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[semperfiona]

The sooner I get my DSL and get off AOL, the better. They're now doing evil pop-up windows when I sign out of AOLAnywhere. Useta was a really nice considerate site that just went away. Then they started having one popup-on-exit window. Now there are two! Paul recommended Pop-up Stopper, and I'm running it, but it doesn't stop any pop-ups that I can see. The only difference is that they pop-up underneath my current window instead of on top of it. Is that because I'm using IE5?

I think I get on the actual AOL service only about once every two weeks, and that only so I can download the mail I want to keep. I prefer AIM chat anyway (for one big reason: it stores the entire session buffer so that if you have to go afk you can catch up when you come back without missing anything), and now that Trillian is working with AIM again (however long that may last) I am using it instead. I'm actually connected on my Y!M id nowadays!

Anybody want to recommend a good IRC channel to try? I never had an IRC client before...

As if I needed more 'net timewasters. ;->

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[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Undernet #callahans, though folks there have known each other for awhile, and it can seem cliquey at first.

[eternaleponine.livejournal.com]

Don't know any good IRC channels, but I do know this: There's a big risk of getting hacked over IRC, or at least their was in the past. When I had it, for a brief time, it was recommended to me that I get a firewall. ZoneAlarm works well. (The free download, which doesn't expire, is at the bottom of the page.)

Granted this was several years ago. The same things may not be true anymore. But in any case, I figured better safe than sorry, so I passed it along. :)