Tangled Mind

My google-fu is failing me on this, but AKICOLJ ...

The problem:
- I am checking pages which include non-standard characters (e.g. quotations in Greek, names in Turkish, mathematical functions, astronomical symbols etc.)
- These characters are coded as Unicode Hexadecimal NCRs, e.g. Tòν is coded as Tòν
- All Unicode characters must be supported in Verdana

My current modus operandi:
- for each character, do a copy-paste-find on this page of supported characters
- or for slightly longer texts, get the NCRs converted via this copy-paste conversion utility, and look at included/excluded ranges on the page of supported characters

What I really really want:
- a website (nothing downloadable) where I can:
--- copy the non-standard text (or, failing that, the HTML code with the NCRs)
--- paste it into a text box
--- specify 'show me this in Verdana'
--- be alerted to (or at least be able to see) which characters are supported and which are not.

Alternatively
- point out the bleedin' obvious solution which I am missing!

I'm using WINK (freeware screencasting app) to record mini-tutorials for training purposes.* It's pretty easy to use and the results -- Flash format, fairly compact -- are good, but is there anything better?

Requirements:
- recording screen activity and mouse/key clicks
- annotation
- voiceover
- logical paths through multiple possibilities (there is a better way of phrasing this but cannot think of it)
- multichoice
- scoring, e.g. for a quiz: how many times did they pick the right answer?

It is rather unfortunate that the file extension for the intermediate stage is .WNK. Is there something they're trying to tell me?






*actually, I'm spamming LJ and vaguely tidying up. But in principle I'm werking. Honest

Does anyone have any comments / recommendations concerning tools for creating / editing / organising DITA-based projects? We are primarily Linux-based but if the best solution is a Windows app then the bullet will be bitten.

I have a couple of weeks to evaluate DITA and associated editing packages, as well as speccing the conversion from current Muse-based docs, so all input gratefully received!

OK, Flickr wins.

I've been playing around setting up new blogs and photo-blogs: blog-wise, I want something separate from LiveJournal, where I'll mirror my less ephemeral posts*; for photo-blogging, I mainly wanted somewhere where I could post directly from my camera phone. I like the look'n'feel of Moblog (though it was fiddly to set up) but the fact that I can post to Flickr and then, with one click, zap it over to any one of my LJ accounts (this one or tanya_photos, anyway) has tilted the balance.

Next step: RSS ...

*and have set one up, but am still at the stage of making a few vital decisions, viz. colour scheme and layout