I've got two weeks holidays starting tomorrow and I have been wanting to use the time to write and speak to things that are of interest to me, and to try and answer questions that readers have asked from time to time. This weekend has been odd, however. I have a folder full of things I might comment on or merely draw attention to. But it seems that every time I am not involved in Christmas preparations (we put our lights up yesterday in the rain; today the sun came out) of some kind, then Blogger is down for service or because the bats have left their cages (or something).
I am also looking at a program for blogging, called w.bloggar, that might be interesting. Has anyone used it? What are your impressions? The first thing I want to know is if there is a way to create a template for each entry as that is such a help in getting the posts up quickly and with little fuss. After one short look this afternoon, I still need more time to evaluate.
My move to Mac has been very happy except for two issues - gaming and blogging. For websurfing and multimedia, a Mac is of course a terrific machine. Games on the Mac platform are often ports of games made for the larger PC market and that means a Mac gamer will have to wait for the port. I'm not a heavy gamer by any means but I am very happy that the Mac port of Civilization 4 is finally here. Well, my copy isn't here quite yet - but it has been ordered and ought to be here soon. The blogging issue is more complicated. I'm not fond of writing my posts in a browser window. This goes back to when I was first blogging and I lost one or two large posts into the ether. After that I moved to w.bloggar - a great little app that let me compose on my desktop and then click send when all was said and done. I have not been able to recreate that experience on my Mac, and not for a lack of trying! I looked at Marsedit , but that forces you to compse while staring at a bunch of HMT...
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