A Brief History of Time

Recently, when cleaning for Pesach, I came across some old pairs of glasses.  So I thought I'd share a look at my historical eyewear.

These are my current glasses.  The side-shields come off for daily use, but I attach them on occasion when I'm working in some labs or just want to protect my eyes.  I can't seem to find the set that preceded these, but they looked basically the same, just didn't have the clip-on side shields.

I think I wore these glasses for the longest time.  They are made of those "memory metals" and, when bent, just snap back to their original shape.  I used to enjoy showing off how durable they were by twisted them into knots.  Surprisingly, that's not what eventually broke the bridge...it was a basketball hitting my face (and people wonder why I don't like sports).  After the initial breakage, Yoni jury-rigged a fix: He soldered a piece of a wire shirt hanger (also useful for TV antenna replacement) behind the bridge (I seem to recall that Uncle Sysfrog was there at the time offering moral support - can anyone confirm this?).  This was a nice fix and didn't look nearly as dorky as the twist ties.  But, eventually, that broke and I fixed it without a soldering iron.

This is less exciting, but there was a point when I wore contacts.

I don't know what happened to the original frame that these lenses were in.  I think they might just be an old prescription from the twist-tie set.  In any case, this is another example of Yoni's handiwork.  I don't think I ever wore these regularly, or just kept them as an emergency backup set.

Here's a closer shot of the older frames.