Freenode has a service that lets you search channel names: /msg alis help for details. I used this to find all sorts of gems: * ##binutils for linker/loa

Freenode has a service that lets you search channel names: /msg alis help for details. I used this to find all sorts of gems: * ##binutils for linker/loader stuff, * ##math usually has meaty content and knowlegdeable users, * #ircdocs is great for irc spec and implementation stuff, * #spacex and #nasa, just because, and * ##kernel, ##physics, ##prolog along with many others. Happy IRCing!