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at0m

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  1. Great list, thank you!

    MycoSupply seems to think it'd cost me over $100 to ship some damn inoculation loops... Adding other things just makes it go even higher...

    As a side note, eBay is pretty awesome for smaller things if you only need a few. Picked up 24x 9m of 1.2cm microspore tape for $17 or something silly.

    Also, whilst this could be considered necroing a thread, this is a great list and everyone should check it out if they're considering ordering some things :)


  2. i once had some graduation photos sent to me, professionally done cost about 165 or something. so with photos they come in stiff carboard with a big notice on the front saying "PHOTOS DO NOT BEND". so the postie bends them in half and shoves them in the 2cm gap in my letter box. so yeah, oz post rocks..... :wave-finger:

     

    I'd say that's more the posty being a dick and/or not reading the labels.

    I've honestly never had an issue with Auspost. Nothing lost, mangled or maimed. The worst I've had is the corner of a parcel slightly bent.


  3. So, I got a bit bored and decided to list a couple of IRC clients for you guys. This is by no means a complete list, if you want something added/fixed/removed - let me know. In addition, if you need any help setting them up - give me a shout.

     

    Windows

     

     

    X-Chat:

    Price: Free 30 day trial and then a once off payment of $20.

    Website: X-Chat

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Easy to use
    • Clean and clear interface

     

    X-Chat 2:

    Price: Free

    Website: X-Chat 2

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Easy to use
    • Clean and clear interface

     

    mIRC:

    Price: Free 30 day trial and then a once off payment of $30.

    Website: mIRC

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Easy to use
    • Built in scripting
    • A very common client
    • Customisable

     

    Pidgin:

    Price: Free

    Website: Pidgin

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Multi-platform
    • Also does MSN, AIM, Yahoo, Gtalk, Facebook (to list a few)
    • Plugin support
    • Very popular

     

     

    Linux

     

     

    Irssi:

    Price: Free

    Website: Irssi

    Ease of use: Hard (For people unfamiliar with Linux)

    Benefits:

    • Plugins (Perl)
    • Terminal based
    • Can be run in detached sessions
    • VERY customisable (Open source + options inside of the client)
    • Very secure

     

    Weechat:

    Price: Free

    Website: Weechat

    Ease of use: Hard (For people unfamiliar with Linux)

    Benefits:

    • Plugins (Python, Perl, Ruby, TCL, Lua)
    • Terminal based
    • Can be run in detached sessions
    • VERY customisable (Open source + options inside of the client)

     

    Pidgin:

    Price: Free

    Website: Pidgin

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Multi-platform
    • Also does MSN, AIM, Yahoo, Gtalk, Facebook (to list a few)
    • Plugin support
    • Very popular

     

     

    Mac OSX

     

     

    Colloquy:

    Price: Free

    Website: Colloquy

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Very easy
    • Looks good
    • Apple Scripting
    • Customisable

     

    Pidgin:

    Price: Free

    Website: Pidgin

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Multi-platform
    • Also does MSN, AIM, Yahoo, Gtalk, Facebook (to list a few)
    • Plugin support
    • Very popular

     

     

    Other (Web, iPhone, Android, etc)

     

     

    (Web Browser) Mibbit:

    Price: Free

    Website: Mibbit

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Browser based (Works on any Operating System)
    • Can load it up anywhere

     

    (Android) AndroIRC:

    Price: Free with the option to pay to remove ads ($2.70)

    Website: AndroIRC Free, AndroIRC Premium (Removes ads)

    Ease of use: Easy-ish

    Benefits:

    • Android notifications
    • Auto-authenticate

     

    (iPhone,iPad,iPod Touch) Colloquy Mobile:

    Price: $2

    Website: Colloquy Mobile

    Ease of use: Easy

    Benefits:

    • Very easy
    • Looks good

     

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  4. How do you guys take to newbies? :)

    Unfortunately I have no seeds¹, cuttings, saplings or other trade/give-ables.

    I've had an interest in plants for awhile but never the motivation to do anything about it. Until now.

    Hopefully I'll see you guys next month?

    ¹ I do have /some/ seeds however they're nothing special. Some cacti, some chili's and a few others.

    Anyway, I'll let you know closer to the time what my botanical situation is.

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