I don’t post often, but since I was evaluating blogging tools I went on a little bit of a writing streak this Thanksgiving weekend. The verdict of my test…I still like Windows Live Writer Beta (build 14) the best. Still a few more to try though…So what should I do to celebrate my 100th post? How about a quote from Dave Barry that made me laugh earlier today…
I was testing BlogJet today as a possible desktop blogging tool. Strangely, what caught my eye first was not the tool, but the quote, attributed to Albert Einstein, that they used in the sample post… I found it a little hard to believe that Einstein who died in 1955 would have a quote about computers…especially about computers being fast. Here is the quote:
“Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination.” — Albert Einstein (or was it Leo Cherne?…read on)
Ever since I was a kid I have wanted to see the shuttle launch. So I’ve asked my wife to make that my birthday present this year. Trouble is, a shuttle launch is not easily predicted. NASA routinely postpones the launch due to weather and all kinds of technical issues. So you may have to spend a week or more in Florida, or try multiple times to see the launch. Right now, I think we are shooting for January or February. Any advice?
This is a short test to see how the insert map feature of Windows Live Writer works. I think I am ready to give this product my endorsement. The push pin is a bit ugly though…I mean come on.
I’m not sure how Polaroid feels about their name being used, but this plugin does and pretty good job of doing what is says it will do. Very nice usability and great results. Here is the link.
Oh…I looove the caption option. Just so you all know, I inserted the image on the right without the border, dropshadow, caption, or tilt – windows live writer and the polaroid plugin did all the work…very nice.
It does have more padding on top then I want…not sure how to fix that.