Where has TestingTesting gone to? Some have been wondering. TestingTesting has been dormant but is not dead. As some may remember, the TT living room on Honeymoon Lake was sold and then the rent raised. This prompted a move 15 houses up the street to Zoe's. We had hoped to webcast from Zoe's but that isn't working out. Our other option is to take TT to other living rooms. TT House Band member Steve Showell has offered his living room and I'm sure that there are other living rooms and spaces that we could use. All we need is a DSL connection to send out a quality webcast.

However, hauling my destop around is more than I can realistically handle. I have not considered a laptop until now. The sound cards on laptops are not adequate for webcasting but there are now some high quality external sound cards for laptops that make a laptop an excellent choice for webcasting.

But I don't have a laptop and I need help in getting one. Does anyone have an older laptop that has been replaced and is gathering dust? TT could sure use it. PC or Mac. The two requirements are that it have an Ethernet connection (to connect to DSL) and an empty Type II PCMCIA slot (to hold the external sound card.) If it's a Mac it has to be at least G3. I assume any PC with an Ethernet connection would be powerful enough.

Please let me know if you have a laptop you can donate to TT. Contact me at gcoale@electricedge.com.

We have people who want to be on TT. We are a laptop away from having them on.

Thank you all!