I finally finished with the WordPress upgrade process. I ended up with version 3.0 and all latest version of plugins, including my theme.
The best part of WordPress is the ease with which you can do anything and everything. Being easy to use is often misunderstood as having less features. WordPress offers a range of powerful tools at the blog owner’s disposal. I say this in reference to how I upgraded my blog. All I needed to do was upload the updated version of WordPress, overwriting the older copy present on my web-host. Once that was complete, I logged in to the Dashboard to see an “Upgrade the database” notice. With just a click of a button, the database was changed to the newer version without any hassles whatsoever!
Not only upgrading, WordPress is also great in it’s first installation. All you need is to click “Install” and you’re done. 
Of course, if you don’t have a pre-populated config file, you might have to enter your database details, but that is pretty much everything
Writing entries with a powerful WYSIWYG editor with a versatile ‘kitchen sink’ is really fun. I never actually felt the need of installing a blogging software as it is always convenient to drop in the blog admin area and make a new post. Plus, with the right combination of plugins and themes, you can create a nice output, like I have the front page gallery featuring the jQuery carousel plugin.
Last but not the least, WordPress has a wonderful community both at wordpress.org and on IRC. I have to say, the performance shown by WordPress is not only impressive, but nothing IMHO stands a chance before this wonderful blogging software. I strongly recommend everyone who is looking for a blogging framework to go for WordPress without any hesitations.
hey good to know that you use WP. I was playing with the idea of getting a WP paid domain but i was not too sure abut the hosts, so i put it off till the idea resurfaces. BTY what host is your blog on?
I use a paid plan on freehostia.com