First please watch the video above as it will help you better understand the tools required to get this job done correctly.

I have always had the issue of Mac OS X not having the best IRC clients. So I decided to start using mIRC within a VM (Virtual Machine) Running windows XP. However the problem I ran into was not getting the fancy growl notifications when I received a PM or Highlight. To solve this issue we at Geekologist have found a way to get mIRC to send notifications to Growl via SSH.

Requirements :

• plink.exe – It can be download from putty’s download page. (Just google Putty)
• growlnotify – This is included in the software bundle when you download Growl
• mIRC (Obvious)
• SSH enabled on the Mac – (Follow the instructions in the video to do this)
• Growl installed and running on the mac

mIRC Scripts you will need :

For Highlights :

On $*:Text:*:#: {
if ($highlight($1-)) {
if (($0 == 1) && ($1 isnum)) return
else echo $color(highlight) -ts -Highlight- $nick highlighted you in $chan $+ . ( $+ $replace($1-,$ifmatch, $+ $ifmatch $+ ) $+ )
/run -hide plink.exe -ssh MACIP -l YOURUSERNAME -pw YOURPASSWORD /Users/YOURUSERNAME/growlnotify –image ‘/users/YOURUSERNAME/images.png’ -t ‘ Highlight from $nick ‘ -m ‘ $chan $+ : $replace($1-,$ifmatch, $+ $ifmatch $+ ) $+ ‘ -n ‘ mIRC ‘
}

For PM’s :
On $*:Text:*:?: {
if ($nick == $active) { return }
/run -hide plink.exe -ssh MACIP -l YOURUSERNAME -pw YOURPASSWORD /Users/YOURUSERNAME/growlnotify –image ‘/Users/YOURUSERNAME/images.png’ -t ‘PM from $nick ‘ -m ‘ $1- ‘
}

Please replace YOURUSERNAME with your mac username, YOURPASSWORD with your mac password and MACIP with the IP address of the mac running growl.

If you have any questions or comments please leave them below.

This post is long due and today I decided to take the time to explain why iPocalypse IRC differs from any other IRC network on the internet.

Recently I have had the opportunity to meet so many different people all over the iPoc network that have not only helped me change BluePhoenix.TV but become a better person as well. See iPoc IRC is different because most everyone on the network does not care about status do not care if they are sop, aop, hop or vop. They are that they are part of a great community and family of friends.

I have been using iPocalypse IRC for about 4 months now and I am still amazed on how friendly everyone is. You can join an channel and be greeted not only my the members of said channel but also the staff that makes it possible for the hundreds of people to communicate across the globe (the iPoc staff). I am so pleased to know that the staff care about ever person on the network and will do anything to make their stay as comfortable as possible. 

I hope to see this network grow into something unique and special on the internet and I would like to invite anyone who is not already a member to join us.

Server : irc.iPocalypse.net

Great Channels to join : #geekologist, #ipocalypse, #das, #help, #dan, #coheed, #chris, and #nuke.

From everyone here at BluePhoenix.TV I would like to thank you iPocalypse IRC for your time, patience and hard work.

So today I got a great opprotunity to interview some awesome people. Eric and Simon are two out of three executives for irc.ipocalypse.net. Ipocalypse is a growing chat community that strives on a great user experience. If you are interested in learning more just head over to http://ipocalypse.net Check out the video of the interview.