Those who know me, know that I’m an avid player of a game called World of Warcraft (WoW for short).  As part of the WoW experience, Blizzard allows users to create add-ons (called mods).  These mods will do something within the game like change the layout of the interface, add some functionality or just allow you to send a message when you’re resurrecting another player (among a million other things).  I’ve decided to pay some homage to my favorite mods (and mod site) by linking to them.  This will also help me point other WoW players to some of my favorite mods.

• World of War’s UI site – Arguably one of the largest mod sites.  It happens to be my favorite place to search for new and updated mods.
• UI Central – Mod Management Tool – While you’re at World of War, get this tool.  It’s an automatic update tool.  It makes the task of keeping your mods up-to-date MUCH easier!
• CT-Mod – This adds a whole set of mods that add alot to the game.  This one is almost mandatory.
• Gatherer – Gatherer makes the task of collecting materials (ore and herbs) much easier.  It will mark every node location (where you pick up your materials) on your maps so that you can go back later and check those nodes to see if they’re available again.  Another excellent feature is that it will actually synchronize node collections across your guild, so if another player in your guild is using Gatherer and you pick up a node, it will send that location to that other person.  One hint: if you are an herbalist but not a miner, you can send mining node locations to your other guildies by simply running by and right-clicking on them.  Help your guild mates out by clicking on everything!
• Auctioneer – Auctioneer is one of those nice-to-have mods for people who like numbers and statistics (Jerome, this probably isn’t you).  Basically, what it does is it will keep a record of every item in the game (that you’ve seen anyways), then it will scan thru the auction house and check the price for any item it can find.  It then can keep track of the average starting and buyout prices for those items along with the number of times you’ve seen that item in the auction house.  So, for instance, if you pick up a blue item while out grinding (like I did last night), it will tell you approximately what that item would be worth if you were to put it up on the auction house.  It can also recommend a price when you put an item up on the auction house too (based on previous prices and current demand).  It’s a very slick tool for those who use the Auction House alot.

That’s enough for now.  I will try to add more as I think of them.

“OK, so I was thinking one day after I played a good 1/2 hour of Wii Sports that I was getting a pretty heavy duty cardio workout. I decided to try out an experiment, where I would do everything I normally did, eat everything I normally ate and see if anything changes after playing 30 minutes of Wii Sports everyday for 6 weeks. If I miss a day, I’ll make a note of it and that weeks report.”

He will finish up on January 15th, so be sure to check back there for his progress…I know I will…

Here’s the link