The Weblog Review

This site has some links to some pretty cool sites. I don’t know if they post the “ultimate insults,” but they do come out with some funny links to sites.



One link was on the history of the can … meaning the canned food you buy at the store that stays good for months. The site gives you a timeline of the evolution of the tin can and the different label changes of various products like Pepsi and other drinks. I liked the Orange soda one personally.



Another link I liked was the “Stick Figure Theater of Death” which is pretty self explanatory. The site has little animations of stick figures in different scenarios and they die. There was one of the boy bands and the come out dancing with the same moves and they all get killed.



The Alcohol Warnings link was funny because of the animations of different situations. The animations are of the little pics you’d see on bathroom doors to distinguish which one was for men and women. But it was just funny to watch because I’m sure we all know someone who’s been so drunk they make a fool of themselves in public.



Apart from the log, there are links to other funny sites with similar links which are good, a store to buy stuff with the site’s logo printed on it.



It’s a good site to check out for funny links.The Ultimate Insult

I had a hard time getting into this site. The site’s runned by an early high school boy who write a few sentences per post. His posts tended to just be about school and a few of his friends. But I just wasn’t able to be drawned into his writing. “At my school, there has been a sudden boom in hackey sack (is this a tm?). An old trend is being brought back. People play it at recess and before class.”



Apart from this blog, there are other parts of his site like poetry, photography, links and a little area about him.



Overall I wasn’t too impressed, but if you’re in high school or around that age, then you might like this site and be able to relate to it better.The GLass Hammer

The navigation is tricky and ambiguous. It’s the single most paralyzing and frustrating feature of this site. The drop-down Javascript menu is clunky and actually ceases to work after clicking several of the links requiring a refresh.



The ambiguity of the navigation is another stumbling block. The top level categoes are not intuitively named: SITE, CONTENT, JESSCA. And there are ambiguous subcategories therein: Weblob, Weblog Archives, My Diary. Also, “layouts” and “past layouts” are in two different categories. Very unintuitive.



The author creates website layouts that are actually very good.



The blue text on the lighter-shade-of-blue background is draining to read and could benefit by a higher contrast color scheme.



As far as content goes, the majority of the entries can be described as “reactionary”. The site is chock full of (quality) links and her sentence or two response to them. Very little substance. The links were enjoyable to visit.



After reading the entire site I didn’t feel like was any closer to knowing the author.



The layout is rather bland, (surprisingly considering the author’s obvious design talent) but promising. Once the links are fixed, the sections are fleshed out with content, and the navigation is less ambiguously named, this site holds a lot of promise.



fin.

jessca.com

Wow. rc6.org is choc-full of information for computer geeks like myself. Trying to remain as objective as possible when reviewing such a site is difficult for me. It was difficult find something I didn’t like.



The weblog part of the site is a collection of news from around the Internet, mostly relating to computers, the web, and technology in general. The byline in the title of the site says “Web news on steroids”, and that pretty much sums it up. Come to rc6.org if you want good news with none of the fluff or advertising.



It took me a while just to soak in the first page. Once I ventured beyond it, I found a lot more stuff to keep me interested, though signing up for a user account was necessary to see much of it. However, once I became a member, I was given my own weblog section, among other things.



There were news feeds, collaborative books (the site even has it’s own user manual), and blogs from other site users. From what I could tell, the site must be either relatively young or a very well-kept secret. Not too many people were responding to articles, and there were only two entries in the guestbook.



The design of the site was a sharp, clean, modern style seen more and more these days. The color scheme was decent, and the menus were easily navigatable.



I forsee great things for this website, especially if the owner keeps up the meticulous organization and smooth implementation. As people find it, they will see it’s value as a centralized, advertisement-free portal of news and information. I know I will be going back.rc6.org

With a name like nerdBlog, one doesn’t quiet know what to expect. The first thing I read was she digs WWF, so that is a bonus. But back to her sites review. I really didn’t enjoy the pink links. I know it works for her, but some pages, the pink links on white backgrounds… Eh.



But she writes this weblog for a reason, to write, not to design and intrigue you with her Photoshop skills (though she likes working with Photoshop). Her posts are really interesting to me. I never knew what it was like from a female’s point of view on being a programmer and now I know.



Other things I found amusing. Under her list of hates, is Microsoft. Where is she working? Microsoft. Of course, she hasn’t even started there yet (in training) so it might get crossed off. Also she digs Macs which is another bonus point in my eyes. I really enjoyed this site. What she had to say really related to me and what I believe/think/live so big props to you.nerdBLOG