I personally prefer a bouncer to screen+irssi because I like Textual for OS X so much :). I definitely agree with your last point - the "irc types" also tend t

I personally prefer a bouncer to screen+irssi because I like Textual for OS X so much :). I definitely agree with your last point - the "irc types" also tend to the the "hacker types" these days. I think my micro instance was $54/yr, and like you mention, I can do a lot more with it.