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Azarok.com
I immediately liked the look of Azarok.com as it opened. Some very nice rotating pictures on the top made me think that the blog would be much more personal and not so friendly to an outside reader. I realized my mistake after reading the first few posts.
Azarok.com is a very entertaining blog, with varied posts, many with photographs that help to make the reading easy and enjoyable. The author is not any sort of poet, and he doesn't intend to be one. Posts are direct, clear, and not in any case badly written.
Although many posts make reference to web related things, others are closer to the personal front. And the good thing is that these personal posts do not drive a new reader away, instead, they are always interesting even if you still don't know who each person mentioned there actually is.
This last point brings one of the highlights of Azarok.com. This is, a complete cast list, including pictures and brief descriptions. This is a great help for a new reader that's just entering the world of Azarok.
The design is simple, and the site doesn't seem to require much more. The colors are well chosen and the design works well with the site.
Azarok.com has other goodies. Many web games that are actually fun are available, tons of photos, jokes and more. Another high point is that the posts are not only ordered chronologically, but also by category.
The thing that Azarok.com could really use is some more reader comments. Many of the posts deserve feedback and there's almost none. So take some time to visit the various sections of Azarok.com and you'll probably find yourself enjoying most of the time you spend there.
This site was reviewed on 2003-03-09 by frozensouth.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
frozensouth felt that Azarok.com deserved a rating of 4.5.
After having read this blog on and off over the last few days and having no clue as to where the title’s name derives from, I finally discovered that the name, Azarok is the name of the character A. J. (the writer) created to play the game EverQuest. Hm … sometimes you just need to probe a bit more in a site to find out what you need.
Now that the mystery of the title has been solved, who is this A.J? A.J. who is also known as “Teefies,” “Big Sexy the Giant Killer,” and “Little Dancin' Buddah,” resides in the city of Dallas, Texas. He’s currently living with his fiancée, Michelle and their five “gatos” as he refers to them and enjoys hanging out with his fiancée and his friends.
On to the blog we go!
A.J. in the last month or so has been keeping his readers notified of website’s updates since he’s been changing his layout. I found his blog so-so overall. He mostly writes about his weekends, little events he’s going to such as birthdays and comedy nights, etc. I liked though that sometimes he posts pictures with his entries because it gives more of a visual sense of his life. I particularly liked some of his more lengthy posts, such as one in January where he discussed gays in the mainstream and another post in December entitled, “Time to stir things up a bit” which I’ll let you go read for yourself. His site read okay, but some of his posts could go through a little editing so the words flow a bit easier.
Other areas of the site are links to other blogs, a bio with info and pictures of friends, a bunch of photo albums, jokes and reviews of comedians and a media section containing games, music and little movies. I found though there was a bit too much “extra” stuff on this site.
The layout’s pretty simple. I like the blue title graphic and how the image on the left hand side changes. The pictures give you a sneak peak at A.J’s life and also what to expect if you check out the photo album.
I didn’t find anything that really set this blog apart from the many I’ve read. If anything, this site gives the reader insight into A.J’s life and what he enjoys doing apart from his time spent online.
I give it a rating of 3.
This site was reviewed on 2003-03-09 by imelda.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
imelda felt that Azarok.com deserved a rating of 3.
2 reviewers gave Azarok.com an average rating of 3.7500
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