I used to host my own Wordpress blog, but it got hacked after I hadn't updated my blog in several months and, as a result, failed to install the security update

I used to host my own Wordpress blog, but it got hacked after I hadn't updated my blog in several months and, as a result, failed to install the security updates. I then decided to switch to Tumblr, which I liked overall, but this was back when they were having erratic downtimes, so I ended up switching to Posterous. I was pretty happy with Posterous for a while, mostly because it let me just email my posts in from anywhere. However, I really don't like the control panel in Posterous. It's such a pain to use for various reasons. I recently switched to running my blog with Jekyll on GitHub, which I am so far very happy with. It's simple, fast, and secure. I can write my posts in any text editor, and just push the changes to github. Overall, if you're a hacker, definitely look at Jekyll (https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/ https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll/). The easiest way to get started is to fork an existing jekyll blog and start customizing. If you're not a hacker, I'd probably recommend Tumblr. It offers the best balance of features and ease of use, and they seem to have solved their downtime problems. If for, some reason, you don't like Tumblr, check out Posterous. If that still doesn't suit your needs, Wordpress.com would be my third recommendation. I would not bother with self-hosted blogs unless you really have a need for that level of control, since the cloud-based or static options are so powerful these days. I also recently discovered OhLife (http://ohlife.com/ http://ohlife.com/), which is a great way to keep a private journal. It'll send you an email at your chosen frequency (daily or weekly) asking "How did your day go?" and you just reply with your journal entry.