A few Iceinspacers have made a suggestion, to Mike, that an online chat facility be provided. Mike is opposed to this idea and I tend to agree, as this forum is exactly that, a forum and not a chat room. There are instances however, when the ability to chat with other iceinspacers (one to one, or many in a conference situation) to resolve a problem, or simply to pass some time on a cloudy night would be useful. One possibility is to load Skype, or AOL, Microsoft or MSN instant messenger. Skype is probably the easiest to load and configure and has an easy to use interface. You can select who can call you, block selected users and even flag yourself off line, hopefully all the privacy you need. With a cheap headset you can also make a voice call. For those interested I have included my skype number in my signature, as a trial. Skype can be downloaded free from
http://www.skype.com/download/