I use a proxy to get onto irc, which is good since I can get online from anywhere and do so over mostly a secure link. Another advantage of doing it this way is that my nickname is always online on irc and people can leave msgs or followup on conversations even when I am offline. Which has been a great way to stay in touch ( slowly ) with people who are in completely different time zones.
This saturday morning the machine I used for my irc proxy lost all internet access - which means 'I' went offline. Only having restored the link a few hours back I now realise that there were a few ongoing conversations that seem to have either finished in the time period or just gone away. Will try and catch up with people over the next few days for details, but if anyone is waiting on input from me - please ping again!
- KB
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