Pound Jeaun (or The Depths of Geekitude)

I've been using IRC lately for work, and it seems like it'd be cool to have an IRC channel for jeaun. For those who aren't familiar with it, IRC is kind of like a normal IM conversation. Except on an IRC channel, there are usually more than two participants, and you usually stay logged in to the channel for long periods of time.

I don't whether this will be practical for people who have to go work at offices and things like that, but if you're just chilling in front of your computer, it can be quite nice to be able to quickly, easily and publicly insult Graver's lineage.

I've already created a jeaun channel on irc.freenode.net. If you've already got an IRC client installed, clicking the previous link should take you there. I'd suggest setting your client to automatically join the jeaun channel when you log in.

Click the read more link for instructions on connecting to #jeaun.

If you haven't got an IRC client, and you've got a Mac, here's what you need to do:

1. Download and install Colloquy
2. Open Colloquy and press cmd-N (or, in the menu, select File -> New Connection)
3. Enter the Nickname that you want to use. Try to make it something unique; it won't work if someone else already has the name.
4. The Server Protocol should be IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
5. The Chat Server should be irc.freenode.net
6. Check the "Remember this connection" box.
7. Click the Connect button.
8. The Connections window should appear with irc.freenode.net listed. (If it doesn't appear, press cmd-1, or select Window->Connections)
9. Select the irc.freenode.net line and press the "Join Room" button
10. Enter #jeaun as the Chat Room name and press Join.
11. The Chat window should come up.

If you're using a PC, then you could try GAIM or mIRC. There may be better options, but I don't know what they are. Someone other than me probably has a better idea of what doesn't suck in the windows/linux IRC world. The connection process is probably about the same as in Colloquy, so the instructions above might not be entirely useless to you.

You might want to register the nickname that you've chosen so that no one else can impersonate you. I'll walk you through that when you join, if you want.