Asymptomatic

Yes, it's true, I am a gadget junkie. Anyone who has visited my house knows this. I have all kinds of gadgets all over the house. I've got computers laying around my family room, computers hooked to the TV, and even my TV remote control is a computer. This causes particular consternation for my grandmother, Nana, who watches the kids during the day.

Nana is a kind of Luddite. Sure, she has a TV at home, and she has the latest Verizon fiber TV service, but that's about the extent of things. She listens to radio in her car, which doesn't sound too bad, but I can't remember the last time I listen to the radio and it wasn't tuning in an FM transmitter that was broadcasting something from an iPod. She has a pretty hard time getting around the house because everything has some buttons or switches.

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I had to replace my not-so-old Logitech webcam with something new, since it did not work under 64-bit Vista. The VX-7000 does work with 64-bit Vista, and was the highest quality camera Microsoft offered that would attach to my desktop monitor. (The supposedly higher resolution NX-6000 has a much smaller monitor connector, designed for notebook-thickness screens, but also boasts a better picture.)

I installed the camera easily, the only issue being that the CD did not autoplay and I had to run the setup manually from the disc.

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