i don't take compliments well, but if you ever want to guilt me (and make me feel good that there's something worth feeling guilty about), write a post like this:

So Tabulas, I love you. You've got spirit. You don't jabber legalese at me like that MySpace guy. You're not obsessed with cheap gifts like Facebook. You're uniquely you and I love that about you.

Do you think you could find it in your heart, Tabulas, to get just a little more together? You could totally win over all my friends if you'd just play nicely with Semagic and their other already installed blog clients, if you wouldn't break CSS hacks every time the file is edited, if you would link to the right documentation instead of to 404s or broken pages.

I know that deep inside, you're so much better than I'm making you sound; it's just that you're a little shabby right now. That's okay. Everybody has down times where they hang around the house in the sleepwear. I see the greatness in you even when you haven't brushed your teeth all week.

But don't you think you could stand to wash your hair, put on a clean shirt, and present yourself just a little better, so everyone can see how wonderful you are?

To answer publicly: Yes, Tabulas is in a shifty state. It *is* being worked on (a few hours a day). All these issues *will* be addressed. I know it totally blows, cause I use Tabulas, and I wish it worked correctly all the time, too.

I took a look at the Atom PubSub spec over the weekend, and it doesn't seem too hard to implement. However, it doesn't have the benefit of having a lot of support, so I'll have to implement MetaWeblog first. (ugh RPC).

And honestly, I'm surprised that nobody's come and blown Tabulas out of the water. I still can't believe (and I use a *lot* of webapps), that I keep coming back to Tabulas to journal (and it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I write/maintain the app).