Also, if after a while you decide to visit more often, you should consider installing a proper IRC client, for instance mIRC (if you're using Windows).
But anyways, you tried going to
http://www.wireheadstudios.org/irc/cgi-bin/irc.cgi (or indeed the link "IRC Channel" in the menu on the left), and pressing 'Login'? It doesn't work? What does it say?
