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The first thing I thought when I saw this site was “wow”. It looked like was going to be a good site from the outset. The colours, or rather the lack of colours used in the design, helped make the images stand out and gave the site a very pleasant feel, now for the content.

After initially being impressed, I was hoping this would continue, and that I would find interesting and exciting content. I was not disappointed. Often I find the difference between a good and a great weblog is how natural the writing seems. The author shows a natural flare for writing interesting and creative entries. This impressed me.

The site doesn’t have a massive collection of gimmicks or a collection of extras that are rarely viewed. Instead the author has chosen to go for quality rather than quantity and there for, there are only two main sections on the site, words and images. The words section is the weblog and the images section is a collection of very professional pictures that fits nicely into the site.

The design itself is functional and uses a sensible archiving system. The navigation is straightforward and easy to use.

The content of this site is high quality and the design of the site is sensible. I was pleasantly surprised by the site as a whole, and because of the quality, the lack of extras is certainly not a bad thing as it just makes the site easier to use. This site is certainly worth visiting.
then you discover…

With a name like saucyspot I wasn’t sure what I was going to get into. It could be a number of different things, most of which I left to the imagination.

What I found was a pretty standard blog. The color scheme was original (whites, blacks, grays, and oranges) however it seems to be the start of the new fad in colors. The layout is your standard two column layout with the content being on the left side and navigation on the right. While looking at the content in the columns, I noticed that the site was valid xhtml and css as per w3 and then it hit me; this site looked like all the other sites that validate their code through the w3. Don’t get me wrong, I think valid code is great, but why do most of these sites look alike?

The weblog itself is nothing new. It is your same old stuff of posting random things that are thought of. The writing is of good quality with no spelling or grammatical errors that I noticed. I was hoping for something to strike me as a must read entry, but like the design of the site, I found it reading much like a lot of weblogs today.

So after looking over the weblog for some golden nugget, I went to the about page. Of course, the about page lead me to a FAQ page, which was a little confusing. Of course, when I went to the FAQ page, it read more like an about page.

Over all you have a fairly standard and average weblog. I am sure that it will just jump right out and scream read me to some people, while others will not be interested. I recommend at least taking a look at it to see if it is a weblog of interest for you.
saucyspot

There are some blog templates that are just way too overused. One of them is the one that is currently residing at Media Yenta. Maybe it’s the standard Blogspot template, but if I run into one more blog with that template I shall hang myself from the rafters. The only saving grace for Media Yenta is the fact that the writer did insert a custom graphic to break up the homogenized madness of the template.

Media Yenta claims to contain “creative critiques, sarcasm, and misspellings about TV and the media”. I don’t know that I would necessarily disagree with that. I think the blog delivers what it promises. Some of the writer’s ideas are right on, and other entries just fall short of being funny and sometimes end up being trite. Despite the fact that I hate this template, I wanted to like this blog.

The writer of Media Yenta tells the reader to “enjoy the typos,” but I can honestly say that it drove me insane. Please use a spellcheck before you post. Please. The misspellings, bad grammar, and random capitalization are really irksome and detract from my enjoyment of the writing. I suggest making sure all the entries have the same template, and adding an “About Me” page. I’d be interested in finding out something about the writer of Media Yenta – sometimes it helps me to enjoy a blog more when I know something about the writer. The archive navigation is a little funky, sort of out of order. If the template were changed into something more appropriate of the subject matter and the typos were cleaned up, I might enjoy this blog a lot more.

I’m not such a huge fan of media info blogs, but Media Yenta isn’t bad. I might come back for a read sometime in the future.

Media Yenta

Dragondrop is the name of the author’s home in jolly old England and now his website. The site is laid out so everything is easy to use and access.

The blog is the typical ‘what-is-going-on-in-my-life’. The entries are pretty diverse. Some interesting, some personal, some strange. Most of the entries are from Matt with a few by Eirene (his wife). Spelling is occasionally an issue, the first words on the about page “No real rason dêtre” (raison d’être?) made a poor first impression. The blog isn’t this site’s strength, although I did enjoy the his British diction and it will be interesting to see his kids grow-up online.

What I thought was the most enjoyable thing about this site was the watchcam adventures. The author takes his Casio ‘WQV-1’ where ever he roams and creates photo journals. The photos are really cool but very small (most are 176 x 144) and you can’t enlarge them (which is a shame). Regardless, the pics are human nature at its best with some artsy ideas tossed in as well. Isn’t technology grand?? Clearly the author really enjoys the ‘cam and it shows. Keep the adventures coming!

In spite of a ho-hum blog – I really enjoyed the Webcam adventures, which pulled this site up from mediocrity. Cheers!
DragonDrop.org + Watchcam Adventures

WARNING: Do not intake any liquids before viewing this site. Failure to comply with this warning will cause you to spit said liquids all over your desk.

This site is just that funny.

Bertha Mae, Festus Joe, Bubba J, Thelma Jo, Bosephus, and Scooter Ray are all members of the Trailer Trash Family, and they all take turns posting in this weblog. But it’s not all fun and games, folks.

Bertha Mae’s not shy about sharing her opinions on the daily news, supplying us not only with the links to various news articles but also her unique thoughts on the situation.

Festus Joe and his dreams of becoming an Olympic athlete, Bertha Mae’s quest to find out how video tape manufacturers know how big her television set is when they format movies to fit her television screen, and several other stories from the trailer are entries you’ll find scattered about the site.



The Foto Album, Fixins from the Hotplate, the family bios – lots of extra goodies here that are definitely work checking out.



The layout is simple. It’s yellow and it’s not really pretty, but it works for the site. The images of the clan posted along the right hand side of the weblog are a great addition to the site.

It’s hard to describe this site. It’s hilarious, which is the point of having a site like this, and I’d definitely recommend spending some time getting to know the Trailer Trash Family. Who knows – you might just have something in common with them!

My Trailer is Bigger Than Your Trailer