Additionally to what Tinerr said:
In case you do not wish to use an extra program to connect to IRC, you may also use a browser application. Chrome has ChroCha, Firefox has Chatzilla, Opera has an integrated IRC client, etc. I bet even IE has something like that. )o)

also hi
sup

I had a 4.5h German exam today, I did well I think. Produced 8 pages of small written text and got a blister on my middle finger where the pen rests on whilst writing.