How to Make a Man Do Anything for You

Dec 30, 2009 | 3 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed As I mentioned the other day, I will be turning into Subservient Chris again this New Year’s Eve. In the past, all of the money donated during the event has gone to the IRC network that I am associated with. The [...]

Raising Money for MDA with Subservient Chris

Dec 26, 2009 | 6 Comments

This year, we will once again be doing the Subservient Chris fundraiser on New Year’s Eve, from 10:00 PM until 1:00 AM Eastern Time. That’s 7pm until 10pm Pacific time, where I live! In the past, the monies raised were donated 100% to the irc network that my channel is found on. This year, we [...]

Changes in Our IRC Network Channel

Oct 24, 2009 | 9 Comments

As many of you know by now, my live chat room changed networks today. For many years, my various channels were located on the WyldRyde network. For the most part, things worked very well between myself, the network, and its staff. There have been many changes recently, and I’m not going to make much comment [...]

How to Create a Chat Room for Free

Mar 18, 2009 | 2 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The chat room that we run is on an IRC network found on WyldRyde. You can join us using an IRC client, or by joining on the Flash client embedded on my website. I’ve been using WyldRyde for many years, and [...]

How to Chat on the iPhone or iPod Touch

Jan 27, 2009 | 2 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed If you couldn’t tell, I was reading what was being said in our live chat room – on my iPhone! The Colloquy IRC client is now available from the App Store for only $2.00! Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have [...]

Subservient Chris Raising Money for WyldRyde

Dec 18, 2008 | No Comments

If you were with us last New Years’ Eve, you know what we have in store for you this year! If you weren’t, you truly have no idea what you missed! What is a Subservient Chris, you might be asking right now… well, let me take a few moments to fill you in! I’m sure [...]

How to Use Chat Room Etiquette

Dec 6, 2008 | 6 Comments

This is Ashryne’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my [...]

How Should You Act on IRC (Internet Relay Chat)?

Sep 18, 2008 | 18 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Miikee writes: “After reading a couple posts on the new Geeks website related to your chat room on WyldRyde, I came up with the top 5 things to consider when participating in a busy chat room.” Learn the room. Don’t expect [...]

How Can You be a Good Member of our Live Community?

Aug 15, 2008 | 9 Comments

One of our community members took it upon himself to put together a top five list of tips for being a part of our live community. You’ll see new people come into the chat room all the time, demanding a “show”, or telling me to hurry up and “DO SOMETHING ALREADY”. What you have to [...]

Accessing IRC Chat via a Web Browser: Mibbit

Apr 21, 2008 | 30 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Just to prove that all sorts of people come into our chat room, I’m going to leave the chat unmoderated… which can be quite dangerous at times. You’d be surprised. Even at 11:30 at night, we have several hundred people awake [...]

Chat Room Rules and Guidelines

Dec 8, 2007 | 35 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed We have an awesome community at live.pirillo.com. We have a lot of fun, and help a lot of people. Here are some tips that Scott sent in to enhance your video viewing experience when visiting our channels. Kat also adds in [...]

Why Can’t I Talk in the Chat Room?

Sep 26, 2007 | 52 Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – While recording a video earlier, a chatter emailed me to ask why his messages wouldn’t appear in the chat room, and what the problem is. Well… it’s not a problem. It’s a feature we’ve had to enact. Wicket is a good [...]

IRC Chat Safety and Security

Aug 30, 2007 | No Comments

Chris | Live Tech Support | Video Help | Add to iTunes http://live.pirillo.com/ – Ted asks “How safe is the chat room? I mean can anyone in the room somehow access someone else’s computer? Is there a website that explains chat rooms and has all the commands listed to do the various things I’ve seen?” [...]

Flash IRC Script

Jun 13, 2007 | 15 Comments

Ever since I can remember, we’ve been relying on a Java applet to provide visitors an interface to IRC – without requiring them to install a separate client, sign up for an account, or fire up a proprietary program. We didn’t choose Java because it’s an amazing technology, however. Java in the browser is slow [...]

Schedule Bot in IRC

May 17, 2007 | 5 Comments

Via Live… [13:39] <@ChrisPirillo> bear? [13:39] <@ChrisPirillo> I need wicket to IM me a reminder. :) [13:39] <@bear> ChrisPirillo, yes? [13:39] <@ChrisPirillo> I have a dinner appt at 7pm. :) [13:39] <@bear> ok – shall I code a simple schedule/alarm command? [13:39] <@ChrisPirillo> Can Wicket IM me to remind me that it’s happening a half [...]