Adding insult to injury, a co-worker told me that Logitech webcams are absolutely the bottom of the barrel. Not only is their support hotline not toll-free, but it is only open 7:30 am to 3:30 pm, Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. I called Compaq, and they were pleasant but clueless. I need to call them back, since futher troubleshooting showed that an external microphone won't work in the recording application that comes with Windows. Grrr... (This is serving to increase my loyalty to Dell. They pay me, *and* their stuff works.)

On the upside, I have added that little option at the top of the page to allow you to choose whether links in this blog spawn separate windows or replace my site. Tell me quick if it doesn't work.