Filed under: Games, Utilities, Macintosh

Here's one for all the hardcore World of Warcraft players out there. If you play WoW on a Mac, and you need to know at a glance whether your favorite server is up, WoW Watcher is for you. Not only does it do a great job of displaying the server lists, it also includes a menubar item and Growl support. That way, you can get notifications instantly, without ever having to switch focus to the app.

The server list is searchable, and sortable by name and type (normal, PVP, etc.). WoW Watcher will also automatically launch WoW and log you in when your server is up. For the true WoW addict, this app might prove indispensible to avoid missing a minute of gaming. Just as a side note, this app is not to be confused with another, unrelated WoW Watcher that tracks in-game item prices.

WoW Watcher - is your World of Warcraft server up? originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Productivity, web 2.0, Web

If you have friends who live across town from you, it can be a constant tussle over who is going to drive to whose neighborhood. Sometimes the best answer is to find an agreeable place to meet in the middle, and now you can do that quickly and easily on a site called Meet InBetween Us. It uses the power of Google Maps to suggest places to meet, and then gives you the driving directions.

Using Meet InBetween Us only involves a few steps. First, put in the starting locations of everyone who's meeting, and then adjust the "middle ground" according to your needs. The halfway point between a friend and me was in the middle of a river, for example, so I moved it onto land. Potential meeting places are divided into categories, to make sure you don't get a bar when you want a coffee shop. Once you find one you want, just click "meet here," and it will come up on the map and show you driving directions. If popular restaurant recommendation sites like Yelp and Urbanspoon added this as a feature, it would be phenomenally useful.

Meet InBetween Us: find a place to meet originally appeared on Download Squad on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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