No advice on the typing speed problem (this is still on NT4, right?) though you might find it useful to look at "livejournal clients" - I don't know if people write them due to dislike of browsers, or because they use fewer resources, or because they are better at letting you stash/archive your writing locally. But they do write them... there's even a palm client, which at least makes sense given the palm browsers.

Just a thought... _Mark_