Just did some Skype test calls with my Dad, Skype-to-landline and Skype-to-Skype. I'm impressed. The sound quality was very good -- better than our cellphone-to-cellphone calls. Earphones are a definite necessity to avoid the stadium echo effect.

That reminds me, I've been meaning to ask if anyone has recommendations for webcams that you can use with Skype for video calls. My brother and his fiance use it all the time to talk to her brother and their friends in Moscow, but they use a built in camera on their Mac. It was actually really fun, and I'd love to try it out, but I'm not getting a new computer over it.

I skype-skype laptop to laptop without headspeakers to Jamaica, and haven't had any echo problems.

My sister uses an Intel laptop with a built in camera--I have an iSight on my Powerbook. For Christmas we bought our parents Logitech webcams, but we haven't tested them yet. At least not across the waters.

now I'm having gmail problems. All those other times I wasn't but now I am. Or am I? It seems to be working now.

I have a dvr question. My second vcr gave up the ghost and I'm going to need a way to record two different things by the end of the month. (What with Lost and SPN being on at exactly the same time.) I thought I could add dvr to my comcast but they are only offering it to people who are getting 3 different comcast services. So, if I want to be able to say, record two things and watch a 3rd what do I need to look for in a dvr?

Thanks!

So, if I want to be able to say, record two things and watch a 3rd what do I need to look for in a dvr?

You can do that with a dual tuner Tivo if the third channel that's not recording is via antenna.

Okay. Thinking of getting something used on ebay.

I need help with my iPod. I'm in tears here, seriously.

My sister gave me a Nano for my birthday and I've been trying to get it to work. First, it didn't like Panther, so I upgraded my sad little G3 iMac to Tiger. But, everytime I plug the iPod in, I get the registration page, only it won't display correctly on my screen. I only get part of it, some of the page appears to be below my screen and I can't move the window up or shrink it. Also, the graphic won't appear, just a note saying I need QuickTime and a tiff reading program. Then, there is no scroll bar or anyway to see any Agree or Disagree buttons.

After fighting with this all weekend, I took the thing to work, plugged it into my new work Mac Mini and proceeded through the registration. I thought I was good, but when I plugged it back into my home computer, I get the same old problem. and I can't log in to iTunes using the ID I just created today, at work!

I just want to put some music on my iPod! What the hell do I do??

check your OS. A friend's ipod didn't work properly on her computer either and I think it was an OS problem.

I upgraded my OS already.