Reading Roars!

The internet is changing everything, it seems, including telephony.  One of the most exciting innovations of recent years is something called Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), a technology that allows you to make phone calls via the internet.

Arguably the best known program for making VoIP calls is Skype.  You can download it for nothing and make phone calls for nothing.  How cool is that?  If you don’t want to talk, you can chat online instead using the instant messaging feature.

By setting your online status to “Skype Me”, you can invite random people to contact you.  Yesterday, I lost my Skype virginity in exactly this fashion, to someone called Joy, from Xi’an in China (it was very joyful).  Today I received random requests from Skype users in Saudi Arabia, Poland and China, again. 

Why am I saying all this?  Well, currently there are 33 Skype users in Reading.  You, too, can join the Skype revolution and change the way you communicate.  Of course, be careful when you use this - not everyone has good intentions.  But, in general, it’s a fun and different way to make friends - at zero cost.  

Look at the sidebar and you will see a Skype button that shows my Skype status (online, offline etc.).  Launch Skype and you can talk to me by hitting the button. Fun or what?  (Or we can just go to the pub and have a pint.)

Four more wins and Reading are up.  Promoted to the Premiership.

Goals from Bobby Convey (10), Ibrahima Sonko (55) and Dave Kitson (90) gave the Royals a 3-0 away victory over Burnley.  However, the season looks over for Leroy Lita, who received a serious injury.