As a member of the Blue Team of forum mods, I manage threads and posts in the entire Undocumented Features conference, as well as a goodly chunk of the rest of the Forum. I am usually fairly tolerant, if a bit snarky-- however, I do not suffer fools gladly, and I am far less avoidant of conflict than Gryphon is. Fear not, however; I don't expect to have to put on my jackboots. ;)

Outside of EPU, I'm a post production student at a Los Angeles-area community college; I specialize in nonlinear editing with Final Cut Pro and digital image manipulation with Photoshop. I'm, as far as I know, the only UF character whose author avatar is actually a swordfighter-- I trained under a good friend in a hybrid style that uses shinai to emulate both the Western broadsword and the katana. (I incurred amazing bruises, too, trust me.) I'm fond of Bad Religion, the Dropkick Murphys, and Big Country, and can often be found with my nose in thick books about Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Final Cut. As someone with a visual disability, I'm interested in adaptive technology and ophthalmology, so expect me to comment if either of those topics turn up. I'm Pagan, with a primary interest in the gods of the British Isles, although my general mythology knowledge is solid; expect me to chime in there as well.

I'm also turning 30 on January 26th and expect appropriate tribute to be made in my honor. ;)

Ard Sumhenner
that Janice chick
Usual Suspect and general menace

Now for the reason I'm typing a response: Your mentioning of vision correction technology reminded me of an article in Wired magazine I read several years ago. I found it on their site, here:

http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,59634,00.html

Maybe you'll find it interesting :)

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