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When first visiting ‘Play’ you are greeted with a basic layout, hosted by blogspot, with most of the content going down the center of the blog with a few links to the right. Nothing flashy, which is good, and it definatly serves this site well.



I would call ‘Play’ a link blog, and one of the more interesting ones I’ve seen. It promises the wierdest news and coolest links, and does not fall short of meeting that promise. The authors post links to different stories and sites they found with some hilarious commentary about them. Until I visited this site I never saw a house cat as large as watermelon (worth a visit in itself), or would have concieved that there was a website out there dedicated to writing poetry about Leo Dicaprio.



The authors ‘gel’ well together, I actually didn’t notice that it was more than one author until I was halfway through the archives. Their writing is funny and descriptive of each link you are going to be visiting.



All in all, it is a very entertaining, very funny site, definatly worth a visit. I would recommend the I.E. browser, many of the links you will visit will not work without it, and I would not visit this site if you are at work or near young children, some of the links lead you to adult content (a few with audio that begins when the page is loaded).



Play

Smart and fashionable. That’s the dictionary definition of “posh”, which I learned from this site. And smart and fashionable are actually two words that describe Lynda’s weblog.



First, the visual aspect of the site. The background that Lynda uses is very colorful and busy, but by the very good use of tables, the general look of the site is very soft and welcoming. Each day presents a different main color of the site, which is very nie for variety’s sake.



One of the best aspects of the look of the site are the pictures that change from time to time along the left hand side of the weblog. The pictures are fun, and add a nice touch to the look of the site.



The content is great. Lynda updates several times a day, and while the entries aren’t always the longest things to read in the world, they don’t need to be. The author gets to the point of her post very quickly, and they’re very entertaining and enjoyable to read.



And, if the weblog entries aren’t enough, Lynda also has another journal that has longer (perhaps more meaningful to the author?) entries available.



This is a really nice site, with great design and great writing. Lynda does a very nice job with it.So Very Posh

First impression? I have no idea what to expect. The website is called Demonblog. I almost think I should be scared.

I read the very thorough “personal” section of the site to get to know the author before diving into weblog, and was glad I did. I learned a lot of information about Marcus, our weblog author, and immediately looked forward to reading more about his life in the Demonblog.

The site design is very … white. With white and black being the only colors used in the design scheme, one would expect the appearance to very dull. However, in this case, Marcus has used the shadowing tool in Photoshop to make the site design a little less boring.



One of my favorite features of the site is a random quote listed between each weblog entry. From lots by Robin Williams quotes to Denis Leary’s perils of wisdom, these random quotes add a bit of good humor to the site.



The posts themselves are also quite entertaining. The majority of the posts involve Marcus giving us the latest information on what’s going on in his life, whether it’s going out on the town or his thoughts and opinions on what’s going on in the world on a national or worldwide level. Just from reading his posts, Marcus portrays himself as being quite worldly and intelligent, so it makes reading things through Marcus’ eyes more entertaining and seem more real.

Another highlight of this site for me was the link to “games” at the top of the site. I played a little mini-golf, which I really sucked at, but Marcus has several links to flash games that can certainly provide hours of entertainment.
Urban Scrawl

My initial impression was a long, low — Whoa!! followed by an appreciative
pause. Some really good design and layout on this site.

Since this blog is new the navigation is yet fairly simple. There are links
to a bio, a links page, a guestbook, etc. on the left, but the blog entries are
all right on the main ‘news’ page.

This is a personal blog, with entries typical of that genre. It has the less
wordy flow of your average ‘guy’ blog (girls tend to say much more about
themselves) but does get into the author’s hobbies (college, gaming, hip-hop,
etc.)

What makes a personal blog good (well, in my opinion, anyway) is how well the
author allows the reader into their mind and life. This blog has a good
beginning, but the author needs to improve his writing style so that we’re not
having to run after him so much (as in trying to figure out what he’s saying) as
well as tell us more about what’s going on. What was the argument with the
friend about? Was this a guy friend or a girl friend? Believe it or not, your
average reader wants to know these things, why else would we be there. Some
people might call in voyeurism, I prefer to think of it as the natural desire we
all have to bond with others, to get to know people and like them. I got to know
Sean (the author of this bog) a little bit, and liked what little I saw. A blog
is an amazing tool for letting all those unnamed, faceless potential friends get
to know you better.

For now it’s a little shallow on the personal bit, but since it’s a new blog
that could very well change. The potential is certainly there.

OFFbEaT – Mixture Online

There’s not much to the weblog portion of this website. From the end of September, there are only about a dozen entries. None of these entries are extremely in depth, with the longest and most heartfelt one being a brief review of the movie Jackass.

Aside from the brief weblog, there’s also a very well put together photo gallery, a separate portion for rants and raves, and a section called “Cult of Mac”. The ranting and raving portion of the site is by far the most opinionated part of the site, and it’s really the only place where you can really read how Sean feels about certain topics. From the available rants and raves, Sean covers everything from girlfriends to the saga in the Middle East to anything and everything technology-related.

Overall, the writing is just okay. There were too many grammatical and spelling errors for me to say it was anything better than that. This is another place where the lack of entries hurt any type of rating I could have give Sean.



The updates don’t come as often as they probably should to keep a steady stream of visitors coming back to the site.

The layout of the site is nice. The navigation menu on the upper left hand side of the site is very slick. The sidebar of links is also a nice touch and lets readers see what Sean is currently reading and listening to. The design is very clean.



This isn’t a terrible site. In order for it to be a great site, however, I needed to see more quality AND more quantity. Once that happens, this could definitely be a site worth visiting.
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