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to: MAURICE KINAL
from: ANDREW ALT
date: 2020-10-14 00:18:00
subject: keeping in touch

-=> Maurice Kinal wrote to Andrew Alt <=-

 MK> Hey Andrew!

 AA> I think for me the one big advantage to being able to write an
 AA> app with a GUI is that maybe my nephews and nieces will be more
 AA> interested in software I develop! :)

 MK> That might work.  All I know is that everytime a young person comes
 MK> over to my place it is to get their device(s) to connect to the wifi.
 MK> Once that happens they lose interest in what I do although they are
 MK> totally amazed that whatever I am typing at the keyboard seems to get
 MK> amazing things to happen.  They always ask me how I know what to type

I can relate to that to your experience. :)

 MK> to make whatever they see going on - usually on the monitor - happen.
 MK> It is then I show them a commandline to play a movie which totally
 MK> floors them.  I have a trailer with lego characters doing the "Knights
 MK> of The Round Table" song and dance from Monty Python's "Search For The
 MK> Huly Grail" on hand for such occasions.

Very thoughtful of you, Maurice. :)

 AA> The copyright info in the source indicates 1996.

 MK> That sounds about right.  It has been awhile and I am at the age where
 MK> senior's moments are noticeably on the increase.  :-/

Ah.. Benjamin Button's syndrome? ;)

I wanted to check in a bit. I had cataract surgery in my right eye on Oct 2 and
my
left is scheduled for the 16th. Surgery went well, very smooth, no problems. My

distance vision in my right eye is darn near perfect. Don't even need glasses
for
that eye anymore. I haven't even been wearing my glasses since I got surgeried.

Still pretty awkward though considering the vision in my left eye is very bad,
but
I expect that to get corrected from the surgery this Friday. I'll still need
glasses for reading.

Using the computer is still a bit challenging. I got some OTC reading glasses
that
make the right eye good, but not the left. Again, after surgery, the reading
glasses should help with that eye as well, or I can get a prescription pair
about
4 weeks after surgery.

How are things on your end?


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-Andy


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