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What a writer! Andrew’s got a great concept going on at Andrew’s Random Notes. It’s a site I would call both educational and entertaining.



He scours the world wide web for news articles he deems noteworthy or interesting and elaborates on those particular articles on a daily basis.



Andrew’s writing is very nice. It’s hard to find the right word to describe it. It’s factual and to the point, yet it doesn’t feel like you’re reading it out of a book. It’s more along the lines of a letter Andrew’s written to the reader elaborating his knowledge on the particular subject at hand.



The site is very well laid out, with an easy navigation system and the exact amount of clarity that a good weblog needs.



Be sure and read the “Site Concept” portion of the site, as it clearly explains Andrew’s purpose and goal with this website.



This is definitely an excellent site to thumb through if you’re looking for opinions about what’s going on in the world. Andrew’s Random Notes

Erin’s Story certainly isn’t going to set your world alight, and at first glance I kind of thought I had struck out on this review due to its basic design and very little else. A web cam is always a nice start, and when you got the blessing of some good looks, well, why not let the world share in it too? Certainly placing a face to a blog can explain a fair few things not to mention add a dimension of personality to it.



The weblog I found rather amusing if anything, not exactly the kind of material you’d find in the study halls of Oxford University, but to the point, no fuss, and almost giving you the feeling of the author as she wrote it. Well I won’t exaggerate, when someone is drunk they don’t post much and when they’re happy we find that the caps lock becomes key of the hour, and as annoying as this is for most people, it almost seemed fitting for this blog. I guess the best thing you can say about this weblog is that its not laboring, Erin doesn’t drivel on, keeps it short and very much too the point, which I found very appealing.



If there’s one thing I would want to enforce about the design of the weblog it’s the use of scroll bars within a site, in particular horizontal scroll bars. In brief, horizontal scroll bars in a blog are plain evil. No one likes reading a blog and then forced to scroll across to catch the last 2 words of a line, and my screen is set to 1024 x 768 so its hardly what you would call small, so perhaps there’s something that can be changed. Resizing images and pictures too could well help here, waiting for a blog to load due to one huge image file can ruin the experience. However the fact that she uses graphics to break up entries etc is refreshing and a feature I liked.



Polls and questions made the site interactive, again something enjoyable to play with, and it does help the old brain stay awake instead of mindless reading all the time. The big plus about this site is there is plenty of information about Erin, her family and her life, and I confess I read through most of it. There’s also some very interesting pictures and animations.



Erin’s Story is light reading, and whilst not being too ‘advanced’ it certainly is interesting enough to want to take a look at. I give Erin’s Story a 2.5 out of 5 though I’m sure a lot of the readers will juggle their vote between 1 and 4. Happy reading!Erin’s Story

This is a very cleanly laid-out site that has a few very well written posts. I’m looking forward to keeping an eye on this journal for further updates.

This journal feels like jazz to me. You know, like the music. It’s all very artistic in tone, and I think that’s the intended feel for the site. Everything’s done in a very classy, unobtrusive manner. Aside from the journal, there are a few details for the reader to peruse. We know which books are being read, which site is being admired, and we’re treated to some really lovely black and white photography. One can even sign up to be notified of updates, if they so desire. There are archives, but they don’t include many entries.

All-in-all, this site is well done! light to carry

WOW!!! Blue and black and my eyes nearly popped out in surprise. This made a nice change from the norm, I was instantly intrigued and hoped that the blog would be as loud as the design.

The weblog has just returned so there was little content there to read!! They seem to be offering video’s of concerts and live music prepared by a member of the weblog. They promise big things, but it is in its early days.

I loved this bold design, it immediately catches your eye and draws you to it! The design sections parts of so that it is easy to navigate around, but unfortunately there are a few dead ends or CGI errors there.

Due the broken links, I am unsure what bonuses are ion this site. I suspect that it will become an Aladdins cave.

The language is abit strong, but not the worse I have ever read!! The design is fantastic but I feel that it is too early to review this with the justice it may deserve.

I think this is a specialist blog and has alot of potential.

ZeroSoft

I make no promises is a very simple looking weblog, but simple is refreshing when so many others are becoming more and more fussy. Anna definitely hasn’t gone for the girly blog.

Anna is an American teenager, actually two days younger than my son, she started this blog in November last year and has posted pretty much every day since. Its exactly what you would expect from a teenagers blog, but its well written, and Anna expresses herself very well for one so young. This blog reminds me of what it was like to be eighteen. There is a lot to read here and it should take you a while to get through it, but its worth every minute in my opinion.

The design of this site is very simple, using a white background with black text and sky blue links. I make no promises is set out in three columns the centre column being the one that houses the main content. The two side columns contain all the other things that this site offers, including links, about, places to go, things to do, pictures, plus a few more. Most of the links work, and the comments section is also used well.

All in all this is a very well thought out, well written weblog, and you cant really ask for much more. It will invariably appeal to the younger audience, but if you are longing to reclaim some of your lost youth go here for a while, you wont regret it. I give it a creditable 3.5

i make no promises