WP to Twitter is apparently broken for me, so I’ve been trying to get Twitter Tools going.  It was working, but wasn’t using bit.ly shortened URLs.  Going into my bit.ly account, doing a reset on the key and updating that in Twitter Tools settings appears to have done the trick.

Twitter Tools don’t have as many features, but it will get the job done until WP to Twitter gets fixed.

I also wanted to make this post to make sure it’s still working without another ‘Test’ post :)

I’m only making this post because I’m bored and haven’t really had anything else to write about for a few days.  However, I did resume working on the ImagesByName Project Uploader that will be handling new cast and crew member submissions when the project officially resumes.

I haven’t ordered anything yet, but I will be writing a short walk-through very soon on a home security alarm install.

A few break-ins last week at a couple of my wife’s family homes has left her a bit uneasy, to say the least, and she wants a security system installed.  We had looked into this a while back, but decided going through one of the more common companies was just going to be way too expensive.  So, I decided to look into doing it myself and save several hundred dollars.

After poring over some of the most commonly used manufacturers, such as DSC, Honeywell, Visonic, etc., I’m pretty certain I’m going with the GE Simon XT series alarm system.  I will also be going wireless since I just don’t think I can do the amount of wiring a hardwired system involves (or at least do it well).

It took hours of research over three days to come to that decision – and I had settled on several others before becoming final on the GE system.  I just felt it had the best combination of accessories, easy install, simplified programming and overall protection.

I won’t be giving a detailed write-up on my install procedure, but I’ll definitely hit the high points (can’t give my home security system setup away can I?).  Be sure to look for it in the next couple of weeks!

Here’s the mini-reviews for what I watched the past week.  Only a handful though.

After.Life – I couldn’t wait for After.Movie.

Unthinkable – Not bad.  If you can get past a few things, it will make you think.  Samuel L. Jackson is awesome.

(500) Days of Summer – Romantic comedy…my wife even thought it sucked.

This is the last week before my wife starts back in school.  Hopefully we’ll be able to cram as much as possible in this week.

My Channel Logos has released Tuner Salad, which removes the four tuner limitation in Windows 7 Media Center and allows you to have up to 8 tuners…of each type!

That’s right, you can have up to

• 8 x ATSC
• 8 x  NTSC
• 8 x ClearQAM
• 8 x DVB
• 8 x Digital Cable
• 8 x Digital Cable with CableCARD
• 8 x of anything else

More information and download is available from the My Channel Logos site.  You can also read a good article on it at the Missing Remote.