Nesta tag:blog.gravityfree.ca,2009:/ Keep your software weightless 2011-12-03T00:00:00+00:00 Neil Bourgeois http://gravityfree.ca neilb@gravityfree.ca tag:blog.gravityfree.ca,2011-12-03:/2011/12/03/a-whole-new-blog <h2>Queue the champagne...</h2> <p> <img class='champagne' src='/attachments/champagne.jpg' /> It has been quite a while since I last blogged and while I've been wanting to get a new blog running for some time now my life has been busy with other priorities and I was probably bitten by the procrastination bug. Today, however, I'm pleased to announce that all that has changed! My wife and I are taking an trip to Africa in January and the desire to keep a travel blog prompted me to get some kind of framework up and running so I can write about our safaris, mountain climbing and drinking on the beach while we're over there. </p> <h3>So here it is...</h3> <h2>About the Implementation</h2> I have a bit of experience with <a href='http://becomingagile.blogspot.com'>Blogger</a> and <a href='http://gucciplayer.wordpress.com'>Wordpress</a> and while I love the simplicity of those tools something didn't feel quite right about using them. Since jumping ship from .NET to Ruby and then jumping from the Rails liferaft to Sinatra I've been quite open about my newfound love affair with simpler toolsets running on the cloud. I would probably have felt shame if I didn't have something as simple as a blog running on that stack. So I did some research, and I found <a href='http://nestacms.com'>Nesta</a>. It is a Ruby CMS that is built around Sinatra. How perfect is that? <p></p> Not to mention it: <ul class='benefits'> <li>Has no database</li> <li>Lets me post in raw HTML (well, haml or markdown to be exact) using my own editor</li> <li>Style each post with it's own layout and css</li> <li>Has no database</li> <li>Include any javascript I want (like the Semantic Grid System)</li> <li>Upload any type or size of attachment</li> <li>Has no database</li> <li>Has no akward administration interface</li> <li>Has no database</li> <li>Can be deployed to Heroku using Git!!</li> </ul> Oh yeah, and it has no database :) 2011-12-03T00:00:00+00:00 2011-12-03T00:00:00+00:00