So, you registered a new domain name and got yourself a reliable hosting package that's worth every penny!

Now, you setup your own blogging platform using the latest WordPress stable release and it went through without a cinch (I don't mind calling for technical support to do those stuff for me), you're configuring all those nitty-gritty technical stuff like permalinks, adding links and categories, tweaking your themes to match your taste, setting up and adding users to contribute to your site, putting a Facebook fan page, adding twitter so you'll be never get bitter, plurk if you want to do things better.
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