For those we lost, We will not forget 09/11/2001 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
— The Continental Congress, July 4, 1776

“The task of statesmanship has always been the re-definition of these rights in terms of a changing and growing social order.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt (Commonwealth Club Address, 1932)

“Roosevelt was wrong! The principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence are the principles of individual liberty. Our unalienable rights, given to us by God are given to us as individuals. Our rights do not come from society or the government, and they cannot be redefined by politicians. The nature of these rights carries with it the implication of individual responsibility, without which we surrender them.”
— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008

Microsoft Windows Live Writer Beta 2

Published Mon, Jun 4 2007 9:48 AM
Technorati Tags: Computers and Internet, Blogging, Cool Stuff

Microsoft has released Beta 2 of Windows Live Writer. The UI looks a little slicker than the previous beta. The install was painless. All of the plugins I added to the previous beta are still there.

At least it's not a step back like Vista was or Outlook 2007.

There are a couple of things I like about it so far. One is the enhanced "insert hyperlink" functionality. The U.I. for this feature has been upgraded a bit, and they've also added some new functionality.

Now you can insert a hyperlink to a previous weblog post by clicking a button. A dialog pops up with the most recent posts made from your local machine. If the post you want isn't in that list, you can pull up to 500 posts from each of your weblogs to find the one you want to link to. I think that will be handy. No more scrolling though the weblog trying to find a post.

The "insert picture" U.I. has been updated too. Now in addition to uploading a local image, you can specify the URL of an image from the Internet. Some of the same features are available when you do this, but the image isn't automatically re-sized. To re-size the image you have to explicitly select the options to do it. Writer also doesn't render it as a hyperlink to the original image and upload the thumbnail and original like it does when you choose a local image.

A beautiful street rod that I saw in Tennessee

I still think it's a cool feature enhancement.

They've also added some formatting features that were missing. One that I really wished they had in the previous version was strike-thru text. Before I had to switch to the HTML view and manually edit the style tags to get it. Now, it's available by selecting the text and clicking a button.

They've also added a set of APIs that Weblog Providers can use to make the tool even more compatible with their weblogs. So far, I'm liking what I see. I've been waiting for this update for a while.

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