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orange haired boy
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When I first got to this site, there were falling snowflakes. This is bad enough, but when the snowflakes have to "uncover" the words to be read... oh no. You mean I have to wait ten minutes before I can even read an entry?
Once I get over the distraction of the snowflakes, I look at the template. It's a three column template, which isn't seen nearly as often as the one- and two-column varieties. There are different skin choices, so I can *pick* what the site looks like. Unfortunately, all of these skins also have the falling snow. However, I think this is probably a seasonal thing and the skins are great aside from that. I love the ability to choose.
The entries are pretty short, but interesting. I really feel bad for his friend Elizabeth, and it almost compels me to click the Google ads located below the posts, but I stop myself. There are sprinkled in jokes and shameless gift requests, which I like. It reminds me of my own blog... full of random stuff that doesn't quite fit.
There are quite a bit of extras, hence the third column. Webcams, stat counters, comment statistics, on-line users, the above-mentioned Google ads, and ten tons more stuff. While a lot of this stuff is interesting, all at once it's a bit overwhelming. The three columns are all PACKED, and this isn't so easy on the eyes or the brain.
Overall, this isn't a bad blog at all, but I'd suggest that if you plan on reading it, you do so via RSS. The layout and extras could be quite distracting from the writing itself. I'm going to have to settle with giving this blog a 3, but it will be added to my list of feeds. Let's just hope the feed is a full article rather than a summary!
This site was reviewed on 2005-12-05 by babz.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
babz felt that orange haired boy deserved a rating of 3.
There’s something to be said about a site that just give off a very clean appearance. Orange Haired Boy does just that. It loads in Internet Explorer quickly and flawlessly, greeting readers with black text on a white background. Apropos, the color chosen for the many links throughout the site is orange. The site design, while it is the standard three column layout, was the first thing I noticed, and the first of many things at this site that I enjoyed.
There are the typical sidebar links – a brief about section with a link to even more details about the Orange Haired Boy named Lewis, a webcam, archives, and all those good bits of blog tidbits. For the extremely curious about this blogger’s habits, there’s even sections where you can keep tabs on how many keystrokes Lewis has taken at his computer. Dare I say Lewis might just be teetering on that line of technology-obsessed? From reading his entries, I don’t think he’d mind.
Lewis started blogging at orangehairedboy.com in June 2003, according to his very first post. From there, I just kept reading and reading. It wasn’t difficult to find myself clicking through different links in Lewis’s posts. Most of the posts are very light-hearted, and are often only a short paragraph or two of text. This made Orange Haired Boy a very quick blog to completely and enjoyably navigate through.
Spelling and grammar are strong points of this weblog, which is another aspect that probably makes it so easy to read. When he does make a small spelling mistake, his friends and readers of this blog are sure to point it out, and Lewis certainly takes it in stride.
Right now, living in Florida, Lewis is dealing with the results of the recent string of hurricanes and tropical storms that have battered the state he lives in, as well as training for a brand new job he was very excited about landing. Good luck with both of those new items, Lewis!
While the weblog portion of the site is definitely the main attraction, if you will, I would be remiss to not make mention of the rest of the site. Webloggers will definitely find the scripts portion of the site as a great addition, which include password protecting particular entries and a way to keep track of entry popularity. Lewis writes these scripts himself. I know I’m planning implementing a few of them on my own weblog.
Pop culture, technology/blog goodies, current events – there’s honestly a little something for everyone to read throughout the year and a half of archives. While this Orange Haired Boy doesn’t necessarily get too detailed about many of the things happening in his life, it is easy for readers to not only breeze through his posts, but to also feel a common connection with Lewis just as a regular type of guy.
This site was reviewed on 2004-09-28 by Wendy.
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
Wendy felt that orange haired boy deserved a rating of 4.5.
When I first opened up this blog, I was not very impressed with the layout . It was one of those 3 column layouts (which I am not a big fan of), several links on the left hand side and in the middle as well. The actual posts were on the right hand side.
When I stated earlier that maybe the posts would make up for my disappointment in the layout/design, I was in for another disappointment. I went through the archives and it may have taking me all of an hour to read the entire entries. The posts had very little content in them what so ever. There were a couple of posts about the hurricanes that have been hitting the California area and other posts that had maybe one or two lines. The entries did not contain enough content to keep a reader interested. It took more time for me to go through all of his links etc.
The links on the page also seemed to be scattered all over the place and I found myself becoming really annoyed by this. However, I did like the concept that Lewis has a link on there that enables you to change the skin of his blog. I have said several times before, everyone has different taste. What doesn't work for me, may work for someone else. To sum it all up, this is not a blog I would visit on a regular basis . This site was reviewed on 2004-09-19 by darkangel_00. 3 reviewers gave orange haired boy an average rating of 2.9167
They felt this site belonged in the Personal category.
darkangel_00 felt that orange haired boy deserved a rating of 1.25.
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