Trying Out MarsEdit 

So, I'm trying out MarsEdit, to see if I'll post more (which I really want to), if I move to using a local editor, rather than always trying to do things through the WordPress web interface.

I have to say that, so far, I'm impressed. It does a nice autoconfigure to get you set up. Then, it knows that if you're inserting a link, it's probably on your clipboard, which is pretty bad-ass. Plus, I can do stuff like emphasis and bold with your typical hotkeys. Kinda hot.

It automagically knows my categories, so I can quickly tag this appropriately. That's pretty cool too.

Note the use of hot and cool to mean nearly the same thing. I'm nothing if not confusing.

There's also some cool Flickr integration, where I can quickly grab images I've uploaded to Flickr and include them in my post. Like this:

Apparently you can also make it use your real blog style for the local preview. I'm going to have to muck around with that.

The only disappointing thing is that being a Mac user now costs me money. All the cool apps cost a little dough. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to shell out the money for this because I'll post a whole lot more using this interface. Damn you MarsEdit!

Edit 1: The default Flickr bit linked right, but didn't have a visible image. I had to fix that.
Edit 2: Editing a post is darn easy. I like this.