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First test call with Skype very successful! January 6, 2006 11:01 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Technology , 1 comment so far

I’m a Skype user now! I’m going by djuggler if you want to look me up. I just made my first test call with Tim. What a better way to test an Internet telephone call than to go half way around the world! The sound quality was amazingly clear.

Since I’m not using any of the paid features, I’m a little unsure about the differences between Skype and using something like MSN Messenger for video chatting. I’m going to have to compare the quality soon. For the time being, I just want to sound off about how cool it is to live in a time that we can make calls around the world without having to take out loans to the phone company!

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Parent Hacks January 6, 2006 3:35 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Of Interest , add a comment

Thanks to BoingBoing for welcoming Parent Hacks to the blog scene. Parent Hacks bills themselves as “a collaborative weblog of practical parenting wisdom,”  something we all have, need and should share!

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He Returns January 6, 2006 9:15 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life , 10comments

My first post ever was January 5, 2004 so after Blogger deleted my account I took a month off and find it ironic that on January 5, 2006 I started the process of relaunching a new blog. I’ve been very impressed with the variety of things Kristy has done with her blog which made the decision to go with WordPress. I’m further impressed with the simplicity of the WordPress installation and on top of that it has an import function to get your posts and drafts from Blogger into WordPress! It’s a shame I didn’t discover that long before losing all my drafts to Blogger’s indiscretions.

Happy New Year! I expect greatness for 2006!

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