news groups i enjoy...
alt.alt.life.the-universe.and-everything
alt.fashion
alt.life.sucks
alt.life.universe.everything
alt.tv.my-so-called-life
comp.os.linux.x
msn.forums.webdesign.answers
msn.forums.webdesign.content
msn.forums.webdesign.critiques
msn.forums.webdesign.home.page.help
msn.forums.webdesign.home.page.welcome.help
msn.forums.webdesign.html.intro
msn.forums.webdesign.interactive
msn.forums.webdesign.professional
msn.forums.webdesign.tools
msn.forums.webdesign.graphics
msn.forums.webdesign.web.programming
msn.forums.writing.general
msn.forums.writing.poems
sci.logic sci.philosophy
sci.philosophy.meta
sci.philosophy.tech
sci.physics
sci.physics.relativity
sci.physics.research
sci.psychology.announce
sci.psychology.consciousness
sci.psychology.journals.psyche
sci.psychology.journals.psycoloquy
sci.psychology.misc
sci.psychology.personality
sci.psychology.psychotherapy
sci.psychology.research
sci.psychology.research
sci.skeptic
sci.virtual-worlds
soc.atheism
when it comes to IRC, the only place you'll find me is usealy #distributed, which is a channel for disnet. :-)