Besides Frank Chimero, I've always been fond of Trent Walton.
That being said, in the earlier 2000s personal websites were way more experimental. I can remember Evil Pupil, Gmunk and Joshua Davis' Praystation. And the older blogs/magazines like K10K, Holodeck73 and Surfstation.lu. Some of them still exist, but they've all gone way more mainstream than before.
I miss those experimental days :(