Ted Leung on the air
Ted Leung on the air: Open Source, Java, Python, and ...
  Ted Leung on the air: Open Source, Java, Python, and ...
   Mon, 15 Dec 2003   
  
  
  
    Now iSight enabled
    
   
    
     My iSight arrived today, courtesy of OSAF.  Andi and I had our first videoconference, which was a success.  Highlights included a bunch of the OSAF staff stopping by to wave hi into the camera.  We actually did discuss a bug that was turned up by one of my unit tests.  I think that this is going to end up being very productive for us, due to the immediacy of video IM.  I hate dialing the telephone, and this obviates the need to dial as well as providing the benefit of moving video.
I was very impressed by the ease of setting the camera up.  Everything went pretty smoothly.  The one hitch seems to be audio.  I originally used the iSight's built in microphone, but Andi had trouble hearing me.  Later on we tried an audio only chat, and I was using the computer input to the GN Netcom 4150, which was giving good audio quality when it worked.   Unfortunately, it stopped working a number of times, so I gave up and used a cell phone.
The bandwidth requirements are going to push my existing DSL service beyond the 5GB/mo traffic cap, so I'm actively looking for a new ISP for Qwest DSL.  I did a little calling around, and a Qwest rep told me that they are bringing out a new business DSL pricing scheme in January, so I'm going to hold off because it looks like switching will result in some service disruption (duh), so I might as well accumulate all the disruption at one time.
    
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