Honestly, This. If you're really interested in /writing/, then just go with one of the hosted solutions such as Wordpress.com, blogger, whatever. It's easy en

Honestly, This. If you're really interested in /writing/, then just go with one of the hosted solutions such as Wordpress.com, blogger, whatever. It's easy enough to use, requires virtually no set up time to get running, and lets you forget about any techy details. I know that it's often more fun and more interesting as a hacker-type to think about the optimum way to blog, rather than actually doing it... This is my problem too. But what you want to establish is the habit of writing. Once you've got that, you can easily port your posts over to another system (and clean up any on the way). I've recently set up a few Wordpress sites for some people. And much as I despise the insanity underneath, if you're just wanting to write, then it's a very nice platform.