>So we’re at the Richmond Mall, using Orcon’s exceptionally wonderful (i.e. free) WiFi hotspot to Skype with folks on the other side of the world.

This necessitates positioning one’s nose in close proximity to the screen and talking into the integrated microphone – no such thing as a mike jack on Apple’s PowerBooks.

An old lady – observing this for a while with some degree of concern – finally approaches and says….

“I think you need a new pair of glasses, dear”