I found this pretty interesting. Nice to find hacks that are popular with more than one kind of blog. There are also some others posted in the comments. I am going to explore some of them for my own.
Welcome back Todd!
[Micro Persuasion: Ten Blogging Hacks]
I wanted to add in that there’s a review over the “Big 3″ blogging software. Here’s the link: http://www.sitepoint.com/article/blog-software-smackdown-review
Some interesting points are brought out there.