I am reworking my current blog which is found at babbitt.is/blogging. I'm using an old unfinished project I was turning into a forum, but catering it to more of a blogging platform, something more robust than the original.
Install Ruby ( on PC ) and Compass
Install grunt commandline tools: npm intall -g grunt-cli
Install MongoDB and create a db called "forum"
Run: "db.posts.insert({"id":"1", "title": "test"}) when you're using mongo.exe
Clone repository
npm install
run 'grunt'
and finally run 'node app.js'