So far, my adventures in webserving have been smooth -- just looking for the resources and proper versions of software to download. Please let me know if I'm on the wrong track with any of these!

Apache. http://httpd.apache.org/
Apache 2.0. http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/

Mod_Perl. http://perl.apache.org/

MySQL. http://www.mysql.com/

Movable Type. http://www.movabletype.org
Movable Type Plugin Directory. http://mt-plugins.org/
RSSfeed Plugin. http://mt-plugins.org/archives/entry/rss_feed.php

GirlieMatters' Tips. http://www.thegirliematters.com/tips/

I'm planning to take this weekend to set this all up.