Ok, the chatroom is set up and shouldn't go anywhere.... I have put a "Bot" in the channel, which is an automated chat program running on my second PC... It can play a few games and keeps the channel going.
I have set it up that whenever I am in the channel, my chat program will beep at me when someone joins, so If i'm nearby I'll be there within a few minutes
Hopefully Colin will log in soon and pin this to the top, or maybe add the chat page to this site...
Colin: it's a simple self contained HTML file that loads a java applet from another server... I'll email you the HTML if you want to add it to your site to save from the external links
Later,
Adam