I just talked to my friend Jon in jolly ol England for the first time without using IM or email.

We used a program called Skype. Skype is an interesting program that combines IM and Voice over IP using a peer to peer network system. In english: and IM client that lets you make internet phone calls to other members.

How cool is that? I could easily see this becoming wildly popular easily. It’s also brought to you by the same people who make Kazaa (but minus the spyware).

Phone quality was actually better than phone (well, after Jon fixed his microphone, that is ;-)
Give it a shot, I’m sure you’ll be impressed.