I discover Skype

Last week, after searching high and low, we found our computer's microphone hidden away in the back of a drawer somewhere in the basement - last used by the Crown Prince playing World of Warcraft, I'm guessing. It was the last piece of equipment I needed to start using my new Skype account, so I was thrilled to try it out with my niece in Hawaii. Since I'm 4 hours ahead, we had to set up an appointment via e-mail. It worked beautifully!

After I'm more comfortable with this, I'll get a webcam and go for video calls - woohoo! Am I the last person to find out how great this is?

NPR's Food Photo Fridays blog

Can't remember how I happened upon this particular blog, but it's fun! Check out the posts for Nov. 12 called An Exhibition Called 'Yum,'



and for Nov. 5 called Carl Warner's Edible Landscapes.

Shameless Plug for Votes

The library where I work has made it to the final round in a contest from Playaway, the company that makes those clever little all-in-one audiobooks. If we get the most votes for the best promotional project for Playaway, we win $10k, so check out a neat YouTube we put together and vote for the Morton Grove Public Library. (Click the little arrow at the end of our library name to open up the place to vote, if necessary.) You can vote once for each e-mail address you have (I have 6 assorted addresses!).

Personal endorsement: when Dan was stuck having to keep his head down after eye surgery recently, Playaways were just the thing. No tapes or disks to change.

TIA!

Tubeless Toilet Paper!

I don't know how they're going to do this, but what a great green idea! It hasn't come to the Midwest yet, so I'll have to wait to try it. Read more on this press release from Kimberly-Clark.