I hate to bore you folks not yet on the Internet, but for those
of you that have ventured into cyberspace, this article is for
you. And I promise to get more conventional next month, and not
mention computers or the Net. My July article discussed "Eyecare
and the Internet" and how health care providers are using
and benefiting from this new technology. This month I will direct
you to certain Web sites that YOU might find enlightening, or
at least, fun. My personal web page contains all the links to
these sites, but I will give you a more direct route as well.
If you would like the indirect route, point your browser to http://home.earthlink.net/~odiehog/
and you will find my personal page that begins with all the normal
family gloating, along with a short introduction. Page down to
the next section and here you will find most of my articles (in
no particular order) that are published monthly in the Forest
Image by my good friends at Pat & Ray's STUDIO. Please feel
free to print any article that may be of interest to you. I am
always open for topic suggestions, by the way, so if you have
a great idea for an "eye" article, I will do my best
to research and discuss it in a forthcoming issue. Or if you simply
have a question concerning your eyes, feel free to email it to
me and I will try to answer it directly.
Next you will find the stereogram section, or "Solve the
Magic Eye". Click on this topic and it will take you to an
article I wrote last September involving those 3-D pictures and
how to best "see" the stereo image. Then click on one
of the stereograms (six of them right now but I'm making more)
and enjoy a very vivid, computer enhanced stereo image. If you
have a good quality color printer, try printing out one of the
stereograms so you can practice your binocular skills at your
leisure.
As you page down further, you will find a section geared more
toward my colleagues' interests but you might also find some interesting
retinal photos, if you're so inclined. Next is the section entitled
A Few Other Eye Pages of Interest. I am adding new
links here regularly, so stop in periodically and check out the
new sites. The first three, TLC The Laser Center, American Optometric
Association, and Texas Optometric Association, are all informative,
and I'll let you browse them at your repose. Eyecare for
all Ages touches on nearly 50 topics, ranging from General
Eye Care, Your Child's Eyes, Eye Health for Adults,
to Eye Safety. They are all brief discussions and simple
to read, but quite informative and inclusive. To go directly to
Eyecare for all Ages, point your browser to: http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/leaflets/100934/100935.htm
The last link is entitled Vision and Your Health.
(http://www.etonline.com/vision/mainvisn.htm) Here you will find
12 topics, one of which deserves special attention. Test Your
Eyes Online is a rather unique way to test your own visual
acuity, color vision, and macular function. I should mention that
as of this writing, a few of the topics are under construction,
but should be completed shortly. The adult vision test is actually
a Snellen chart that, depending on your monitor, will measure
your ability to read 20/20. Follow the instructions that direct
you to measure the width of the chart to calculate your testing
distance. The Amsler grid test will determine the integrity of
the macula in the retina; again, follow the instructions on the
screen. The color vision test is "under construction"
as of this date.
As I find additional helpful eye pages on the Net, I will link
them from my homepage. I encourage anyone interested in the rapidly
changing eye care field to get ONLINE! The wealth of information
there will astound you.