I’ll just explain a bit about how it works: Wordpress.com is a free service that will host a blog for you, using the Wordpress blog software. Wordpress.org is the website where you can go to download the Wordpress software for yourself. That gives you more control over your blog–you can then use plugins, and I think you have more control over the format/appearance.

To use the Wordpress software, though, you have to have somewhere to host your site. (When you use Wordpress.com, their server stores your files and sends the HTML to someone who visits your site. If you don’t use them, you need some other server to host your stuff.) I already had an account with a web-site provider–I think it’s about $20/month. There might be cheaper providers, and you might have web space with your ISP you could use.

i noticed your blog is powered by wordpress.org – i think i want to switch to them. i used to be with wordpress.com but now i’d like to use my url and wordpress.org, as you are doing. but i don’t know how! do you think you could help me sometime?

been enjoying your posts lately. i want to read that packer book!
katie