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Studied Authenticity
This is a re-review of Studied Authenticity
While I know that the biggest percentage of internet users probably includes the majority of people using a 1028x768 screen resolution. I, however, am not at this moment in time, and because of that, I had to scroll from side to side to read entries on the main page. It looks like this is just caused my the placement of images in certain monthly archives.
I was absurdly amused by the FAQ section of the site. Perhaps it was, for the most part, made up, but I still found a lot of interesting information about the author and the "Studied Authenticity" weblog - personal information about the author, like his pets or his current living situation, and information on how the weblog got its name and the initial purpose behind it all.
In addition to the "witty banter and links", there's also a link to some of the author's personal poetry. The standard external links to other weblogs the author reads, links to the books he's reading through Amazon.com, and the archived months are listed along the right side of this standard Blogger template.
Most of the posts I read through related back to some form of pop culture. Combining a review of the Ben Affleck/Samuel Jackson movie "Changing Lanes" along with a comparison of how the movie relates to his daily life is one of the many entries that stood out when reading back through the archives. The author is genuinely funny, with the type of slightly dry, offbeat sense of humor that not everyone's going to get.
He throws in a great diversion of humorous images throughout some of his entries to break up the stream of constant text. Another fun addition is the way the author uses phrases like "The Lord sayeth unto me, 'Yo nigga, I done gots some revelations fo yo dumb ass!'" as a title for a weblog entry, turned essay-length rant the author claims "really went nowhere".
Topically speaking, readers are going to find a broad range of subjects to read about. The author, through his writing, seems very passionate about any subject matter at hand. Whatever he feels like talking about is always backed with strong opinion and plenty of explanation.
Reading a weblog from someone that appears as confident as this author is always refreshing, and even helps build confidence in your own opinion on matters. So, in all, this weblog is ideal for those that have opinions or enjoy reading the opinions of others and are looking for a little more than just the standard day-to-day updates of someone's every day life.
This site was reviewed on 2003-05-14 by Wendy.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Wendy felt that Studied Authenticity deserved a rating of 3.5.
Studied Authenticity is a template site that has not been modified at all. It looks the same as hundreds of other blogs, and so I wasn’t expecting anything remotely unique about the writing. Studied Authenticity’s FAQ claims the blog “will chronicle a real life.”
Studied Authenticity does chronicle the writer’s life – he reads a lot, sees movies, plays video games. He’s interested in sports. In between the posts about the writer's day-to-day, there are some interesting entries. There’s this whole thing with the writer’s drug use and his family finding out that is thought-provoking stuff. The blog could be improved measurably if the writer would write more about how he feels about things and less about his activities on a daily basis. The entries he has that are fleshed out are pretty good.
As noted, this blog needs some personality added to the design to make it stand out from other sites. In the FAQ the writer mentions that he thinks people should be drawn to his blog for the content alone. In an ideal world, yes, people would come to read the words. But it certainly helps to have an attractive design. And unfortunately, there are some problems with linkage. All links open in a new window, which makes it necessary to keep closing windows and that can get annoying. None of the links to the FAQ, poetry page, or any archives are valid from older entries. Perhaps the writer did some maintenance work and didn’t change the URLs. Whatever the reason, it makes it very difficult to read through the archives. Some of the graphic links are broken in older entries.
There aren’t a lot of extras at Studied Authenticity. The writer has a link to some of his poetry. There is commenting capability. There are also links to other blogs the writer reads, links to sites he frequents, and links to books, movies, and music that he’s interested in. Studied Authenticity’s FAQ isn’t particularly revealing about the writer.
Overall, Studied Authenticity does what it claims to do – it chronicles the writer’s life. The design, while common, is functional. I’m not sure that I would return for another read, however.
This site was reviewed on 2002-11-08 by nicole.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
nicole felt that Studied Authenticity deserved a rating of 2.5.
2 reviewers gave Studied Authenticity an average rating of 3.0000
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