So, maybe kind of for my birthday, I impulse-bought a new toy: I poked around Amazon and found a webcam that was both well-reviewed and dirt cheap (used or refurbished), and it arrived today. I'm not quite ready to plaster my face all over YouTube, and I don't have anyone to Skype with yet, but it's already a fun toy. It does feel a little weird (the whole (un)reversed mirror thing), but kind of magical.
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