The folks who live in the chat room swear by their dedicated IRC chat software. Here are a few of our favorites and where to get them and how to set them up:

for Windows computers:

mIRC: used by 90 percent of the cyberstampers chat heads, this is a powerful, yet simple to use program. It is shareware, so you can use it for 30 days, decide if you like it, then register it (cost $20) if you do. Get it at http://www.mirc.com and set it up like this:
1. download and install program. The first time you use it, go under the View menu and pick Options and fill out all the different screens in that. If you don't know, leave it how it is, the default settings will work well.
2. Set up our server. Go under the File menu to "select server" and click the "add" button in the dialog box that pops up. Fill in the blanks like this:
Description: Cyberstampers
IRC Server: 208.109.29.135
Port: 4000 (if that doesn't work for you, you can also try 3000 or 7000, all three work)
Leave the groups and password spots blank, click OK. Then in the next dialog box that opens, click "connect to server" Voila! you're in chat!

for Macs:

IRCLE: Ircle is the premier software for your Mac. Go to their homepage,
get Ircle, and start chatting. Ircle's home page is at http://www.ircle.com/ and shows how to set up the server you want. The server you want is 208.109.29.135 port 4000.

for both:

Chatzilla: an add-on to the free Firefox browser. Absolutely free and very easy to use. No setup required, other than filling out your personal information. When at the Chatzilla command line type /attach 208.109.29.135:4000 then, after being connected, type /join #cyberstampers (or whatever room you want).