My apologies...

I need to apologize for not yet publishing Part II of "DIY Hack: A Better Marquee." It's not that I haven't wanted to finish it and get it out there. It's not even that I don't have the content for it. The problem is that I've been struggling mightily with the tools.

Blogger's online tools are adequate, in my opinion, for posts that are either all or mostly text. Or for posts with a lot of pictures where the location of the pictures within the text isn't critical. But Part II is a "How-To" post where the pictures and text go hand-in-hand, and the tools just aren't cutting it; there's not enough control over text and picture placement. Blogger kinda pretends to have a WYSIWYG interface, but it really doesn't.

I've resigned myself to buying an application to do the job right. Initially, I hated the idea of paying for it, since the free, online tools should be better, but at this point, I've wasted so much time trying to bend them to my will that I don't even care anymore. I'll pay, I'll pay, just do what I want!!!

I've tried and discarded one app already. I've started learning another, and I hope it will finally let me pull Part II together and publish it soon(ish). In the meantime, I've got a couple of other small items I could throw together in a post. I just don't want to delay Part II much longer, especially since there's going to be a Part III to follow, and I don't want folks to forget how it all started...