I have set this site up and my way to play with Drupal as much as a personal blog. I use img_package module to get me images into my posts then lightbox to display them in full size, although this doesn't work in Firefox2 so I will be adding Thickbox. Service Links module adds all the social bookmarking links to each of my posts, this helps drive loads of traffic.
I am planning on building my own based on the Zen theme.
This site is always going down and always breaking as I test new modules and theme. It's just like web development and blogs should be... Fun!