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With the great variety of IRC clients out there, there are plenty which offer ‘features’ that actually just annoy the rest of us. Here’s a list of the more common ones, in no particular order, along with why it’s a misfeature. (I won’t name guilty parties because, frankly, there are too many IRC clients to catch them all.)

/Caveat: Most of these may not apply to small, 10-user networks./

Recently, I’ve been looking into IRC clients again… There are such a wide variety that surely one would fit my needs. Unfortunately, I have a very particular set of requirements, which makes finding one that meets my needs nearly impossible.

What am I looking for, you ask? Here I’ll list what I’m looking for, in no particular priority:

Here’s the weekend round up, and a bonus awesome.

• Martian winds have furthered the Opportunity mission.
• Some scientific knowledge for you, folks.

Another slow news day, it seems. Today’s Awesome of the Day is this set of concepts.

• The German organization responsible for the .de TLD has suspended wikileaks.de.
• AT&T has not only posted a bounty for information leading to the arrest/convictions of the individuals responsible for a recent outage, they’ve raised it today to $250,000.

Alas, no Awesome of the Day today, as there wasn’t really anything awesome in my feeds. Sorry, folks.

• Wii Sports Resort will be released stateside, along with the MotionPlus, in July.
• The Associated Press needs some new executives.
• Several bits of science news here.

Whiteboard paint? Thank you, Ma’am, may I have another?

• Several other online music stores are now offering tiered pricing.

It’s Tuesday, and I should be getting my DSi today. How about you? Today’s awesome is a wrist computer.

• The crackpots at PETA are at it again, this time staging a battle against seal-clubbing in WoW.

Pre-Review Notes

My first experience with Nintendo’s DS platform was through a blue DS-fat given to me by my boyfriend at the time for my birthday, and up until April 2, 2009 I had not turned it in for anything, nor have I acquired a DS Lite. As a result, any comparisons I may make will be restricted solely to the DS-fat vs. the DSi.

Monday, Monday, Monday… Today’s Awesome of the Day is the World’s Fastest Kettle.

• Rick Petnel, maintainer of Adblock Plus filters, passed away on Friday.
• Therapists are using a specialized virtual world to help troubled teenagers.

And here’s the weekend round-up.

• North Dakota has voted against allowing zygotes citizenship.
• Gnome is now officially esound-free.
• Here’s a list of the current DSiWare block sizes.
• Apparently, social games make people more social. Gee whiz.