There’s something to be said about a site that just give off a very clean appearance. Orange Haired Boy does just that. It loads in Internet Explorer quickly and flawlessly, greeting readers with black text on a white background. Apropos, the color chosen for the many links throughout the site is orange. The site design, while it is the standard three column layout, was the first thing I noticed, and the first of many things at this site that I enjoyed.
There are the typical sidebar links – a brief about section with a link to even more details about the Orange Haired Boy named Lewis, a webcam, archives, and all those good bits of blog tidbits. For the extremely curious about this blogger’s habits, there’s even sections where you can keep tabs on how many keystrokes Lewis has taken at his computer. Dare I say Lewis might just be teetering on that line of technology-obsessed? From reading his entries, I don’t think he’d mind.
Lewis started blogging at orangehairedboy.com in June 2003, according to his very first post. From there, I just kept reading and reading. It wasn’t difficult to find myself clicking through different links in Lewis’s posts. Most of the posts are very light-hearted, and are often only a short paragraph or two of text. This made Orange Haired Boy a very quick blog to completely and enjoyably navigate through.
Spelling and grammar are strong points of this weblog, which is another aspect that probably makes it so easy to read. When he does make a small spelling mistake, his friends and readers of this blog are sure to point it out, and Lewis certainly takes it in stride.
Right now, living in Florida, Lewis is dealing with the results of the recent string of hurricanes and tropical storms that have battered the state he lives in, as well as training for a brand new job he was very excited about landing. Good luck with both of those new items, Lewis!
While the weblog portion of the site is definitely the main attraction, if you will, I would be remiss to not make mention of the rest of the site. Webloggers will definitely find the scripts portion of the site as a great addition, which include password protecting particular entries and a way to keep track of entry popularity. Lewis writes these scripts himself. I know I’m planning implementing a few of them on my own weblog.
Pop culture, technology/blog goodies, current events – there’s honestly a little something for everyone to read throughout the year and a half of archives. While this Orange Haired Boy doesn’t necessarily get too detailed about many of the things happening in his life, it is easy for readers to not only breeze through his posts, but to also feel a common connection with Lewis just as a regular type of guy.