Take dad into the 21st century and the world of video chat, by getting him an Eyeball 2.0, from Blue Microphones.

It's a 2-in-1, HD quality, 2-megapixel USB Webcam connected to a CD-quality microphone. Dad can use it to chat with the kids and grand kids, or use it for taking care of business with video. (Or to finally find out what that Chat Roulette is everyone's talking about...) And the retro-cool styling will bring him back to the days when evening entertainment meant sitting around the radio listening to The Lone Ranger.

And since it's got driverless plug and play installation, the Eyeball is completely dad-proof. All he's gotta do is simply connect the USB cable to either a PC or Mac. Which means you don't have to drive your sorry ass over there, talk him off the ledge and "get the gosh darn thing working."

On the high tech side, the Eyeball has a custom-designed monitor adapter, making it easy to position on virtually any laptop or desktop monitor. The innovative camera-off privacy position allows the HD lens to pop in and out of the high-fidelity mic, preventing accidental broadcasts. (And dear god, we don't even want to think about what those broadcasts could possibly contain.)

$79.99
www.bluemic.com