Welcome To GeekShed
GeekShed is a free to use and family-friendly Internet Relay Chat network, capable of hosting chat rooms for a variety of purposes. To start chatting on GeekShed, you can browse our list of chat rooms. You can connect to these rooms using our unique flash chat client, simply by clicking the chat room name in the list. You can also connect using an IRC client of your choice to irc.geekshed.net port 6667.
GeekShed’s chat network is professionally managed with your safety in mind.
Full services support is available to help you create your own chat rooms and register your nicknames to avoid other people using them. You can also embed the chat rooms you create onto your own website!
If you require help, feel free to come and talk to our support staff in our help channel.
Latest Posts:
Mar 3rd: Featured Channel: #JupiterBroadcasting
#JupiterBroadcasting is the online chat and IRC home of Jupiter Broadcasting, the podcasting network currently producing six shows and streaming 24/7. The channel was founded by ChrisLAS on April 29, 2009. What happens in the channel? We’re a community focused around Jupiter Broadcasting, a podcasting network that produces high quality shows such as the “Linux…
Feb 21st: Channel Management Capabilities
A channel on the network can have six different kinds of users. You might think of them as levels of permission and access. They are, in increasing amount of capabilities: Regular User Voiced, VOP or +v Half-Op, HOP or +h Op, Auto-Op, Full Op or +o Super-Op or Admin, SOP or +a Founder, or +q…
Feb 11th: Featured Channel: #GingerGeek
#GingerGeek is the official channel of (obviously) GingerGeek, a UK GCSE student who is currently developing a content management system. The channel was founded by GingerGeek on August 20, 2012. What happens in the channel? Conversations take place on just about everything—from bannas to culture to Star Trek. Feel free to talk to anyone in…
Jan 18th: Boooo! Eliminating Ghosts
Have you ever had your computer, Internet or modem go down while you were on GeekShed, and then when you log back in you find out that your nickname is still connected? If so, you have been a ghost on the GeekShed network. On IRC, a ghost session is one which is not actually connected,…
Jan 10th: The Most Popular Tips Published in 2012
Last year we published a list of the 10 Most Visited Tips for 2011. While the order shifted around, it turns you that you had the same top 9 questions for 2012. Why should I register my nickname and how do I do it? (#8 in 2011) rose to the #1 position, and new to…