"That was huge to be able to chat live," said Mr. Welch, now a computer operator in San Francisco, where he and Ms. Shu share a home.

For the wedding obsessed out there, The New Yorker will be chatting live about the event, beginning at 5 A.M. E.T.

On Friday, New Yorker writers and editors chatted live about the ceremony.

The feed had a chat room where fans chatted live with the band and their tourmates.

Communication in video games once involved quick text messages expressing sentiments like "In your face," but now games like Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow allow players to chat live by voice, devising strategy, comparing notes - or shouting "In your face!"

Ali Soufan, who was the subject of a Frontline documentary that aired last night (and can be be seen online) will be chatting live for the filmmakers at 1 P.M. E.T. I've been signed up as a guest questioner, and so will be in the chat, too.

Currently Merola is one of the hosts of the Orange Carpet on Dolphins game days at Sun Life Stadium and joins The Finsiders as she chats live with Finatics during 940 AM WINZ.

(Note: James Surowiecki, who explained some of the rules of the debt game in the magazine this week, is chatting live with readers about all this at 11 A.M. today-join in.)

Peter J. Boyer, Rebecca Mead, Steve Coll, and Amy Davidson chatted live with readers about the State of the Union address.