Joel’s Scattered Thoughts

FastMail: fast, professional email services with web, SMTP, POP & IMAP access looks like it might be a good option if I don’t end up setting up IMAP mail on my own domain.

Big Bear Butt Blogger: A heartfelt suggestion for your Guild webpages is a good one, basically list what consumables each class should have for raids, what mats are required to make them, and who in guild will make them for free if supplied with mats.

Both my work desk and my home desk will need to be replaced real soon now*. This looks like a good place to start Planning an Ergonomic Workstation.

Egotistical Priest has a nice post on Rezzing Priority
Rule 1) Always rez other rezzers first.

They’ll get up, have themselves a drink, and help you rez.

Who’s next? Well, who takes the longest to recover from a death? Mana-users that buff group members should be next. Priests, mages, druids, paladins…anyone who is going to have to drink -> buff -> drink should get the next rez priority.

Rule 2) Always rez mana-using buffbots next.

After that, mana-users who don’t have buffs should get priority. They’re still going to have to drink to get their mana back, even if they don’t have to drink TWICE after they rebuff the group. Hunters, warlocks, for example. (please note that if your hunter’s pet died in the previous fight, they’re basically in the second rule. They have to drink, rez their pet, feed their pet, drink…)

Rule 3) Non buffing mana-users next.

After that, melee fighters like warriors and rogues should get the rez. They just need to sit down and eat. (Heck, most of the time they don’t bandage OR eat, they wait for me to heal them).

Rule 4) Next comes anyone who only has to regen health.

I’ve often considered reading comic books. One of my cousins had a Batman anthology that I read whenever I went over there. I enjoyed reading the box of comics my grandma kept from when my uncles were growing up. The big problem for me is that comics don’t give a lot of bang for the buck - I can read a comic book cover to cover in a very short time. However, reading Interviewing Leather by Eric Burns makes me want to go out and buy a stack of superhero comics. I realize that it is a novelette and not a comic book, but Eric’s writing shows me why superhero comics exist. If you enjoy that story, Eric has a bunch more up on that site that are definitely worth reading.

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