Right?

But the newly launched Terapad is pretty darn cool.

I nabbed my name and have started playing around with it. I think it has the best Web 2.0 integrated feature set I’ve seen yet, including tracking tools and Google Analytics built right in. You can have a forum and a web store, too. And it plays nicely with a host of other Web 2.0 tools, such as del.icio.us, Digg, Meebo, Sonific, Feedburner… I could go on and on. It’s powered by AdSense, but you can get that removed for five bucks per month.

The downsides: it’s still in its infancy, the pre-made CSS layouts and skins are pretty lame (and there’s probably nothing I hate more than messing around with CSS).

As I’ve mentioned a few times now, this site will be getting a facelift in the first part of the year, and that includes the blog. I’m running a creaky, creakyold version of Wordpress. I’d love to go with one of the hosted platforms (like elizabethgenco.wordpress.com) as opposed to hosting it myself because I am incredibly lazy about things like software maintenance when it comes to my own stuff. But I’m also a control freak, too, and I loathe the thought of something happening to all my entries.

Whatever, I’m still playing. Any hosted solution would need to integrate well with the rest of the site.

Anyways! Check out Mr. Wood’s new blog, while you’re at it.

Also: my last day on the job was yesterday. I am now completely flying freelance.