Jekyll is an excellent “simple, blog aware, static site generator”. It allows you to use special shorthand syntax like Textile, Maruku, or other markup syntaxes to quickly and easily generate static blog content. The resources available on the internet for using Jekyll to blog are downright plentiful, and the tool itself is incredibly flexible.

The first thing you’ll have to do is grab a Jekyll layout from a current Jekyll blog. They’re all over the place, and nearly every one I’ve seen has been excellent. Choose what looks good to you. The markup supported is so easy that you can manually edit each layout easily to make it suit your own requirements. You’ll also find a plethora of information on how to include Disqus and other features you may require for your blog. Make it as complex or simple as you please. The nice thing is that you’re less likely to experience server-side scripting problems, since the platform generates static HTML. No SQL or PHP locking down required. Just generate your content and you’re good to go.

Democrat

(n.) A corporate slave.

Republican

(n.) A corporate slave.

I think we’re entirely missing the point when the discussion is turned to “Democrat Vs. Republican”. Citizens shouldn’t be forced into believing there are no alternatives. Life really isn’t “Black or White”, so why do so many feel that our government is exactly that? The answer is fairly simple; Corporations puppet both sides. When a Republican wins, corporations win. When a Democrat wins, corporations win. Eventually, if this government is going to be stabilized and sustained, it will require the creation and popularity of a third party- a party for the people. I believe this party should be explicitely barred from receving campaign contributions from non-individuals. The person chosen by this party as a presidential candidate should advocate balance in government, treating individuals as if they were more important than corporations. This is something that nearly everyone in government can readily admit does not happen often, if at all.

I’ve blatantly ripped off a table of unemployment rates sorted from least to most. It’s a pretty handy moving guide for the time being.

Enjoy.

Taken from: http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm

I’ve completely fallen in love with Jekyll as a blogging platform. I might create a few more websites or write my own Jekyll template, depending on free time and my mood in the next two weeks. If I’m able to find employment that gives me a moment’s peace, I’ll definitely forge forward with the awesomeness that is a Jekyll tutorial, because I think everyone should get to know this stuff. It’s fun, flexible, and worth investing a little time to research. I’ll drop a link to it in another post some time today.

If anyone happens to know where I can find an oasis of jobs, just drop me a line if possible. It appears that there really aren’t a whole lot of options out there. It’s getting a little frustrating, seeing as how I have bills and shortly will not have a means of paying them.

Anyway, any and all help available is greatly appreciated: redlegion@gmail.com. Thanks.

Well, lack of funds has forced me to run more than I usually would from just one machine. I’m operating a few services on one cloud-based instance and I think it’ll get me through. It’ll be a gigantic pain in the ass to whitelist everything I need to for Cloudflare, but in the end I think it’ll pay off a great deal. It’ll keep the DDoS-happy kids away, at least.

I’m going to take up blogging again, occasionally anyway. I don’t see myself finding anything incredibly important to say. Still, I might as well exercise my right to voice opinions. That hasn’t yet been wrenched away from us. That said, expect a ton of retarded nonsense blog posts from yet another vehement ecclectic.