So I am posting this via Windows Live Writer. This beta  blog posting software is pretty amazing.

Liked

• spell check
• preview
• lists work like they should
• posting photos from the web works
• pure html view works
• the discovery of my blog software was perfect
• super easy to include a map (unfortunately it is a map that doesn’t work right for me)

Didn’t Like

• it always bugs me when a Microsoft product looks good and works
• the drafts aren’t saved on the server, although you can publish a draft to the server
• ugly smashed together html

Compared to other Blog posting software I’ve used I have to say this one is one of the best. There is an integration with IE like you might expect. If there was a Firefox plugin I might never use anything else to blog with.

Here is an example map.