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Monday, December 20, 2004
Tersangat Lebih...
I am doing a course in web design this semester for my masters and it's really strange studying it from a postgraduate academic point of view. There are whole literature on type sizes, spaces between borders, colour schemes, and the like. See whether you can make sense of the following excerpt:
Two visual subsystems work together when viewing dynamic displays to produce a scan path. The peripheral subsystem carries out the initial parallel pro-cessing and determines where the next point of attentional fixation will be placed. The foveal subsystem is then directed to this point and performs more complex operations such as reading and object identification. Visual conspicuity is a factor that influences the selection process executed by the peripheral system. This conspicuity can be defined as a combination of an object’s properties, relative to its background, which attracts attention and is
therefore seen and is based on color, shape, size, orientation, and other properties of the display.
Grr...
I am doing a course in web design this semester for my masters and it's really strange studying it from a postgraduate academic point of view. There are whole literature on type sizes, spaces between borders, colour schemes, and the like. See whether you can make sense of the following excerpt:
Two visual subsystems work together when viewing dynamic displays to produce a scan path. The peripheral subsystem carries out the initial parallel pro-cessing and determines where the next point of attentional fixation will be placed. The foveal subsystem is then directed to this point and performs more complex operations such as reading and object identification. Visual conspicuity is a factor that influences the selection process executed by the peripheral system. This conspicuity can be defined as a combination of an object’s properties, relative to its background, which attracts attention and is
therefore seen and is based on color, shape, size, orientation, and other properties of the display.
Grr...
Sunday, December 19, 2004
The Phantom of the Opera
I caught Phantom on opening day, even though I finished work at 8:30pm and was dreadfully exhausted. When other teenagers grew up with Nirvana, Metallica or other soulful angst ridden music, I had the Phantom. Learning line by line, reliving song after song, so the movie is definitely a must see, especially when I've yet to have the opportunity of seeing the musical on theatre.
The viewing experience is amazing and rich in overtones and lavishness. It is a movie for the fan and for the romantic and it's just so beautiful :) It's been awhile since I've watched any movie with this kind of emotional repercussions and it's just wonderful.
Sigh...
I caught Phantom on opening day, even though I finished work at 8:30pm and was dreadfully exhausted. When other teenagers grew up with Nirvana, Metallica or other soulful angst ridden music, I had the Phantom. Learning line by line, reliving song after song, so the movie is definitely a must see, especially when I've yet to have the opportunity of seeing the musical on theatre.
The viewing experience is amazing and rich in overtones and lavishness. It is a movie for the fan and for the romantic and it's just so beautiful :) It's been awhile since I've watched any movie with this kind of emotional repercussions and it's just wonderful.
Sigh...
Saturday, December 11, 2004
Zap Zap Zap
I thought I would freak out on Thursday but I was surprisingly calm before my scheduled laser eye surgery (surgery is a tad overstating it as it is a quick procedure without pre or post surgery preparations required). Having a partial tear in my retina and needing it sealed, the surgery is somewhat unavoidable but dreaded.
I checked into the crowded clinic at 3:30pm. Got my eyes dilated at about 4:30pm and twice again at 5:15 and 5:30 before the procedure began at 5:35. Insanely long wait because this particular opthamologist seemed to attract patients from the entire state! At least there was some assurance of his skill.
The procedure was nightmarish. Please note that I have an intense aversion to touching your eyeballs so it was doubly horrifying. You get yourself seated into a machine like those that they use to check your vision, except that they strap your head tight and there are warning signs everywhere. Then they place this Borg like eyepiece onto your eyeball which allows the doctor to see into the retina and focus the laser beam.
At this point, all I'm seeing is this intense bright light and am getting superbly uncomfortable with eyes wide open and being unable to blink. Doctor will say things like, 'look left' 'don't move' 'hmm' 'good good' and then all of a sudden, ZAP ZAP ZAP! You see this flashes of green light followed by a burst of red in staccato motion as the doctor clicks on this joystick thingy. You can actually feel some heat but the worst part is the extreme brightness which makes your eyes water (and you can't blink).
It's over in about 5 minutes and it isn't painful but gawd... so uncomfortable. All I can think of is this must be what Borg-to-be must feel like. GAH!
I am just GLAD it's over (woe if it happens again) and will only need to go for another visit (if it stays corrected) in a years time. Thanks guys for the well wishes... I am just so blardy relieved...
I thought I would freak out on Thursday but I was surprisingly calm before my scheduled laser eye surgery (surgery is a tad overstating it as it is a quick procedure without pre or post surgery preparations required). Having a partial tear in my retina and needing it sealed, the surgery is somewhat unavoidable but dreaded.
I checked into the crowded clinic at 3:30pm. Got my eyes dilated at about 4:30pm and twice again at 5:15 and 5:30 before the procedure began at 5:35. Insanely long wait because this particular opthamologist seemed to attract patients from the entire state! At least there was some assurance of his skill.
The procedure was nightmarish. Please note that I have an intense aversion to touching your eyeballs so it was doubly horrifying. You get yourself seated into a machine like those that they use to check your vision, except that they strap your head tight and there are warning signs everywhere. Then they place this Borg like eyepiece onto your eyeball which allows the doctor to see into the retina and focus the laser beam.
At this point, all I'm seeing is this intense bright light and am getting superbly uncomfortable with eyes wide open and being unable to blink. Doctor will say things like, 'look left' 'don't move' 'hmm' 'good good' and then all of a sudden, ZAP ZAP ZAP! You see this flashes of green light followed by a burst of red in staccato motion as the doctor clicks on this joystick thingy. You can actually feel some heat but the worst part is the extreme brightness which makes your eyes water (and you can't blink).
It's over in about 5 minutes and it isn't painful but gawd... so uncomfortable. All I can think of is this must be what Borg-to-be must feel like. GAH!
I am just GLAD it's over (woe if it happens again) and will only need to go for another visit (if it stays corrected) in a years time. Thanks guys for the well wishes... I am just so blardy relieved...
Thursday, December 02, 2004
Away, away, on a holiday!
Will be on leave the entire week coming up. Although there's the slight nervousness (ok, not so slight) about the eye surgery on Thursday, still looking forward to an entire week of doing nothing. No work, no CreativeKids, no assignments, and no studying! Will just lay back, enjoy the close of the year and start cracking with work after :)
Have a good week ahead and a great weekend to come! Dan will be hibernating!
Will be on leave the entire week coming up. Although there's the slight nervousness (ok, not so slight) about the eye surgery on Thursday, still looking forward to an entire week of doing nothing. No work, no CreativeKids, no assignments, and no studying! Will just lay back, enjoy the close of the year and start cracking with work after :)
Have a good week ahead and a great weekend to come! Dan will be hibernating!