August 4, 2012

  • Magnifier

    So 3 days ago I'm pretty sure, I bought my niece Minecraft. That is pretty much what i have been doing the past 3 days. I didn't post because I wanted to focus on helping her get around the game and getting to know how things work. She is very creative, and the update 1.3 now allows us to play on our own server using our LAN (Local Area Network). I knew as soon as this update came out I just HAD to get her an account.

    I have been helping her learn how to do stuff like build bridges, houses, roads, tame and breed Ocelots and Wolves, and a lot of other stuff. I have been building a desert city that I will show you sometime soon. We have been using graph paper to plan out our creations. The first day I think we played for like 7 hours straight which was so crazy. We have been spending a lot more time together lately and it has been great. Natalie and Kayla have both enjoyed it. Kayla just usually sits and watches, but she still seems to have a lot of fun watching the stuff that goes on inside the game.

    Other than this I have been just watching the Olympics. Well, more like listening more than watching, we get so into our game sessions when we play together it is crazy.

    So onto the main subject here. For years I have refused to use any kind of magnifier when using the computer besides the one that you can use to magnify individual websites. I have had to bend over to read the stuff on my screen for years. Back when I had a desktop it wasn't as bad as it is now that I have a laptop because I could being my screen closer if it wasn't close enough. I was pretty determined never to use a magnifier. Yesterday I put my foot down though. After 8 months of having my laptop and having to constantly strain my eyes to see the screen I finally looked through the accessibility options and found the screen magnifier. I am now running on full screen magnifier and it is fabulous. I no longer get eye strain and I can now have better posture and be in a better and more comfortable sitting position. I now sit in a regular position and it is fabulous. Without magnification, even with my screen on the largest display I still have trouble seeing it clearly, so that is why I had to resort to the magnifier. I don't think I will ever go back now. The only times I don't use it is when I am playing games like Tetris , and Minecraft, looking at pictures, and watching videos on youtube. 

    Anyway, the day is still young. i WILL update later if anything happens.

    ;)