The Weblog Review

A Blogger template again, a lot of links and a lot of small posts about the Attack on America.



I didn’t like this blog. I found the posts to be depressing and news like. The writer ads a lot of links throughout her posts and refers to the newspaper a fair lot. Her profile section was started in August and yet she still hasn’t added anything to it. I wonder why it is called LCH as there is no mention of this on at the weblog and it isn’t really a very exciting heading.



As I said before, it is a basic template from Blogger with a few links to other weblogs and a variety of other sites. It includes a poll on the attacks. I guess in someway I feel I have heard enough about the attacks. I don’t believe every post has to focus around them. It just makes life more depressing and loses the interest of your readers. The best post in LCH is the latest post where the writer Val, talks about her fear of being invisible. Here we actually get to see her emotions unlike some of the news type posts.



I think this weblog needs a lot of work, mostly on the writing. Also, it would be good if the profile was up and running for starters.

LCH

The writer of 8 Legged DJ is a very honest, down-to-earth, funny guy who has written a fantastic weblog.

When I first got to the site I thought it would be about some dorky, un-intelligent guy going on about being a DJ. But I was totally wrong.



Aaron comes from California and is married to Robert. I found it really interesting to read about a gay couple, as I know here in Australia where we live there aren’t many gay, married couples. Aaron is 28 years old and has included a Bio at his weblog. Basically he lets everything go when he writes in his weblog. His personality comes out really well and that way he explains things helps you to understand what it would be like to be there. He also tells us funny things about his friends and daily life. For example in this post he talks about Elton John writing songs for people at a dollar each-

“And it seems to me, 8 Legged DJ lives his life like a candle in the wind, always knowing who to turn to when the blogs come in and I would have liked to know him but I never did, his candle will burn much longer than this song ever did.”



Aaron’s dream job is to be a Music DJ and that is why he named his site 8 Legged DJ. Aaron is just one of those people who are capable of making anything into a funny story.



The design of this weblog is a basic Blogger template but when I went to the site I got the script error about 9 times before I was able to view the page, which was irritating!



I had decided to give this weblog a 4.5 out of 5 as I found 8 Legged DJ entertaining, fun and honest. I would like to see a better template, as I think sometimes the usual Blogger template puts off people. I will definitely be a regular at 8 Legged DJ from now on!

8 Legged DJ

I liked this site a lot. When the site loaded up, I saw it said under the title, “I teach high school math. I’ve also been known to eat and sleep.” Hmm … a high school math teacher with a blog … math geek? Now from reading a few entries at first, I thought, “Yeah, this isn’t your stereotypical old guy who’s been teaching math for 50 years and he still hasn’t retired.” Nope, this seems like a cool math geek.



Matt’s layout is simple and green. He lists some other blogs, links to movies, tv and of course links to math. How could he not? I was a bit disappointed I was unable to find a bio of some sort so I could learn a little more about who the writer was. It was driving me nuts when I was sitting here trying to figure out his age … but oh well.



Now … on to the writing … Matt obviously teaches high school math meaning hormone crazy kids who discuss who’s going out with who and so on.



I was reading through his archives and found his a post about some geese that hang out around at the school he works at amusing:



“I stopped and stared at it. That’s all. No sudden moves, just a full stop. The goose appeared to become confused and/or agitated, shooting furtive glances around him. After only a few seconds of my steely gaze, it stood up and began to walk away.”



And only a REAL geek would admit this: I have arrived at the Math, Science, & Technology Conference at [Exeter Academy]. At the risk of revealing my geekiness (yeah, I haven’t done that in all my other posts), I’d say it looks like it’s going to be really cool.



To just put his writing more into perspective, I liked it because it feels like he’s talking to you through his posts like he knows you. Some writers just write like no one else is out there. But I liked reading about the little things that go on in his life and that just bug him or that he finds funny.



Not only will you get a glimpse of what goes through the mind of a high school math teacher, but also you just might learn something in math you never realized.

I Am Frequently Asked Questions

This site is very well put-together. The organization is easy to understand, and the overall design is easy on the eyes. The creator of the site claims to have been webdesigning for three or four years, and her experiences shines through.



The site is host to a slew of teen angst type poetry and writings, which may seem cliche to some. However, within the pages of the website lies the heart of the girl who created this site, and she shows a great potential. I may be biased, but I love to see self-expression in nearly any form, and writing is my personal favourite — so to see a younger person putting these things out there is quite heartening. She also has a lot of lovely photography and digital art, as well as a budding artist’s hand. It should be interesting to see how her talents develop with time.goddessoul.com

They say first impressions count, well the first impression I received of this site was not a very pleasant one, the colours were garish and in my humble opinion did not compliment each other as well as they could have.



However, the entries are 2-3 times daily, most of a fair quality. As the title implies he is “Just another guy” his entries provide a good source of information on his life and his thoughts and feelings, whereas some blogs have a tendency to focus more on the “plugging” side of things.



The navigation is simple, with basic information about the site, hosting and so on.

Overall a pretty average site with nothing particularly exceptional to keep you the reader entertained.

Just another guy