# Where do you blog? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 14, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394 "2008-03-14T20:04:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/1 "2008-03-14T20:04:18Z")
My friends have jokingly told me several times that I should start this sort of blog or that sort of blog. It’s always been a laugh, and not much has come of it (though they certainly planted a seed, I now realize). Yesterday I had a disgustingly long wait for the bus, and decided that instead of stand around doing nothing and getting frustrated I’d wander around the stop and photograph things. I jokingly told myself I’d make a “things I see at the bus stop” blog. I got a lot of shots, and enjoyed the process of trying to improve my photos. During the rest of the day I took several photos, generally of whatever caught my fancy (including a clothing store window that said, “Introducing THE LAUNDERED SHIRT”), when it occurred to me that I’d love to do an actual photo blog. A place where I can put up my photos and write about them, and a place where my family and friends can go and see what’s going on in my life - especially since I’m halfway across the country from most of them. And if random strangers want to read, they’d be welcome to as well, but I wouldn’t expect it. I’ve been thinking about this since last night, and I would like some opinions on the places people blog. I’ve currently had some experience with LiveJournal and with Vox, and they aren’t the sort of webspace I want for this. That said, perhaps I’m overlooking something great with them, and I’d be willing to consider it. I don’t mind paying a small amount for a blog like this, since I expect posting photos usually drives costs up, but I don’t think I can afford something that’s it’s own space like [bluekangaroosphotos.com](http://bluekangaroosphotos.com). If I could, that’d be great, as it’ll be easy for my family to remember, but it seems unlikely. So I decided to ask here. Surely we have people who blog and have opinions on the software. Ideas or tips would be appreciated as well, but this is just something I think my family would get a kick out of, and I know I’d get a kick out of sharing what’s going on in my world (to a degree) with them with all these “new-fangled” tools. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/2 "2008-03-14T23:42:40Z")
I blog over at [Vox](http://www.vox.com/). It’s free and they have a high threshold of the amount of photos and stuff that you can upload. That, and it is really easy to use. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/3 "2008-03-15T01:30:03Z")
[Flickr](http://www.flickr.com) is a photo sharing site, but I find myself leaving small bloggy descriptions on some of my photos, even though I have a blog too. It would be easy enough to expand from there. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/4 "2008-03-15T01:37:31Z")
[QUOTE=LVgeogeek] I blog over at [Vox](http://www.vox.com/). [/QUOTE] I have a Vox blog, too. ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/5 "2008-03-15T01:46:39Z")
I actually do have a flickr site, and a friend was kind enough recently to give me a pro account so I could do more organizing of my photos. It just doesn’t strike me as what I’m looking for, though I’ll definitely go back and reevaluate it as a possibility. I haven’t figured out how much space vox gives yet, but it seems like everything there is sort of more visually complex than I want. I can’t afford it, I think, but I’d love to have something like the [Restaurant Widow](http://www.restaurantwidow.com/). I think she uses TypePad. Anyway, thanks so much. I’ll go back and check out and see what I’m missing in those sites. I’m still open to other suggestions, as well. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/6 "2008-03-15T03:15:25Z")
**BlueKangaroo** , I think that’s a great idea! One of the coolest sites I ever visited was a guy who explores old abandoned buildings (think:creepy mental hospitals and beautiful old convent/girls’ schools) and posts the photos. He is really, really good. I think I may even have heard about him here. And I love urban-surrealism kind of photos. National Lampoon used to have a back page with photos of signs just like the one you described. My all-time-favorite in that vein, however, has to be [this](http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/5922d576/461a097c). I only blog on MySpace, though. Much to my surprise, at one time I had a readership of about 200 people a week, when I was writing pithy stuff on the perils and quandaries of being a grownup punkrocker. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgonzola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@Gorgonzola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgonzola)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/7 "2008-03-15T04:34:39Z")
[Tumblr](http://www.tumblr.com/) makes it very easy to set up a simple blog. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/8 "2008-03-15T05:03:32Z")
[WordPress](http://wordpress.org/) is nice, you can make a free account, and they will host your blog. They have really nice layouts, and lots of options like customizable headers for your blog too. Some people like [Blogger](http://www.blogger.com). ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/9 "2008-03-15T05:59:30Z")
I second Wordpress. Spend $10 for a domain name, like $30 for a year of hosting, and install Wordpress (for free). So you’ll have your own domain, and a totally customizable blog. Here’s [my Wordpress blog](http://brookenelson.com/wordpress/) - notice how you can’t even tell it’s Wordpress? That’s because it’s totally customizable so it just looks like your own site. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/10 "2008-03-15T16:07:46Z")
[QUOTE=nyctea scandiaca] I second Wordpress. Spend $10 for a domain name, like $30 for a year of hosting, and install Wordpress (for free). So you’ll have your own domain, and a totally customizable blog. Here’s [my Wordpress blog](http://brookenelson.com/wordpress/) - notice how you can’t even tell it’s Wordpress? That’s because it’s totally customizable so it just looks like your own site. [/QUOTE] It looks really nice. Who do you use for hosting for it to be so cheap? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-blog/441394/11 "2008-03-15T16:58:23Z")
I’ve done a pathetically small amount of photoblogging on [Blogspot](http://afriendinknead.blogspot.com/).