Blogging 001 - Spelig iz opshunl

The latter part of qoomonster's latest entry is a list of "things people should know if they want to blog". Point #5 in particular struck a nasty chord:

The one thing missing from most blog publishing tools are a spell- and grammar- check

Not that I'm bothered about the occasional grammatical mistake or language error, but when someone's blog/email/comment turns into an SMS/l33t-fest, it gets annoying to say the least. In this day and age, we have the choice and convenience of online dictionaries like Merriam-Webster Online and Dictionary.com. Do everyone a favour and use them often. If you use FireFox or SlickRun, create a keyword shortcut - it saves tons of time.

Besides, you can still go wrong with a spelling checker.