Geeky

WordPress vs Static Site Generators

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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…

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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

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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

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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

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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

RIP: Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011

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I spent 6 years working at Apple. Those were the best years of my career. When the .com bubble burst in late 2000, early 2001, Apple was one of the harbingers of the ensuing stock crash. In one or two days Apple’s stock went from $78 a share to less than $20 a share. I … Read more

Movable Type vs WordPress

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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

Switching to WordPress

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After some years of running on Movable Type, I’m switching things over to WordPress. WordPress is far more widely used and supported. There are more plug-ins, more templates, and just more support in general for WordPress than Six Aparts’ Movable Type. So, Six Apart, it’s been good knowing you.