I think... after finally reading through the thread... that I would like to join your server, sirs. Look for me soon, name of "earmite"
Are there any mods or anything I'll need to install client-side to join qaz' server?
if you have bought the game you can join qaz's server
if you arrr'd it, you can join mine.
as for client-side mods, nope, both servers are vanilla-compatible afaik.
Also, i reccomend using the spoutcraft launcher, regardless of the server you play on.
Very nearly finshed the plugin, the actual creation/removal of the pulses works perfectly, the only problem is that it's fine so long as the server doesn't have to be reset. You cannot save blocks as-is, so you have to store their location, and then recollect the blocks from the world object when the plugin is restarted. This may take a little bit of re-writing to do, but shouldn't take too long with luck 
cant wait to start testings

In other news, i finished retooling our server (the pc itself), so now, we shouldnt get those horrible horrible hangs and server deaths anytime soon.
Also, map has been moved to
http://minecraft.egzodus.com/map , in preparation of us finally getting a proper webpage for our server.
Also, dynmap is going over apache now, so dynmap being online/offline is no longer a valid indication of server status

it should also load up a smidge faster, i've switched it over from using png's to using jpg's. its re-rendering all the tiles out now, so we'll see how it behaves.
and i'm going to sleep.