Can any kind soul who uses both Mac OS X and IRC help me get started? The Mobitopia weblog has an IRC channel but damned if I know how to make it work. Which client should I use and how do I get connected? Internet relay chatting is just like instant messaging, right? How/why is IRC better than the other instant messaging protocols? IRC is one of those things that has passed me by.

Bleedin' marvellous. The new Sony Ericsson P900 I got just before Christmas died on Christmas eve. It wouldn't boot up once I switched it off. Tech support said return it to the shop, nothing can be done. A post to the Esato P800/P900 discussion forum confirmed that my phone was indeed dead. More worryingly I found that I wasn't the only person to be having this problem. I do hope I haven't made a mistake moving away from Nokia. That new 7700 Media Device does look rather fancy.