I did the same thing. Using octopress on github pages now. http://websymphony.net http://websymphony.net Was earlier on Posterous. If you have decent knowledge

I did the same thing. Using octopress on github pages now. http://websymphony.net http://websymphony.net Was earlier on Posterous. If you have decent knowledge of html + css, you can have lot of flexibility in look and feel of the blog. You also get to use Compass for managing css. Code highlighting is pretty neat. Default theme is quite readable, not like posterous low contrast themes. And since it is hosted on github, you yourself don't have to worry about sudden surge of traffic or security stuff.