Great blogs
If you want to see how great blogs can look and what they can be used for, have a look at some of these:
The wedding photography blog: http://weddingphotographyblog.com/
Behind the sofa: http://tachyontv.typepad.com/waiting_for_christopher/
New music strategies: http://newmusicstrategies.com/
Grain edit: http://grainedit.com/
Boagworld – http://www.boagworld.com/
Bear in mind that most, if not all of these, required a high degree of customisation. What they illustrate though is that, like all areas of the Internet, anything is possible if you have the time – and the money!