[geeks] What desk toy or "tchotchke" says "geek" to you?

[Dan Sikorski]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:

>In what way do your eyes malfunction?
>
>I had moderately bad nearsightedness (-5.5 and -6.0) and bad astigmatism 
>(+2.5 and +1.25 with two different angles) and now my vision is better 
>than 20/20.  On good days, better than 20/15.
>
>I see better than I did with my glasses.  The thing that took a *lot* of 
>getting used to is having depth perception.  The astigmatism correction 
>in my glasses kept me from seeing depth.  Now I can tell how far 
>oncoming cars are and things like that.  I can catch a softball.  It's 
>the first time since I was about six years old.
>  
>
I miss good depth perception, i haven't had it for many years.  Anyone 
know of a good website has information about lasik?  I think i need to 
go find a good place to have it done...

    -Dan