http://moodle.org/

Developed as an Open Source project, Moodle is a course management system that will be most welcome by educators seeking to create quality online courses, or who may be interested in adding an online dimension to a traditional classroom course. This latest addition includes new support for groups (within courses), a new lesson module, and numerous improvements for site administration. Moodle 1.2 is also available in 36 different languages, and now includes the ability to utilize automatic embedded audio streaming as well. Moodle 1.2 is compatible with all systems running Mac OS X or Windows 95 and above. [KMG]

http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/index.html

For those persons with multiple weblogs, this handy little application will be a most welcome addition. Thingamablog is a cross-platform stand-alone blogging application that allows users to maintain multiple weblogs, organize entries by date or category, and preview entries formatted in plain text or HTML. The homepage for the application also contains complete documentation, a good FAQ area, and links to blog sites set up by users of the application. Thingamablog 0.9.4 is compatible with all systems running Windows 95 and above. [KMG]