Third Time Lucky for OPN
DanielS writes "We finally converted OPN to use dancer-ircd at about 7:40 last night (AEDT - UTC+11) - and this time it's staying! The conversion was successful, apart from some minor services wrinkles which we had to iron out. If you have any issues with channels/services/whatever, please pop by #conversion and /notice one of the ops, and we'll eventually wake up and help you. Happy IRCing! :)" He's talking about irc.openprojects.net- also worth checking out irc.slashnet.org.
... it'll crumble in a week and forget who you are from time to time.
I have a tendancy to sit in #debian and try to help people out. Usually there is someone in the channel that can lend a hand, and as long as you're willing to rtfm you can usually acomplish what you're trying to do. It's nice to have a network like this where you can safely idle in the channel at work without having to worry about getting an invite to #goatse.cx just as your boss wanders by.
Desperation is a stinky cologne
So there.