Filed under: Social Software, web 2.0, Web
Twitzap: realtime Twitter updates, channels and more
Channels are the main perk of Twitzap, and it treats your @replies and direct messages as channels, too, combining your incoming and outgoing DMs into one neat list. You can also quickly add trending topics to your channels from right in the sidebar. Other features including chatting over Twitzap with other users who are logged in and a retweet button for each tweet, next to favorite and reply.
The overall interface of Twitzap looks a lot like regular Twitter -- it even uses your Twitter background when you log in -- so it should be very easy to get the hang of using. I'll be honest: I expected to be writing an "oh god, not another Twitter client" review here, but Twitzap really does have some good ideas.
Photoshop Elements is a great program for beginning photographers, but it lacks some basic functionality advanced users expect. One enterprising user, though, has developed a workaround to approximate some of the more glaring omissions. 
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
