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What is an asiliat exactly? Hmmm….sounds a lot like a well developed bowel complex I think. Could it be a religion? A book club? An elite group of stamp collectors? Highly classified gardeners who mow government lawns perhaps? Should someone be proud of being asiliat or should their actions be frowned upon in today’s society? What happens if you’re non-asiliat? Was Elvis asiliat?

Well I don’t know, there isn’t any such definition of the word on the website. But whatever it is, being asiliat doesn’t sound too bad because this blog is brilliant. Don’t let all the cute cartoons on the main page fool you into thinking this will be a cute blog by some 16 year old girl because under all that is a hilarious guy who goes by the name of LoSir.

Enter into the world of LoSir where stories about work are plenty and motorbikes are mentioned often too. This I think is one of the most enjoyable blogs I’ve read in a while. The author comes across as a down to earth person with lots of real life(“RL” as LoSir refers to it) issues just like everyone else. You can’t help but sympathise with the guy as he writes lines like “More than once have I picked up a piece of clothing, admired it, only to have a friend or worse, the sales, lean over and tell me ‘It’s for girls.’” and “I’ve been crazy before, but I’m a little girlie-man when it comes to rain.” Just what the world needs for sure, another feminine man.

However, the black-grey-white motif of the site is nothing close to womanly. The site works best in IE which means those who use other browsers like for example Opera will have to switch browsers to view this site in it’s full glory. I’d also like to suggest to invest in a commenting/guestbook contraption of some sort so people can provide some feedback. The design is simple and boxy, lacking the finesse the actual blog has mastered, but I think content definitely overrides any quibbles about the appearance here.

While you’re there you should take the time to check out the other sections of the site containing pictures complete with commentary of LoSir at parties, baby pictures and pictures of cars and motorbikes.

So I liked it, I thought it was very entertaining and I’d definitely go visit it again.
being asiliat

The first thing that I noticed on stevenhasty.com is the design. I like it. There is an interesting photo packed against the left side, underneath which is the menu, and the archive list. The very last blog entry made is on the right side. To get to the posts before the very last, you have to go to the archive entry for the current month.



The page about Steven reads as if he was writing it hastily, but still come off as an easy read, and really serve to let you know what kind of person Steven is: “Straight W.A.S.P. male, dissinter, pessimist, teetotaller, non-smoker.”



The writing is highly disjointed. The same post will talk about school, his website, and anything else that seems relevant at the time, but that’s not a bad thing at all. It winds up coming across as if Steven were talking to you, and he’s known you forever.



There are a few parts that seem as if they’re a little on the inside joke side of things. But not to worry, most of it is completely understandable, and there isn’t a single post that I saw that was more than maybe one forth inside joke.



Overall, the site was fun to read, and the design did nothing to hinder me. The content was slightly geared towards a certain type of audience, which could hurt the general appeal of the website, but not all that much.



Content: 3

Design: 3

Fluidity: 4



Overall: 3.5lousypoetry.net

Jon, a.k.a. Apollo, comes off immediately as an individual who knows how he’s been wired, and knows how to work life to its advantages. He seems to be somewhat addicted to almost all things pop-culture. A couple entries here and there gave off a vibe of energy, intelligence, and sometimes self-depricating humor (the best kind, in my book). I’d say that his writing style resembles one you’d get if you crossed living out a character from the movie “Swingers” with the daily rants of Bridget Jones, of “Bridget Jones’ Diary” by Helen Fielding.

The design is clean, and looks good in IE. Simple three-column layout, with the entries in the middle, sandwiched by a sidebar of links on the right, and what looks to be a collection of ‘pop’-y stock photos on the left.

As it turns out, Jon was born in Taiwan, dwells in San Diego, and has been to many points in between. His ‘about’ page is very detailed and candid, providing the reader with a good idea of his interests, lifestyle, and human qualities. Anyone who can appreciate the merits of A Tribe Called Quest, “Death of A Salesman”, “The Wizard Of Oz”, and poking into people’s point of catharsis–all equally–has my vote as a being pretty well-rounded individual.

The blog itself is a personal one. Its entries, whether they be glimpses on daily life, recapping movies he just saw, or touching on his feelings after a night of clubbing, reveal a person who most people his age (24) are likely to relate to i.e., he enjoys hip-hop, video games and many sundry materialistic things, maybe a bit too much. However, I actually found myself wanting to read more, so I went further on into the archives.

Although a small amount of entries are more personal, leaning toward the mundane (talking about cleaning his apartment, dying his hair, etc.,) most of the entries seemed to command my attention. They made me want to take MORE action beyond thinking ‘oh that was a cute story, or joke’, and then moving on to a different site. I say this because he really takes in all that is around him and examines it to its fullest, and his writing reflects this. I imagine he is the kind of person who doesn’t rest a lot in order to not miss a minute. I guess that’s what caused me to want to read more, and I imagine that others come back for more as well.

Although Jon’s sometimes emotionally ‘up’ and ‘down’, throughout his entries, he manages to keep the reader interested, and has us venturing out into the other websites he has, including a blog portal he’s working on, a site for his friends and family to read and view pictures, and his former dance group’s site. He was nearby the area during the WTC attacks on September 11th and gives great insight on just what was going through him and his friends at the time. For me, these entries made reading Inner Life all the more worthwhile.

I think the author has sort of summed up his blog without really realizing it by saying, “…as much as you can rely on [Blogger] to keep updated on people’s lives, remember that is only a tool towards discovering someone’s innards.”

Definitely take a moment to ‘discover the innards’ here. I have, and am likely to continue. innerlife

This is another plain looking blog, with mostly white text on a black

background. Obviously this person does not see the need to do much

in the way of presentational design work. And that’s no bad thing, in

itself, but it does lead me to wonder if the content of the blog will

be somewhat banal. The subtitle, “Ramblings of a Bemused

Anthrophile”, along with the brief introductory blurb, do not

encourage me, but do not put me off, either.

Having now read a good number of entries, on the current page and at

fairly random points in the archives, I find it’s not too bad a blog.

It’s an online diary, to some degree, but not limited to just being a

record of what happens each day. Some entries are a little amusing,

and generally, Deb, the author, has a chatty, familiar style.

However, it seems that it’s a blog that has to be read and followed

for everything to be clear. A lack of any pages summarising

information about Deb doesn’t help. A full set of archives, though,

does.

Deb writes about herself and her life, in which high school and

musicals seem to feature quite strongly. She sounds like someone with

quite an active and varied life, both in and out of school, though her

rambly style (as promised in her subtitle) does leave me a bit unclear

as to the contexts of some activities and relationships. It’s

certainly a personal blog, and with the usual mix of entries found in

such blogs.

There is nothing more to say about the site itself, as it’s just the

blog with archives. But some background information on Deb would

really not go amiss.

Overall, there is nothing particularly special about this blog, and

nothing particularly bad, either. It is just what it is: a personal

blog. Some readers will enjoy it, and some just won’t be interested.

looking for answers from the great beyond…

Hi dave is not written by Dave, its written by Sue. Confused ? It gets worse. I thought I had stumbled into a league of gentlemen site, which I am eminently qualified to review as I used to live approximately seven miles from the location of the said comedy. However, the weblog is quite difficult to find in amongst all the other stuff that makes up this site, follow the diary link not the log link.

This blog should be titled the life and times of a forty-something divorced mother of three. So you will not be surprised when I tell you that this blog is only updated once a week, and this is proper diary stuff. You wont learn anything mind boggling here, but this is someones life so Im not going to judge the content. Unless you are over 30 and have kids dont even bother having a look, you wont get it. I am and I have, and what struck me most was this: About half way through the posts Sue stopped writing at me and started talking to me. She has obviously become more comfortable putting her words onto the page as the time has passed. This blog will get better, there is a lot of humanity here.

The site has a very simple design with all the posts in the centre panel of one page, hence no archives, and there is nothing in the side panels to distract you. The only link on the whole blog didnt work, the colour scheme doesnt set the world on fire, and the java mouse trail drove me mad, I hate them.

There is nothing here to keep me coming back to this site, apart from the fact that I like Sue. Unfortunately I have to be objective and I cant see any reason to recommend this blog to anyone other than the writers family and friends. This site would benefit greatly from a lot more posts, and some links to things that the writer is looking at. I give it a poor 2.

Hi Dave