the picture means a lot, for those who know what irc is, this is my irc office....For those of you who don't know what IRC is, IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. There are quite a few IRC networks out there - DALnet, Undernet, EFNet and others. My favourite is DALnet but the others are just as good. In such a network, there are channels, or rooms, to which you can join and chat in. You can usually join more than one room at the same time and chat with the people in that room. Well, you can find me at channel #deadpoet, and if you like poems, try #poetryrealm, #circus_poetry_, #a_skky_to_flyy_in, #divinity, and many many more, to share very nice poems of precious poets from all around the universe (ssshhhh..sometimes i believe there are aliens among them..) **grin** There are several IRC programs, of which the most famous and easy to use is mIRC which is probably the de-facto standard program. You can download it at the mIRC homepage and download a shareware copy.