Here are the slides from the talk I gave to the Angular ATL JS Meetup.
I'll blog more about this when I have time, but in a nutshell Angular Components are a great way to spice up a static site with completely dynamic elements.
In the talk I did a demo of adding an Angular 2 component that pulls the latest list of upcoming Meetups for a group and displays them in a Hexo Widget.
If you want a full, step-by-step course on getting your blog set up with a static website generator, you can check out my course on Pluralsight: Build a Better Blog with a Static Site Generator