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drum machine for the PC and Mac: When it comes to drumming you need three core qualities. One: A good sense of rhythm - obviously. Two: A high level of co-ordination - using both hands and feet simultaneously is ridiculously tricky to begin…

Orange mobile broadband plus an HP laptop: Mobile broadband is really starting to take off. You have two options here: you can either opt for a laptop with SIM support built in or buy a laptop and add a dongle’ from your favourite…

mid-range Cybershot handset with HSDPA: The C510 from Sony Ericsson is a Cybershot handset that sits in the middle of the current line-up in terms of specifications. It is a small and light phone, its candybar design is familiar and it…

massive, open-ended racing world: Fuel is set in an alternate America where an environmental disaster has occurred. Citizens have carved out new living spaces for themselves away from the old cities and stomping grounds, which are now ravaged by storms,…

effective website creation, editing and hosting: If you’re in business you need a website. However, finding the time and money isn’t always easy, especially for busy professionals, sole traders and owners of small companies. Hosting specialists 11 Internet reckon they can get…

subtly capable audio and video player: The phrase fallen from grace’ would be unnecessarily harsh when referring to Creative’s current position in the MP3 player market, but the company that was instrumental in the early development of the digital audio portable has…

I got a few minutes of hands-on time with Microsoft’s forthcoming Zune HD at a Microsoft event on Thursday, and I came away thinking that Microsoft might finally have a contender.

Of course, it inherits all the benefits of the current Zune–a more visually interesting (if not always more …

Originally posted at Digital Noise: Music and Tech

I have had Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (release to manufacturer) for a few days. This is, of course, a legitimate copy, not the leaked copy that you can download from the Internet. That’s the good news.

The bad news is I have to test it, which has been lot of work. We tested the new operating system against Windows Vista SP2 and Windows XP SP3. Overall, Windows 7 offers a much more pleasant experience than Windows Vista. Everything works more smoothly. The new OS takes less time to launch applications, and it’s nice just to browse around its functions and features–it’s also very pretty. However, it is slower than Windows XP, except for the boot and shutdown times, where XP has always been a drag.

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This is a summary of my social network activity for July 31st, which included 25 events:

	Posted dougal checked in @ Kroger
	I just became the mayor of Kroger – Holly Springs on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/Msequ [#]
	@joeygibson And yet, you watch. Why? [#]
	@jhaynie Dwarf House? If so, get the Hot Brown. It’s delicous. And different. [#]
	Posted twittilicious: 11 Cool iPhone Keypad Codes http://bit.ly/qAn6k
	Posted dougal checked in @ Cobb County Board of Health
	Posted sareiodata: Want Register, Log in and Logged In Page templates for #thematicwp ? Download them here: http://bit.ly/3XOBrr They are based on ThemeHybrid.
	Posted dougal checked in @ Mail Chimp
	@JohnCain You shouldn’t talk about @lissaraye and @julieblaine like that! (*ducks*) [#]
	Shared Announcing WordPress Automatic Installer – blog://dd32.id.au/
	Liked Announcing WordPress Automatic Installer – blog://dd32.id.au/
	Reviewed Announcing WordPress Automatic Installer – blog://dd32.id.au/
	r @krispy_kreme Synchronicity! Somebody *did* bring a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts to our office today. And there *is* happiness and joy! Mmmm. [#]
	RT @wordcampbham: Hey WordCampers, today’s the last day to take advantage of the $30 Early Bird registration! http://bit.ly/18gku4 [#]
	Posted meyerweb: What you assume about the motivations of others says a lot more about you than it does about the motivations of others.
	When you need to fit a square peg into a round hole, sometimes you just have to do a little whittling. #crypticwisdom [#]
	@shiflett Huh. Well, that’s one misconception corrected. Never seen ‘+’ as ’space’ except in querystring params before. #themoreyouknow [#]
	Inside every fat person is a thin person who is warmer than you in the wintertime. #fat [#]
	Shared PHP: Convert Array to Object and vice-versa : Web Development
	Inside every fat person is a thin person who floats better than you in water. #fat [#]
	r @cwilso You misinterpret: The thin person is *inside* the fat, thus the better buoyancy. And as I recall, you’re not fat, you’re ripped. [#]
	r @cwilso Or as @alyankovic would say: “You ain’t fat. You ain’t nothin’. You ain’t NOTHIN’!” [#]
	Posted krispy_kreme: @dougal Go you!
	Inside every thin person is a fat person who is being squished. #fat [#]
	Inside every thin person is a fat person who just has a better metabolism than you. #fat [#]
	r @michaelnolan I’m secretly in league with the Computer Monitor and Keyboard Repair Unions. [#]

I’ve got a new version of Twitter Tools ready to go, but wanted to do a quick release candidate to get some wider testing before doing the general 2.0 release.

This has some new features, including bit.ly support, option to exclude tweeting blog posts in certain categories, hashtags and the ability to customize the tweet prefix on new blog post tweets.

You can download the release candidate here.

Please let me know if you run into any issues with this version, thanks!