HelloSputnik.com – I really had no idea what to expect before I clicked on the link to this site.
The author’s animated recount of his evening at the laundry mat, trying to mathematically justify when each washer and dryer should be started, and the most time and cost efficient way to do so was one of my favorite journal entries.
This is certainly a personal weblog. The author spends time, when he has the free time, informing readers about what’s going on in his life – the good and the not so good. He seems to have a friendly way of writing that invites the reader (or at least me) to come back and check on things at HelloSputnik.com.
I especially like some of the author’s entertaining outlooks on specific news events. Directly from the website, here’s a quote about Saddam Hussein and the U.S.’s recent ploy to remove him from power: “now, he’s probably not fit to manage his country, let alone a Gap store. but why don’t we get together with him for coffee or dinner and talk about our issues first?” I think if we stick Sputnik in office, we’re going to have a little less bombing and a little more competency in GAP management going on.
I never thought brown would grow on me like it did while reading over the weblog at HelloSputnik.com, but it certainly did. The overall layout is great. I really like the title graphic, which features four different pictures of our author. The site has the whole astronaut theme going on, which you probably could have gathered from the name HelloSputnik. You find the weblog by clicking on “transmissions” on the top graphic, and the archives can be found by clicking on “debris” on the side menu bar. It’s a very clever theme and works well with the site.
There are a few sections that are still “Coming soon”, but I have no doubt they’ll be just as fun to check out as the potential behind Sputnik’s “moodSchmood”, which is the author’s attempt to create a personalized mood tracker.
This is one of those sites that you can add to your daily list of weblogs that you read, and feel like you can really get to know the guy behind the writing.hello sputnik