Hah! I’m not the only one who practically lives in the computer room! In fact, substitute “at my brother’s house” for “here at home,” and you’d have a pretty accurate description of what I do there. Heck, my sister even said that it didn’t really count if I was in the computer room, and she was the only one in the house… she considers it being home alone. (but that’s another story altogether…)
As for talking a lot in real life… I do that sometimes, despite what the Dopers who have met me in real life might think.
OK - I think I’ve got everyone here on my buddy list which makes 69 of you!! I’m thinking the next chat we have will be quite an interesting one. (not that the last one wasn’t ;))
IM is the program that aol subscribers use to send instant messages.
AIM is the free program that AOL offers to non-subscribers (for who knows what reason) to send instant messages.
People with one can readily talk to people with the other.