Monthly Archives: June 2006

And on the Eighth Day, God Created Skype In case you haven’t heard by now, Skype is a service
that, like MSN Messenger and others, lets you make free voice and video calls over the Internet, provided
people on both ends of the conversation have installed Skype and a microphone with speakers and/or
headset. To make video calls you need some sort of web cam. What sets Skype apart from the other Internet
telephony services is the clarity of the signal and the additional services it provides. For 2 cents per minute
you can call any telephone in the US. For about 6 cents per minute you can all land and Continue reading →

Getting Acclimated It’s now been one month since we touched ground in Slovakia. Boy, has the time
flown by. Here’s a rundown of what we’ve been up to. We were quite fortunate to have been
met at the airport by our good friends, Radko and Lucia Hulic, who flew from Slovakia with Zuzana’s
parents to attend our wedding in California back in November 2001. Radko came with his car, and also
cajoled a friend into coming with his car. Between the two of them they were able to fit our seven 72 lb
pieces of luggage into their two cars, as well as a stroller and 4 Continue reading →