The Weblog Review

Another BlogSpot blog with another commonplace template and absolutely no external links. Doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? Well, it isn’t – unless one likes to do little more than read weblogs. And, weblogs are for reading, aren’t they?



What Have I Done is very much a reader’s blog and it is a good read, indeed. The author, an female adult with a family, crafts highly amusing, well-written slice-of-life entries which are worth the time to peruse. The writing at What Have I Done is exceptionally solid with proper, though not stilted, grammar and composition. The author peppers entries with both subtle wit and obvious humor; and, each entry conveys a sense of familiarity with the author and her life.



What Have I Done’s layout is typically Blogger-ish, utilizing a standard Blogger template. There are no external links at What Have I Done, but the entries are archived and all archives are accessible. Readers of What Have I Done will, most likely, yearn for more knowledge about the author and her life; but the weblog will have to suffice as this author apparently does not have her own site.



What Have I Done will appeal mainly to domesticated 30-somethings looking for a like-minded point of view; but, the humor and content within this weblog is appealing to anyone who enjoys a solid personal weblog.What Have I Done?

This site hard to rate because it’s a fairly new website and I didn’t have many posts (9 to be exact) to work with to get a proper feel about the author or what he’s trying to achieve on his site.



The Michael Brown Website is run by Michael Brown who’s an independent filmmaker. He blogged about some movies he liked and watched. I wasn’t quite in tune with what he was talking about since it was about movie and film making. There was mention and also an area on his site about a screenplay he wrote entitled, “Thing on the Doorstep” which was adapted from a short story.



Elsewhere on his site, there are links to articles, a shop, projects and interviews which all don’t have much information. The site’s pretty easy to get around and it’s a clean layout, but nothing fancy.



The one thing I did get from his site is he does enjoy watching movies and talking about them so I’m sure someone who’s into cinematography might like his site.



I’m sure this site will be great in the near future, however I can only rate this site from the current content it has which is not much. He might have wanted to submit the site a few months from now when he has more information to offer his reader.Quixotic Film-making

Good god. Or should I say goddess? With a name of web-goddess I was expecting some cam-girl-I’ll-do-anything-on-my-cam-if-you-buy-me-stuff type pages. Thankfully I was wrong.



First thing I noticed was that there are multiple posts for each day. That is a very good thing. It would also be hypocritical of her as in a recent post she wrote about how she likes sites that update frequently.



All of the posts are about her “real” life and her internet gossip, though the focus is on the later of the two. Currently she is residing in England and going to move to Australia. She is from the states and she makes a lot of comparisons between British life and US life.



The design of her site works real well for her. If you don’t like the color scheme of it, you can change it too, which is always a nice feature.



Her photo section of different events in her life is also a nice addition to the site. The site has a feel to that of a friend who you haven’t seen in a long time, but it doesn’t matter.



This site should be book marked by anyone interested in reading up on a daily life of someone.

web-goddess

This weblog reads like a novel. That’s probably a good thing because the author is in the process of writing one. The richness and cohesiveness of the posts make for an enjoyable read and set it apart from the vast majority of weblogs.



Design-wise, the weblog is simple and straight-forward. The purple text is difficult to read on the black background.



The subject matter covers such topics as commitment and streetwalkers. Heavy stuff. The personality of the author is revealed through carefully chosen words, well thought-out dialogue, and self-consciousness monologues.



The tone of the weblog is deadpan.. kindof depressing. That, and the purple color scheme together left me feeling blue. The author sighs a lot. The whole weblog, in fact, reeks of resignation, fatigue, exhaustion, confusion, ambiguity…



thumbs-up.



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Just like the puppy dog in the name, this site is very charming.



The author posts fully-fleshed out, complete ideas chock full of gems like this one describing a Michael Jackson video:



“A crowd of dopey white people stood around, slack-jawed and amazed, as if they had never seen that Fred Astaire movie from 50 years ago.”



..and this one describing post-apocalyptic equiptment:



“I am not physically fit so hand to hand combat is out for me, and I guess I wouldn’t be too good against a scimitar in a knife fight. So I want a gun. And not one of those little ladies’ guns, either. I need one of those big boo-ya ones.”



Design-wise, the site seems to be a generic template… it looks exactly like http://www.cloudwrangler.com/ Either that or someone borrowed someone’s design. Anyhow, that’s kindof lame. The design does, however, serve the delightful content up nicely without being gaudy.



The author’s age and musical tastes are distinctive and add a uniqueness and personality to this weblog. The occasional photograph are interesting and really spice up the posts.



The entries alternate between “cohesive, significant subjects”, and “these are the things that I did today”. The author’s writing style presents even the mundane as compelling.



This weblog is mature, thoughtful, and thorough. Quality, all around.



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