The thing that needs code fiddling is telling it which categories to go where. Basically, each section of the site (on mine, “articles,” “news,” “film reviews,” “book reviews,” etc.) is a category, so you’ve got to plan ahead of time what categories you’re going to use. Then in the main index php file, you’ve got to tell it which category (by category number) each section should contain. The theme code is pretty well commented to tell you which parts do what. It also uses the “custom fields” option when you post to choose the picture that shows on the front page; I’d never used custom fields before, so that took me a bit to figure out. If you’re not going to use pictures, though, it won’t matter as much.

Let me know if you want assistance with it. It’s a pretty sweet theme, no?