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This webmaster knows what hes doing, the layout is pretty nice, and his logs are enjoying to read. What i liked was how, in his logs, he keeps everything to the point and doesn’t blab on and on. This makes it an easy read but one draw back is that you cant really feel what he’s thinking. There is a very thin line between too much and too little content. I think he knows what he wants to say but he has difficulty in conveying that information to you and me. He also doesnt have that many links on his site, his logs are about it. I know its all about the logs but most people won’t just go to a site to read how hes gotted his paycheck and then hes gonna get stoned off his you know what. Finally, even though the sit has a great layout I wish he would have more ‘eye candy.’ By that i meen things to keep the reader looking at the screen. Brown on brown is kind of boring and it doesnt really draw your eye to the screen. Dont get me wrong it is a great site but it needs a bit of work. I give it a 3.5



DarKnightCaptain Spanky

Asian Bastard: humourous, snide and a bit bizarre. Should be worth a visit then.



Design wise there aren’t any problems with the site; he’s gone for the safe route of a three column layout with a long list of links down the right and some fancy sushi-inspired buttons on the left for navigation.



The content is rich and engaging, and he displays a quirky sense of humour that I’m sure most people will enjoy. A lot of the posts are similar to whatever else is doing the rounds on the blog scene, but what original stuff there is is often interesting.



Also provided with every post is the “confessional”, where readers are invited to leave their own comments.Asianbastard

Unfortunately, on this site, some of the CSS positioning means some parts of the page overlap others. This means you can’t see some of the writing. Now, that’s probably just me, but still. Although it isn’t incredibly bad, it is a little annoying.



The design’s pretty good, the owner states in the “about” section that it was based on an old layout of another site, but that doesn’t detract from it. Apart from the problem I mentioned, the design’s quite interesting.



The blog itself is about a 17 year old male, who obviously runs the blog as a hobby, and writes about his life and site. I’d say more about the site than his life, but you still find out a few interesting things.empty-life

The layout, although simple is an effective way of displaying the blog, not an actual site, more of a page.

More content , ie profiles of the bloggers etc would be a nice extra, the colors work well together and overall a nice job. Blurgh Bloggers

This is a truly beautiful website, and it’s just a terrible shame that it takes so long to download. However, whilst you wait for it to come down you can marvel at the transparency effects on the menu system – it looks particularly sophisticated (the layout I am referring to is entitled “mix3”, so if it isn’t the one when you arrive, and trust me, you’ll know, you should change to that immediately).



Unfortunately here are enough rough edges to spoil the site. The alternative layouts offered do nothing, and lack the gusto that ‘mix3’ provides. Also, this is one of the few blogs to have kept faith with Times New Roman and underlined links. It is possible to view comments made on each post, but I was unable to find an “add comment” link anywhere, and so all of the links read “0 comments”, which is a little sorry-looking.



The background image, although beautiful and well-implemented, is too wide; this adds to the download time, and there’s no reason for me to want to scroll sideways anyway. The navigation style does not hold all the way down the left hand side (starting with images and ending in normal text), nor does it extend much past the first page; this all spoils an otherwise clever and original design.



The author’s interest in anime and Japanese culture is reasonably well represented both in terms of design and content, but unfortunately the posts didn’t hold my attention as well as the appearance did.



This is one of those sites that has enough going for it to warrant a visit, but unless one or two of the site’s idiosyncracies are patched up, I’m not sure how many will return.Friezlog