I’m playing around with Windows Live Writer, here’s their blog where you can download it from.

They released a new version last week and it’s a very nice way to edit your blog (it’s an offline editor that lets you write and edit your blog without using a browser). Hooked up to my blog very quickly. Presents me with a much nicer user interface than WordPress.com has. Doesn’t rely on the browser, so I can open and close the browser as much as I want (since I’m playing with an early version of Firefox that crashes a lot on my system that’s a huge advantage). I’ll have to get Maryam using this for her blog, since it’s a lot nicer. Of course it always takes me about a year to convince her to do anything. If you read her blog (I’m her husband) you’d know why.

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Better physical security might have helped here.

ITWire, Dark Visitor and Windows7center are all reporting the new Windows 7 Build 6956 has made it into bittorrent over the last couple of days. An attendee at WinHEC China is apparently the source of the software as well. While this is great for Microsoft, as it causes much news and blogging, it also allows people to get their hands on the software to write articles about it. Windows7center has screen shots (Chinese) of the software in action as well in case you are doubting this happened. (more…)