The Weblog Review

“Sheherazade: one thousand and one nights” is quite a good site. The
layout’s nice with a blurred image of a girl sitting down on the left side
of the site, however I’m not a fan of layout of the navigation area which is
inside a small window where I have to scroll around to find information.

I really liked her writing once I got to reading. I found myself laughing a
bit at some things Sara, the author said like when she was on some car trip
and said she kept throwing up. Then she went on to say, “i think i was food
poisoned or something. or maybe it was nausea from the car trip. either way,
it was NASTY. ugh, i’m still dizzy now. but i just had the yummiest
popsicle.” I love it, here she was going on and on about throwing up and
then she goes and eats. Along with being funny at times, I also was able to
identify with her on occasion like when she was talking about how a
friendship of hers was falling apart to the point where they could no long
talk to each other when they were around each other.

In addition to her blog, she has your standard links and photo pages and a
bio section where she shares her other interests. Another section contains
her opinions and feelings on controversial topics such as faith which make
for an interesting read.

Sara definitely has some good stuff to say and I like how she expresses her
thoughts and feelings through her posts. I like that Sara’s voice was came
through her writing which makes reading her site enjoyable.

*I reviewed this site a while back and didn’t give it the best of reviews
for various reasons and later was notified that the site was
having some problems, so it was only fair that I re-review it.
sheherazade: one thousand and one nights

I can’t say when I fist saw this blog that their was anything particularly striking about it, but neither can I say that I didn’t find the simple design intriguing.



The author writes with a passion and this particular passion is about music. It felt as though the writer truly cared about what he was writing, it felt like the reader was being let into part of his passion. Although not all entries are about music, but even those that aren’t seem interesting anyway.



The design is simple to put it nicely. However this doesn’t take anything away from the blog its self. All the links work to the best of my knowledge.



Apart from the blog itself the only other thing was a lot of links to other sites of the same genre.



I will definitely be back, even though I didn’t fit into the target audience I still enjoyed the blog.

ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?

Firstly I noticed the warm homely sensation that overcame me as soon as I saw the “leafy version”, this made the Weblog feel very inviting, and this was a definite bonus as it made you wish to read what the writer had to say.



The posts although long and frequent, were highly un-amusing and left me bored. They tackle the usual mundane day-to-day life that nobody really wants to spend their free time reading unless they have to. It doesn’t seem as though the author cares about whether the reader likes what they’re writing either, which is always a down point.



The design is warm and homely, perfect for this time of year. The Weblog its self doesn’t do the design justice. The colours work well together. There were no broken links either which is a good thing.



Other than the Weblog there really isn’t that much else to do, except read a little more about the author.



I personally wouldn’t visit this site again; it lacks that special spark that makes you want to read what the author says. Although I fit the target audience, I highly doubt whether 15 year olds would find this interesting in the least.

charming delusions

It would be nice to be able to actually read the weblog being reviewed. At Syphid Corp, this proves nearly impossible.



The tone on tone, silver on white layout at Syphid Corp is striking but tremendously hard on the eyes. The reader must strain to read almost every post and the posts, themselves, may not be of interest to anyone outside of this group weblog’s membership. Anime seems to be the major topic of discussion at Syphid Corp and it appears that the members are creating their own Anime story from the ground up, working on characterizations, plot and the like. This, in and of itself, seems a noble venture; but, it does not necessarily make for an interesting read for the casual weblog reader. Entries which focus on topics such as current events and the state of the Internet are much more enjoyable. However, Syphid Corp is the group weblog of a larger venture (whose homepage is currently under construction) and, as such, it displays and focuses upon the primary interests of the group’s members.



The layout of Syphid Corp’s weblog is attractive and elegant, yet the posts are extremely difficult to read due to the lack of contrast between the font and content area background. Links are kept to a side menu area and all appear to be in working order. The inclusion of the URLs and/or email addresses of the weblog’s members is both a practical and welcome addition to the layout.



Assuredly, there is a niche for the Syphid Corp weblog, perhaps among those interested in creating Anime. But, for the casual reader, there is very little here to explore, understand or greatly enjoy.





syphid corp

Yet another chick blog. Yet another well-designed table layout. Yet another bout of somewhat senseless rambling posted to the Internet for mass consumption. Yet another nice layout. The layout was mentioned already, wasn’t it?



Charming Delusions’ layout, a crisp use of tables which views equally well in MSIE 5.5 and NS 6.1, is certainly the best aspect of the site. This is not to say that all of the author’s entries are without merit. To be certain, many of the author’s entries are quite entertaining if one does not mind the style of writing, which is reminiscent of a teen’s diary but not nearly at titillating. The 21 year old author mainly discusses events in her personal and academic life, but often makes references to people who are unknown and poorly defined for the reader. A bit more background, within each entry, of the people and events being discussed would prove helpful to the average reader and would make the entries a bit less confusing.



The author’s composition is fair, but the lack of capitalization and the occasional use of double periods at the end of sentences are wearisome and detract from the content within the entries. This unusual writing style, combined with the author’s tendency to ramble and/or jump abruptly from one topic to the next, will remind reader’s of a teen blog. A “cleanup” of the author’s writing style could only enhance the quality of her entries and, as result, improve the overall appeal of the entire weblog.



Charming Delusions features links to various other weblogs as well as links to the site’s past layouts. The archive links work and there are music, photos, and biography sections within the site. The site is truly well-designed and is easily navigable.



Charming Delusions will appeal mainly to female readers, 16 – 24, as well as college students. Charming Delusions is not the most content abundant nor witty weblog to be found, but it is worth a look.





charming delusions