Bloxsom vs. Movable Type (straw basket match)
Not ready for a steel cage personally; these 'blog' things seem to have the ability to suck up more customization time than I can imagine having, so I'm in no position to make authoritative statements about which all true web writers should employ.

Really, all I want to do is write some stuff and have it show up in a handy format to possibly point others to once in a while. So, for my personal needs, things break down something like this:

Why I'd use MT

1. Slick and full-featured, generally.
2. I can go back and edit old posts to my heart's content without having to worry about the date (and any external links) changing. Wait though, I've now pulled down some dude's bloxsom_edit script for retaining the original timestamp, so this is no longer a big deal.

Why I'd use blosxom

1. I get to do my writing in good ol' vim
2. awful simple, so potentially less distracting.
3. Open source is good. If I do end up spending lots of time using this, I may well end up making fixes / additions / etc., which would be most useful if they could be sent back to an OS project.

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