I’m in the process of getting my website back online, so I figured while I was at it, I’d see what was out there in the way of blog tools these days. MoveableType lost me when they went all corporate. Not that they shouldn’t have done that- more power to ‘em. It’s just that I’m not all corporate, and not overly anxious to pay for my blogging tools. But I did miss those categories.  And more than once I’ve wanted some kinda gizmo that would make it easier to update my blogroll, rather than having to go in and muck about with the template code by hand, risking clerical errors. I think I even tried to build one, back when I could do that kind of thing. WordPress has this function built right into its little engine. *AND* you can synch up the categories of your posts with the categories of your blog roll. nice.

One major drawback is that you can’t customize your blog if you’re not hosting it yourself. This is a big bummer, and they are promising to develop this in the future. I’m not personally too flummoxed- I found a theme that’s innocuous enough, and I can live without verdana for a little while longer.

so, here it is. the paint’s still drying. but I know where everything is.