Windows Live Writer 2 (Beta)

Windows Live Writer has been upgraded to Version 2, though still in Beta. If you know what WLW is, you won’t wait and download it from here, or directly from here. If you are a novice to this free software gem, then you should give it a definite try.

WLW is an application that lets you write posts, save drafts, edit drafts, publish posts and drafts in many blog clients (WordPress, Live Journal, Blogger, Windows Live Spaces and many others). You can inserts links, pictures, tags. You can even add new categories without any need to log into your blog dashboard (administrative regime). You can prepare posts, then log on the Internet (if you don’t have a permanent connection) to just click the “Publish” button, wait a few seconds/minutes and have your new posts published online.

The .exe file is 5.4 MB. It is practically ideal and it is FREE.

I’ve just installed it and it says that it is version 1 (but still a much newer version than the one I’ve had). The design though is less appealing with darker blue background of the menu that looks threatening and … dark. Also, it still takes it some 2-5 seconds to open. But the design doesn’t make this application worse. The menu looks twice as big and varied as it used to be. There are other features that I haven’t tried yet. And they say you can configure it further using third-party plugins. One more thing is that it takes more space (more than 8 MB) on my harddrive and installs another, Winows Live folder (1+ MB) for no reason (I’ve disabled all Windows Live options on installation, but … ). Again, all these “buts” don’t even come close to make me think of dropping WLW. I’ll keep on relying on it in my blogging and advise you to join in.

Gay Dance Music

Already in my collection:

Ultimate Queer As Folk – The Best Of and More (CD 1 – soundtrack to the British TV series Queer As Folk; CD 2 – additional 26 tracks from Almighty Club)

 

Gay Happening Vol. 14 (double CD with 32 tracks, 2006, Dance Street Records, Germany). My favourite is Only You, by Sugar Kingz, Reach Out, I’ll Be There, by Gloria Gaynor and Rock the Boat, by Sugarcube Inc. Dance Street has been releasing such compilations for years, though some tracks keep appearing on several CDs.

Expecting from Amazon:

Best of Gay Pride & Csd Anthems – double CD with 36 tracks.

 

Gay Happening Vol. 15

Windows Live Writer (Beta)

I am writing this post using Windows Live Writer (Beta), a freeware offer from Microsoft. It looks nice and seems to be handy. At least I didn’t have that notorious message that I am attempting to do something harmful to my computer by opening my WordPress account. I hope this also works faster than WordPress site. Anyway, I am giving it a try and spreading the word about the program.

It allows you to write posts in WYSIWYG mode, change fonts (if you don’t like the standard font), do lots of other things through a menu, which seems to be richer in options than the standard website menu. It also has a spell checker.