WordPress vs Static Site Generators

When I first started blogging I built my web site on Moveable Type. After a couple of false starts I finally joined the rest of the blogosphere on WordPress. Jekyll looked like more work to set up than I was willing to do. Further investigation led me to Hugo. Hugo looked so simple I decided to give it a try.

Kubuntu: One Month On…

A month down the road with the System76 computer and Kubuntu. We’ve learned some lessons. I have a stable, usable system but there were some adjustments in getting there. I am still very much looking forward to purchasing a System76 laptop. The biggest issue was dealing with the instability of Kubuntu 13.04. On a clean … Read more

System76 & Kubuntu 13.04

My wife and I are 25 year Mac users. We have about 5 or 7 Apple computers in the house. Everyone in the family owns at least one iPhone. Since 1986 I have been a self-confessed Apple Fan Boy. This week I set up the first non-Apple computer we have had for regular use, a … Read more

I Really Want to Like Nexus 4

Since its inception, I have really wanted to like Google’s Nexus phone. I really like the idea of an affordable smartphone purchased independent of my cellular service provider. This would allow consumers to buy a phone on the merit of its features and subscribe to a cellular service provider based solely on its coverage, service … Read more

The Death of an Apple Fan Boy

I was first introduced to computers in 1986 in Japan. In an odd turn of events that can really only happen in Japan, I got a job that required me to know Macintosh computers. I was given a Mac Plus with a 20 megabyte serial hard drive. Since then I have owned a number of … Read more

Geeky Running Gadgets

I used a number of geeky gadgets for running over the past year. I started the year using a Garmin Forerunner GPS watch with heart monitor. It worked well but I did not really like the user interface on the watch during my runs. The small screen real estate makes it a challenge to layout … Read more

Movable Type vs WordPress

I have used Movable Type installed on my own webhost for 5 years or so. After several false starts on WordPress I decided to make the switch. Maybe. For several years I really liked Movable Type. I could manage the design of my web site using html and css. Movable Type took my html and … Read more

Product Review: Remington Shortcut Clipper Set

For a long time out here on FOB Hunter, we had no barber. That did not preclude us from adhering to military grooming standards. There are a number of barracks barbers on the FOB with varying degrees of skill. The most common approach is to simply get a “butch” haircut, one in which the hair … Read more