Henry and Nancy, Our friends in Kingston, don't have cable and they can't watch ABC on their crummy black and white television set. They were at a friend's Oscar party but had to come home when their kids got sick with this flu that's been going around.

Nancy was so upset: she's never missed an Oscar. We're usually on the phone during the showing either shrieking or hissing or crying…

They can't find any streaming video on the Internet. But we had a BRIGHT IDEA. we're going to Skype the Oscars. In other words, we'll video the television and they'll watch on their Skype account.

Got it? Cool. It's not working yet but it will be. Soon. We hope.