Skype Internet Phone Wizard

The Skype Internet Phone Wizard from Actiontec lets you make long distance phone calls using Skype on your ordinary phone. The unit itself is tiny -- smaller than a little Moleskine notebook, and you plug it into a Windows computer with the included USB cable. The USB connection powers the device, so there's no need for a power adapter. (You don't know how happy that makes me. Power adapters are depressing to look at.)

You have to install some software on your PC, which works with Skype to let you make calls. Then you plug your phone and phone line into the device. To make a regular phone call, just dial the number. To make a Skype call, Press ## first and then the speed dial number of your Skype buddy.

If you sign up for SkypeOut, you can make Skype calls to regular phone numbers. Right now, Skype has a deal that lets you make free calls to regular phones lines anywhere in the US or Canada until the end of the year. (The regular price is 1.7 cents a minute).

I love this little box. $48.95 on Amazon