Well, I wandered over to MSN and checked out the new Spaces blogging tool. Just for the halibut. Here’s what I did: http://spaces.msn.com/members/oldspeak/

It was pretty quick and slick, though their server response was a little balky in spots. Overall, I don’t like it. It was a little like eating cold clam chowder. Which is also the feeling I get from hotmail. You can change the layout of modules, and drag and drop them. But you can’t get at the html template and make major changes to the total page, like you can on blogger.

I believe I’ll be staying here, and watching the clash of the titans – Google and Microsoft – from this side of the fence.