QUESTION GetSimple Blog or news manager

[giggty]

Hey there Awesome community!  

recently i investigated the best way to include "posts" on GetSimple...
2 plugins caught my eye :

A. GetSimple Blog - link.
B. news manager - link.

i want to use something that has a chance to be updated in future ....

news manager looks great but it's missing an option to create "Post Categories" .
GetSimple looks better with more feature's but ! 
...
Plugin - Author's Website seems "Deserted" and last update was a long time ago - link.
hope johny is ok

any suggestions on what to use?
from your personal experience ?

thank you ALL You XML geeks !