It seems that every time you go online there’s another site offering their blog service and most are pretty much template based. Not only that but in most cases you need to be online and on their site but please don’t think for a second that I dislike the sites that offer free blogs in fact I think they are great and in most cases free. I know there are a few alternatives but I ran into one yesterday that I didn’t know existed. You may or may not have heard of Thingamablog but all I can do is pass it on and hope somone benefits. Here is a little bit more on Thingamablog:

Thingamablog is a cross-platform, standalone blogging application that makes authoring and publishing your weblogs almost effortless. Unlike most blogging solutions, Thingamablog does NOT require a third-party blogging host, a cgi/php enabled web host, or a MySQL database. In fact, all you need to setup, and manage, a blog with Thingamablog is FTP, SFTP, or network access to a web server.

Thingamablog allows you to:

• Set up a blog in minutes via an intuitive wizard
• Maintain multiple blogs
• Effortlessly manage thousands of entries
• Dynamically update blog content
• Write entries offline (Dialup users)
• Publish your blog with a single click
• Read news with an integrated feed reader
• Make posts from your favorite feeds
• Create a unique layout with customizable templates
• Import entries from RSS/Atom feeds
• Set up flexible archiving options
• Organize your entries by category or date
• Save entries as drafts
• Define your own custom template tags
• Syndicate your blog via an RSS or Atom feed
• Ping services like weblogs.com, BlogRolling, and Blo.gs
• And much more…

Good Luck!