Wordpress, Blogger, and the like can go the same way as Visual Studio 2008, for all I care.

http://lenco.110mb.com/ineffably_so/index.html

I've got the basic design done, and the home page, which is evident. I just need to modify the design for other pages, and maybe sort out code for comments. It's more work than a ready-made blog (in fact, it's just a site that I call a blog - which is good because if I can cut out the usage of the word "blog" completely, but keep it in images, work and school filters won't flag it), but it's much more personal and representative of me.