Blippr and Blip.fm

Still catching up from my holiday, but had to post about Blip.fm. Jeff sent me an invite after seeing it mentioned on BSAG's journal (one of our favourite blogs). BSAG also got me hooked on Blippr; you can see my Blippr feed in the right-hand column of Blatherings, below my Twitterfeed.

Anyway, here's an experiment to see how to Embed feature in Blip.fm works. In theory, you should be able to listen to the song I last Blipped about (thanks to Ray for pointing me to Flight of the Conchords, by the way):



Here's how the song aired in the first Flight of The Conchords episode I saw:

(Finally) Discovering Skype

So my friend Lissa in England has been trying to convince me to get on Skype for ages. And even my Dad has been using it to chat with friends in Japan.

So why has it taken me so long to clue into the fact that Skype is a fun and FREE alternative to long distance phonecalls? I did try it a long while back but wasn't blown away. Nowadays, many computers have built-in cameras -- and being able to see the person you're talking to greatly enhances the experience.

Aren't the phone companies worried about this?