This is the source branch for my website so that I can use plugins. The master branch holds the built site. This is because, on GitHub, the master branch serves Jekyll.
This website uses a number of technologies, and was inspired in its looks and construction by adapting the work of a number of people.
For the general possibility of holding a static blog, I have to thank the people behind the Jekyll framework. Jekyll parses files and generates a static structure. The Jekyll server just relates the various in real time. There is no dynamic computation, which is much simpler than dynamic java scripting languages.
The basic look and feel (and the really fast implementation) is adapted from Barry Clarks' Jekyll Now.
The commenting system is the work of Phil Hawkworth and Alberto Aguilera, who created the Poole app.
The ability to use plugins is possible thanks to ixti's work. I had thought of creating another branch with the source, but did not know enough of Git to write a small Rake task. I translated he rake task into a gulp file, because that is what the commenting system use. Other options, such as Charlie Park's, were to create two separate repos and emulate the functionality of the GitHub pages.
I am in the process of adding other plugins which allow me to curate a bibliography on the blog directly. Jekyll-Scholar, by Sylvester Keil, takes care of the details of referencing and citing.
I have not implemented any web analytics, so absolutely nothing about you is recorded by me. GitHub will probably be analysing some small aspect of your traffic, but as far as I know, they do not use any cookies.
It is interesting, though, to record some traffic details: the number of visits, the posts most read, etc.; this can help learn what and how to better present information. I might, at one point, implement a really basic analytics, but nothing cloud, and nothing either invasive or purely psychopathic: things like operating system used, browser, what gets clicked on, etc. I do not care about IPs or anything personal (and don't understand why people would...).
I'm placing anything in /_posts, or any other intellectual content of mine contained within the published site and in the source or master branch under CC-BY-SA.
That I know of, all the plugins used for this website are under the MIT license. My derivations will also be under the MIT license.