On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:00:34 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

1) The kid goes off the Chile before long. When he returns from there he
is talking of "a Fulbright in South Korea."

2) His mother will suffer greatly from his absence and I love her so I want
to help, if possible.

3) She thinks there is some way for the two of them to "talk to each other
and see each other at the same time, using the Internet and web cameras"
This sounds like science fiction to me, but I'm intentionally pretty
sheltered from the modern, connected, world.

4)But, I know many of you are out there are on the cutting edge of that
connectivity. So, I'm asking for links and pointers on where to look and
what to search for in the way of using the Internet for a mom and her kid to
stay touch. I honestly don't even have a clue what to type into Google
to get started.


Thanks

Larry L


P.S. We will be shopping for a laptop ( or two ) in the near future for the
kid and maybe for me when I'm traveling .... suggestions?

If you and son already have computers, but no webcams, you can pick up a pair
of Logitech USB webcams for around $50 total (perhaps even less now).

My oldest son spent 6 months at Seoul National University as part of his
bio-chem doctorate program. I sent him off with one of the Logitech cams, we
had the other, and we were able to hold "face to face" family pow-wows without
any problems...

/daytripper (It certainly helped my wife get through the duration ;-)