Cocoa Crusty

All 4 of us average admins (ok, maybe there were more, but in reality, there was probably less…) used to frequent the #averageadmins channel on irc.freenode.net (freenode.net). This was back in my FreeBSD days and I was using the command line version of BitchX and loved it. I could switch between different windows, have different chat sessions in different IRC rooms opened, etc., etc. Life was great back then.

Now, since I have been using Mac OS X on my Apple MacBook, I have become a bit spoiled in what I expect from applications that I use on a regular basis. The Aqua User Interface is so so beautiful and I am now getting to where I expect everything I run to be just as beautiful, even if it is a third-party and/or open-source application. That’s bad, I know…

So, I want to get back into chatting and monitoring IRC chat rooms these days as there is a plethora of information and support available in these chat rooms. BUT, I want to do it from my MacBook with the same beauty I get from my other applications. Well, that time is now for my IRC needs. I discovered an IRC client today called Colloquy that really brings IRC to life on the Mac. It provides a number of useful features that I am not used to in BitchX. The interface is just as you would expect from an OS X application and the different plugins available and scripting options at your disposal makes this a truly full featured IRC client.

If you’re using OS X and want to try a little something different for your IRC needs, I highly suggest giving Colloquy a try. It is very impressive and has a lot of options for meeting your IRC needs on a Macintosh.

Update: Join me and/or anyone else in the #averageadmins channel on the irc.freenode.net IRC server if you ever just want to hang out with some “average” guys. I’ll be on most often after 6:00PM Central Time.

Until next time…

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