Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Testing Word for HTML creation

Till today, despite my occasional deep sighs over ScribeFire, I used it in preference to other "quick-blog" systems like Google Notes or Microsoft Live! - but today, I've resolved to overcome my deep suspicions of another way - Word itself.

Word has been urging me to do this, by offering me "new blog post" every time I open a new file. So, instead of ignoring it, I resolved to try it out.

Day One

All I need to do today, is create a short blog entry (this is it!) and link to another web site. So I've picked The Guardian's story about " too much bling " as my link.


 

Too much bling costs suspected drug dealer £650,000 in assets


  • Guardian, Wednesday February 6 2008
  • Martin Wainwright

A suspected drugs trafficker who claimed that an ice cream van and other small businesses had earned him three homes and a fleet of luxury cars has become one of the biggest victims of criminal assets recovery law. A painstaking audit of Andrew Pickering's accounts by police in Middlesbrough and the Asset Recoveries Agency convinced a judge that the property, along with (...)

(...) fillip for the force's newly launched tip-off operation, Too Much Bling? Give Us A Ring. Neighbours are being encouraged to use anonymous (...)

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I've cut that from the Guardian's own web site. We'll see if it works. And finally, let's include a link to a picture from the same site:


 

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