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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

There has been some mission drift here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of the main things I write about here are reading books, listening to (and playing) music, and watching the movies. Also I write about the work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.

The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.

See my reading list for what I'm interested in this year.

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🦋 New lease on vision

So I've been walking around for a couple of weeks with a new glasses prescription in my pocket... Finally today I took it in to the shop and bought a new pair of glasses, and wow! It is like stepping through a portal into a new reality, one where lines are much sharper and more distinct. Suddenly the patches of color around me have definite shapes and are clearly separated from one anther. It is a pleasant sensation.

I took Ellen's advice on which frames to purchase (pictured above), probably a wise move -- initially I had my heart set on a pair of dark plastic round frames which (I thought) made me look a lot like Gary Shteyngart in this photo.

posted afternoon of Friday, February 13th, 2009

But then you would have to have the bear....

posted afternoon of February 13th, 2009 by Daddio

Yeah well that was the thing about the plastic frames, they came with one.

posted afternoon of February 13th, 2009 by Jeremy

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Check out Ellen's writing at Patch.com.

What's of interest:

➪	An excerpt from the English translation of The Elephant's Journey is available at Saramago's web site; also Pilar has written up a brief introduction.
➪	Adam Roberts of The Valve links to an exciting new project: Roger Greenawalt and David Barratt are engaged in recording the complete works of The Beatles on ukulele, each song with a different guest singer.

(Other links of interest at my Google+ page. It's recommend ed!)

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🦋 New lease on vision

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