02.28.07
A little about skype, a little about headsets, a little about how I suck.
Skype is free, unless you want to use it to call land lines, in which case it’s still really cheap, you just buy credit or sign up for their plan. It’s cheaper for us to use Skype for our long distance. With our digital phone service from Cox it costs nearly $2 a minute to talk to Madrid, which can be a major bummer.
We had Best Buy store credit, so I got a Logitech laptop specific headset that has great sound quality, but it isn’t wireless which is kind of a bummer. But if you have a Bluetooth headset for your cell you can use it with Skype.
But if you don’t have/want Bluetooth and are looking for a headset, there are tons out there. I’ve read that the headsets for gaming systems work just fine too (and the PS2 one is really cheap from Amazon).
And I suck because while I was originally thinking about last night for a Skypecast SnB, I wasn’t feeling it. For some reason, comments on the last post weren’t being forwarded by e-mail, so I just shrugged and thought, “meh.” But I see there was some interest. Oops. I didn’t have the Skypecast listed and was just going to send out the link to people, but instead, just click here. If we have a problem with privacy or weirdos (besides Mary-Kay ;p -mwah!- besos!) we can change the location and e-mail it out to the Normals.
So next week, Tuesday night 6.15 pacific, which means 7.15 mountain, which means 8.15 central, which means 9.15 eastern, which means 2.15am Wednesday morning Zulu time. A duration of 3 hours, so there should be plenty of time to come in and out of the conversation. I’ll have my cr@p together better next week (I hope).
Ande said,
March 1, 2007 at 8:35 am
I have the guy setting up the skype account. I shall try!
Now Crivvie is a dream boat. My mom covets her. So cute! And kinda goofy.
LoriO said,
March 1, 2007 at 9:07 am
Hi Crivvie! Mwah!
I’ll try and pop in! I have a skype account that I use all the time to talk to my former/future boss. My contact info is just my name (firstlast - so creative).
Janice in GA said,
March 1, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I’ll try to pop in too. I’ve never done a Skypecast, but I’m willing o learn.
Yoly said,
March 1, 2007 at 2:38 pm
if that dogs grin wasn’t so funny it’d be kinda scary
And I’m in for attempting the Skypecast.
dharma said,
March 1, 2007 at 9:03 pm
You never suck. At least in a bad way :-p
Teresa said,
March 1, 2007 at 9:40 pm
I just ordered a headset online! I hope it comes in time — the built-in mic sounds really hollow. BTW, does one “sign in” just before joining or is it something that can/should/is-okay-to be done in advance?
This is all new to me but fun to learn….
Ceallach said,
March 1, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Just saying hi from one dyeing knitter to another!
Terri said,
March 3, 2007 at 9:51 am
Crivvie is adorable - love the fangs and also the white eyebrows! kiss kiss! Skype - meh - I hate talking on the phone. Have fun you guys!
Lauren said,
March 4, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Hm, the link doesn’t work for me, and I know I’m a weirdo, but am I normal enough for the location info?
Amy Boogie said,
March 4, 2007 at 6:06 pm
I need to find me a headset.
Cute little Crivens.
Eklectika said,
March 7, 2007 at 10:22 am
OMG…Crivens’ picture? Just made me laugh completely out loud. Loudly. I might have frightened a neighbor.