http://www.lsmason.com/blog Llew Mason's Musings Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:01:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just released a new version, available here. A few people sent me feedback, prompting me to update it more quickly than I expected. Changes in version 1.1: Added extra feedback during installing and uninstalling indicating progress. Added support for recognizing Ace minor version numbers. Fixed an issue with correctly identifying the currently ... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/11/28/wowaceupdater-v11-released/ If you play World of Warcraft on a Mac, and use Ace-based add-ons, head on over to my software page. I just released a little program called WoWAceUpdater that manages Ace-based add-ons. It syncs with http://files.wowace.com and compares your installed add-ons and versions with the latest available versions. ... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/11/22/wowaceupdater-released/ Last all-hands meeting we got Hell's Belles, a somewhat dubious all girl AC/DC tribute band. Three quarters of the audience probably wasn't even born when most of those songs were originally released. To make up for that, and put Amazon back on the officially cool employer list, we ... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/11/02/the-hives/ I started playing with Comic Life the other day, which comes free with Intel Macs, and was pretty impressed. It makes comic creation surprisingly fun and easy, provided you have the source material. I thought I'd see what I could produce with it using World of Warcraft for ... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/07/14/comic-1/ Big Red Kitty is an amusing World of Warcraft blog focussed on Hunters. BRK recently requested some data on the popularity of Hunter builds, and I am compelled to provide. Damh's post on BRK asked about the most popular builds for Hunters, as opposed to the most popular ... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/05/15/by-request-the-most-popular-hunter-builds/ This next post in my series on mining the World of Warcraft Armory looks at the crafting professions and secondary skills. Some interesting statistics: Mining is the most popular profession, with 36.3% of level 70 characters taking it, followed by Herbalism at 29.9%. Jewelcrafting is the least popular profession with only ... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/05/15/profession-and-skill-popularity/ The analysis of the data I collected from the World of Warcraft Armory continues. Here are some interesting Hunter weapon statistics: Valanos' Longbow is the most popular Hunter ranged weapon with 31.6% of Hunters using it. 40.7% of Hunters using a two-handed weapon use the Sonic Spear. This makes the Sonic Spear ... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/05/12/interesting-hunter-weapon-statistics/ Based on the data I've collected from the World of Warcraft Armory, I've generated the most popular Priest talents. This is the last of the posts in this series. You can find the data for Hunters, Druids, Warlocks, Mages, Paladins, Warriors, Shamans, and Rogues in my recent posts. Read on for ... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/05/11/most-popular-priest-talents/ Based on the data I've collected from the World of Warcraft Armory, I've generated the most popular Rogue talents. Read on for the details... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/05/11/most-popular-rogue-talents/ Based on the data I've collected from the World of Warcraft Armory, I've generated the most popular Shaman talents. Read on for the details... http://www.lsmason.com/blog/2007/05/11/most-popular-shaman-talents/