Irc
Freenode is the first place to be.
Daily login
/msg NickServ identify moodboom Feetet1
Freenode server config
This is for hexchat but should be similar on other clients.
server chat.freenode.net login SASL (username + password) charset UTF-8 [x] use SSL [x] use global user info
Full registration
They recently purged userbase. Here's the full registration process:
- Log in to server with desired username; request to register it:
/msg nickserv register ******** m@thedigitalmachine.com
- find confirmation email, follow instructions; something like:
/msg NickServ VERIFY REGISTER moodboom ***********