll find a fair bit has been written about lenses. And from me in particular, how to save money on lenses.You end up buying a lot of lenses, as you're heading back down the ladder of prescriptions.When you do, you ideally don't want to spend too much money on them.It's a difficult balance, though. High myopia in particular is already really challenging for your brain to deal with (the image is notably distorted). So you want [...]
Artificially Enhanced Flavors
This article is straight from Salon. (not my reading source of choice in general.. don't judge)“We look like our livestock now”: The author of “The Dorito Effect” on the chemically-enhanced junk food we can’t put down Salon talks to author Mark Schatzker about why the worse our food tastes, the more we eatWhen Doritos first hit store shelves in 1964, they weren’t Cool Ranch Doritos or Jumpin’ Jack Monterey Cheese Doritos or Jacked Ranch Dipped Hot Wings Doritos. (That last one — believe it or not [...]
The Reductionists
Long time visitors of the site sometimes ask me ... "Jake, are you just the new admin?"And .. no. I'm not.Alex and I worked quite a bit together, on his original program. And since it was his really, I left out the things where him and I differ in philosophy.You see, Alex is very, very Germanic. "Zis is zee rules, ya!"If you bring up anything that's not specifically quantifiable and hard data, you're not going to get far. And I agree with all that.But I think [...]
Shannon Asks: Should I Reduce By 0.25 Or Can I Go Down By 0.50 Diopters?
The forum is full of good insights, though spread out over a few thousand posts.Every so often I'll try to remember to pick good ones out for you here in the blog. Make a few things easier to find.Shannon asks:I remember reading somewhere int he course or site that those with high myopia can do 0.5 reductions to save money on glasses etc.. I was just wondering – is it always preferable to move in 0.25 increments or is it sometimes better to move in [...]
What’s Best For Your Glasses? CR-39 vs. Polycarbonate Lenses
Here's an article worth reading, if you are shopping for lenses.The Polycarbonate Sales PitchThinner, lighter, 10x more shatterproof.These and other virtues of polycarbonate lenses are extolled by your optician, when you are shopping for new glasses.Odds are that you have no idea about lens materials. And why should you? Unfortunately, there are more than a few opticians who don't actually know a whole lot about lens materials. Others may, but still want the larger profit margin that comes from selling a poly lens. All this [...]
Silence Of The Lambs (Part II, Steve Leung Interview)
Over the years I've been asked thousands of times, why I won't become an optometrist. And I've thought about this a lot. It would be easy. Go back to school, enjoy a nice campus, socialize, go to parties, flirt with cute students. Somewhere in California, when I daydream about such things. Sounds fantastic. And of course, the instant credibility that would go along with "Dr." Guru Jake Steiner. Not being an outsider, not having the first thing that optometry doctors say to me being, "oh well you're [...]