Podcasting with Skype?

Does anyone know of a good way to record Skype calls on a Mac? I've followed these instructions and I think it works fine, but it's so damn complicated! It looks like Gizmo Project allows you to record your calls w/one button—that's the level of complexity I'm looking for. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone uses Gizmo Project and a lot of people use Skype. I guess I could just ask the people I'm interviewing to download the Gizmo so we could make it work, but barring that, does anyone know something simple w/Skype?

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My Doorbell

Last year at the beginning of the summer I heard a song that was so catchy and infectious I just knew I would play it all summer long -- that was Float On, by Modest Mouse. This year, now that the summer is finally over, I've got another song of the summer: “My Doorbell” by the White Stripes (lyrics/iTMS). Catchy. Infectious. Great when played very loud.

So when you gonna ring it?

And since y'all gave me so many great recommendations last summer (Killers, Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand and more), what should I be listening to now to make Paris Hilton say “that's hot”?

Oh, and speaking of listening to things, check out the latest Legal Underground Podcast for some great bits about John Roberts, blawgging, and podcasting. But also listen to check out how polished and professional the podcast sounds—it's amazing! When I said I was going to try to record more podcasts I didn't realize the quality bar had been raised so high since the early early days when I was just playing around. Yikes. But, well, I'm thinking I'll remain an amateur and just leave the pro field to Evan.

(Note: None of those old podcasts are currently available b/c of a server issue that is supposedly being fixed. I'm going to move them all soon to eliminate this problem and then I'll post the new links. Sorry about that!)

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