On the third day of Christmas

my teacher sent to me
Three blogging tools,
Two thoughts inspiring,
And a joyful network for learning.


I actually use more than three blogging tools. The full listing and explanation can be found here. For as many tools as were and are used, no one was harmed. In fact, except for HipCast, I have spent some of my spare time but no money on blogging.

What tools do you use?