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♦ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2007
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Setting up video oven the Internet; 2 monitors best
Dear TechnoFiles:
My husband and I
just retired to
; Warner Robins and miss
our son and grandkids.
We talk on the phone
and send e-mail messag
es, but it’s not enough.
I saw on a TV program
where you can have a
camera and microphone
connected to your com
puter and be able to see
and talk with someone
on the Internet.
We have a cable modem,
as does my son. How can
we set this up so we can
see the grandkids?
- Ann
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f Dear Ann:
; Congratulations on your
, retirement! I hope you enjoy
living in Central Georgia as
much as we do. It’s actu
ally quite easy and inexpen
sive to set up video over the
. Internet and both you and
Big stories
testing our
perspective
By GEORGEAYOUB
Morris News Service
Alberto Gonzales. Michael
Vick.
Michael Vick. Alberto
Gonzales.
Any way you write it, the
recent A 1 and Mike Show
was huge, with enough res
ignation, remorse, recrimi
nation, regret, rebukes and
reprimands to sour even the
best cosmic karma.
You know the details:
* Attorney General and
First Pal Gonzales stepping
down amid accusations that
he lied about the firing of
Justice Department lawyers
and that his office was too
political to hit the high notes
on that liberty-and-justice
for-all deal.
* National Football League
quarterback Vick pleading
guilty to bad-boy dogfighting
charges stemming from his
Bad Newz Kennels, which
bred and trained pit bulls
for competitive combat.
The attorney general of the
United States leaves after an
impasse with Congress that
brought us to the brink of
a constitutional crisis, and
most of us yawn.
A pop-culture icon and role
model for our kids is looking
at a prison term for, among
other thifigs, killing dogs,
and we shrug as if to say,
“Hey, we’ve seen worse.”
The problem, I suppose, is
that we have.
The two most compelling
comments about all this
came from Gonzales, who
said his troubles were noth
ing compared to his immi
grant father’s struggles,
and Vick, who declared in
a master stroke of under
statement that it was time
for him to grow up.
I am not arguing the
merits of either man the
Gonzales and Vick positions
have been picked clean
over the entire summer but
rather cautioning against
becoming inured to such
events.
Only taking sides, which
our information infrastruc
ture best supports, does
little else beyond taking
sides.
Being informed and
discussing how politics
plays out in the Justice
Department can be invalu
able, however. So, too, can a
bright light focused on the
inner workings of a shadowy
sport with animal cruelty as
its inherent underpinning.
The difference between
simply lining up and being
informed is subtle but criti
cal.
Almost as important as
not losing our perspective
with a yawn or a shrug.
George Ayoub is senior
writer at The Grand Island
(Neb.) Independent. He
can be reached at george.
ayoub@morris.com.
your son already have the
main component in place -
high speed Internet access.
The simplest way to get
started is to purchase a web
camera.
These little cameras can
cost as little as S3O and are
readily available at major
retailers, office supply stores
or electronics stores.
Set-up is a breeze by fol
lowing the directions on the
included CD-ROM and the
camera will simply connect
to your USB port on your
computer once the software
is loaded.
Some cameras have a
built-in microphone, but I
recommend purchasing a
headset with a microphone
and headphones.
A headset will make it
easier to hear you and the
headphones will eliminate
any echo that might be
picked up by your speakers.
Your computer should have
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microphone and headphone
ports for you to plug this in
to. Again, this is an inexpen
sive item, costing as little
as S2O.
Once you have the hard
ware (the camera and head
set), all you’ll need is the
software.
Assuming you’re running
Windows XP or Vista, all
you need to do is get a pro
gram called Windows Live
Messenger, which you can
download for free at http://
get.live.com/messenger.
Of course, your son will
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need to duplicate this on his
end. How easy (and cheap!)
can that be?
•So, for around SIOO, you
and your husband can see
and hear your son and grand
children in real time. Isn’t
technology great? - Tina
Dear TechnoFiles:
I’ve seen in some
people’s offices two
monitors on their desks
and since I’m not ter
ribly computer liter
ate I always assumed it
was because they were
connected to two sepa
rate computers. I asked
recently just out of curi
osity and they told me,
no, they were actually
connected to ONE com
puter!
How and why would
someone want that?
- Greg in Warner Robins.
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'Having two computer monitors Is a huge
improvement in productivity and
convenience. Such a setup simply allows
you to have greater screen real estate...
Assuming you have the
computer setup for it, having
two computer monitors is a
huge improvement in pro
ductivity and convenience.
Such a setup simply allows
you to have greater screen
real estate some you can
have more windows open at
any one time; it’s especially
useful with document prepa
ration.
At home and work, I have
one monitor set for land
scape and another moni
tor set for portrait, which
gives me the ability to keep
from constantly opening and
closing windows containing
soyree material for my docu
ment.
www.mgo.md
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You can drag windows
between the two screens,
or you can have your email
You must have a compat
ible display card in order to
have two monitors (or more
some people aren’t content
with just dual monitors but
diminishing returns set in
after two in my opinion).
Current computer sys
tems can be upgraded for
SSO or so depending on how
fancy and/or powerful you
want you want your com
puter monitor to be.
Once you use a dual moni
tor system, you’ll feel con
strained by a single monitor
system and will never want
to go back! - Jason
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