While i was trying to help out a friend today, I found a way to create your own blog on your own domain for free in less then 10/15 mins :) Pretty neat.. here is what you have to do in 3 major step

STEP 1 : the script
First you need to download the PHP script (if you cant write your own) go here to alex's website and download the weblog_script .. The guy has put up an amazing PHP script for free

http://www.mylittlehomepage.net/weblog_script.html

download the zip file and read the weblog.php in any text editor..its damn simple plus you don't need an SQL enabled db.

STEP 2 : the hosting


Now you need a PHP enabled server to host your site.. there are loads of those.. i prefer www.t35.com

register yourself there and upload the 3 files you just downloaded in the zip (do make the necessary changes in weblog.php)

STEP 3 : the domain


This is an optional step but anyway why not .. Now you need to get a personal domain forwarder.. I've used .tk

http://www.dot.tk/index.html

Register your domain and link it to the t35 site (remember to use http://yourdomain.t35.com/weblog.php or whatever you have in mind.)
.tk has one popup ad which points to their own website..

you have your own blog :)


im sure there are better ways to do it ..




btw the above listed things might be useful on singular basis as well