Month: January 1970

ctrl-alt-ego is a weblog that is probably best described as ‘worthy’. It’s probably not among the very best weblogs out there, but it’s certainly a good read that now resides in my favourites ‘tween CamWorld and Coolstop.



The design, which is dead new at the time of writing, seems pretty much at odds with the content, a punchy, square and mainly functional effort that clashes with the warmhearted tone almost as much as the beige clashes with the orange.



This weblog as been going for a while (20 months is a long time in weblog terms) and the authoress has been gradually improving. The result is a thoroughly pleasant journal style blog. Being introspective without being narcissistic is a balance few authors can achieve, but here it’s accomplished confidently.



I marked this weblog down for lacking a ‘killer hook’ to keep me coming back for more. However, I imagine that with repeat reading, as with many biologs, one could get easily attached to the “story”, and certainly the quality of the posts is good enough to encourage this.ctrl-alt-ego

What an interesting site to read. Most of the teen sites that I read, I have a hard time getting into them. But for some reason I was easily caught up in this weblog.



The reason I got caught up so quickly is because her weblog almost reads like fiction. She kind of hints at this, but it is her real life that is going on. One of her more recent posts talks about imagining what the authors actually look like based on the writing. I was able to imagine all of her posts. Very good job.



The design is very simple. Everything is to the right of the screen. One of those I am going to be different type designs. The links to other parts are these little pink buttons at the top. Very hard to find. I wish there was a little bit more direction for those, as I originally thought they were just there for looks.



Overall a good teen weblog that will go somewhere. I recomend getting into it now so you can say you read it first before any of your friends.

Absolut

This site didn’t have very much once I was done reading all of it. There are only a small number of posts, but they have been there since October so I went ahead and read all of them.



From what I can gather, this is a weblog about someone who is very lazy (based on the title and hints in the posts and of course the first post) and wants to share some laziness with people. However, a fair amount of posts are not like that at all, and are just short little brief posts about random things.



English is not the primary language of the author, but that is ok. It gives us a little bit more info about who the author is. I wish there was an about page, as it would have been very helpful.



The design on the front page is very nice and clean. Though going into the archives one sees a different design which I think is a better one. Neither of them are out of this world, must see designs, but they are clean and simple.



With some lengthy days between some of the posts, this is a good occassional blog. If the author would post more often, and have a better direction for the weblog itself I think it would be very good.

I Am A Loafer

When first entering the site one doesn’t know what to expect. With the name of Tha B_List, I was expecting some list thing, but I don’t know what. From what I got out of reading the site, it is merely just a reference to “B” lists like B movies, or B actors, or B musicians. Not quite the top of the game. With that figured out, I was prepared to have a good time here.



That is what I did have too. A lot of the posts are very funny, as the author has a very good sense of humor. There is an occasional serious post, but that doesn’t deter from the site at all.



My personal favorite post of his was the mock interview with Usama Bin Laden. In a time of mass-news media he was able to make light of the current situation.



The design of the site is just a template. Nothing too fancy, but then it is a template. Some of the pictures were not loading correctly, but they were not needed to enjoy the site. There are some other minor problems, but nothing too major.



Overall if you want a good laugh, you should go check out this site. I spent a good hour or so just reading movie reviews and interviews. Very good time can be had at this site.

Tha B_List

Well, upon entering this site, I was presented with a news-type interface. Clean design, nice, small text. It looked clean enough to eat off of…metaphorically speaking…



The actual weblog consists of fake news stories. I really enjoyed reading this site and found myself going back for me. There’s really nothing to say other than “laugh a second” yeah, that’s right.



Design… what can I say? Bad? Hardly. Good? Hardly. Excellent? Getting warmer. Flat out astounding. The top gives you a nice toolbar, with a semi-transpaent gangster hat on the right, and the logo image at the very top. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better design, simple, fresh, clean.



There’s other sections, too, like “Music”. But I think those are only so you don’t die lauging. Seriously. But even those are funny, too!



Overall, this site gets at 6. But I cna’t go that high, so I’ll pick a 5. This site is certainly one of the best sites I’ve seen in a long time. More people should heed their advice.Thugg.org