Jeannie’s Brain

Yesterday morning I witnessed IRC history.

I was logged into #CNETFans on WyldRyde as usual, when a Global announcement popped on: the network had been sold. Read the rest of this entry »

I needed to unplug from social sites this weekend (Memorial Day). Obsessively keeping up with Twitter and IRC was beginning to stress me out. After more than a year without a break it was time. Read the rest of this entry »

After eye surgery in December 2007, I had to lie down flat for five days. I would be unable to use the computer, read or watch tv, so I went looking for a fun podcast to load on my iPod. There was a CNET podcast called Gadgettes, with Molly Wood and Kelly Morrison. I’d never really listened to it, but it seemed like fun, so I downloaded all of the episodes. Read the rest of this entry »

I got my first iPod in 2007, mainly because I wanted to check out podcasts. There was a tech podcast called Buzz Out Loud from CNET that was pretty good. Sometimes my mind wandered when there was a story I wasn’t too interested in, but the hosts were fun so I kept listening. In February-March 2008 they referred to a chat room on a site called WatchBOL created by someone named pb30. Read the rest of this entry »

One day in early December, a very friendly and welcoming lady on WyldRyde PMed to tell me about a very nice man who’d been around WyldRyde for years. He was shortly to play Santa. She invited me to the #santa channel and introduced me as another possible “elf” helper. Read the rest of this entry »

WyldRyde is an IRC network. But not just any IRC network. Their site says it’s, “a safe, friendly, easy to use, spamfree, and professionally managed Internet Relay Chat Network with servers worldwide.” Read the rest of this entry »