I once had (and was happy with) a blog at blogs.mit.edu. Then MIT shut that whole server down, and all of the blogs there were destroyed. I later started a fre

I once had (and was happy with) a blog at blogs.mit.edu. Then MIT shut that whole server down, and all of the blogs there were destroyed. I later started a free blog at Posterous. Posterous was bought by Twitter. The content was moved (free of charge) to Posthaven, while the original Posterous site was taken down. Posthaven appears to have good intentions of being reasonably priced and available indefinitely, but even so, after having already lost some blogs to the whims of organizations outside my control, I think having my own domain name and my own hosting is worthwhile.