“Part geek, part chicâ€, the caption says. Okay. It’s clearly a woman’s blog. I expected to find a lot of geek talk, but nah. There is just enough. As for the chic part, I don’t know.
As I read through, I have the impression that I have already read this blog. There’s something about the topics and the style. And yes!, I figured it out. This is Chandra –and you’ll find a very net profile of hers- and she used to post in another blog, Chandra’s Realm. Okay, it wasn’t that difficult to find that out, but I’m feeling like some kind of female Sherlock from the tropics (oh, yeah, so lame). It was good to see that I was familiar with the style. It would be a bad thing, I guess, if she had changed styles completely.
She writes about geek stuff, yes, but it’s not what is really important. She writes about… her life. The file of a married woman in her mid-twenties, who is really passionate about animals – especially cats. In her latest entries, you’ll find out about her yet to happen trip to New Orleans, where she will help rescuing pets that have been left behind. Oh, well, if that isn’t cool, I don’t know what is. She talks about politics, about being a vegan, about volunteer work. Posts are organized in categories. Finding an archive was impossible, but you can search inside her blog (if you know what you’re looking for, which would really help). I read all 4 pages available (her homepage is oddly presented that way) and couldn’t stop reading.
Design-wise, the blog is very simple but yet pretty. There are way too many banners on the side columns, though. She is into so many things, it’s hard to find your way around. All links work fine. And you can communicate with her by posting comments.
All things considered, I liked this blog. It’s not about anything in particular, it’s just about Chandra’s life, an ordinary person who writes in a very simple, personal and catchy way. I’ll give it a 4.
Chandra’s Realm