Now that I have moved off of Wordpress, I started looking for a way to archive the old posts in case I ever wanted to read through things again. Maybe it will be good bathroom reading.

To keep track of my personal journal, I use Day One which is a fantastic piece of software. It has high design values, lets you keep track of pictures and even will store geo-location and weather data.

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So, I’ve decided to switch my personal website over to using Jekyll rather than Wordpress. It seems that all the cool kids are doing it these days. Here are a few reasons that I decided to try this:

• I want to start learning Ruby
• The various Wordpress themes required too much customization
• I want to manage my blog with version control
• I don’t need all the bells and whistles
• I’d rather have written the HTML, even if it is ugly

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