The Weblog Review

When I first looked at Green|gabbo I was not impressed.

First of all the layout is pretty dull.

Its text with a green border and black everywhere else.

On the plus side at least white on black can be read.

The actual blog itself is another matter.

It is at times interesting and the posts are fairly random.

Which is no bad thing. At least that way it isn’t like a episode of Neighbours where if

you miss one then you’ve missed the next 2 weeks plot 🙂



I found it pretty dull at first but the more you read the more it grows on you.

If your looking for a nice blog that’s updated often then its worth taking a lookgreen|gabbro

With the title “Pandora’s Boxers,” I really wasn’t sure what to expect. Maybe all site with all this stuff to check out and surf through. However, to my surprise, it was just a simple site of a personal site full of tidbits about a girl’s online and offline life and quickly discovered someone who has something to talk about.



Her posts are fairly lengthy, but what’s great about her posts is she has something to say. That’s what made her blog interesting is she is discussing things that mean something to her, rather it be relationships, warding off horny guys online, or saying by living with her mom she will never own a dog when she moves out. What kept me reading is she has an opinion and isn’t afraid to come out with it. Pandora’s Boxers

From a design standpoint, erin’s blog is attractive and easy on the eyes, if nothing dramatic. The blue colour scheme is well augmented by the occasional touch of green and red, and the choice of a plain white background helps the text stand out and makes it an easy and comfortable read.



Navigationally, the site is okay, but if you end up at the gigglechick front page, don’t expect to be able to find erin’s blog too easily.



Content-wise, the blog itself is nothing substantial. More one line comments and from time to time an anecdote, there isn’t much here to draw the reader in with.



On a more upbeat note, erin’s rants are on the whole far more entertaining, with more wit and humour in each one than in most of blog.gigglechick.com

Evil Pixie offers the perspective and opinions of a “wife, mother of one, geek wannabe looking for a life!” Read into that what you will – there is an audience for this kind of blog, that’s true, but whether or not others will be interested in it is another matter entirely.



The design is a bit of a nightmare, honestly, although in it’s defence it doesn’t look like many of the blogs of today. Instead it looks like so many of the sites of yesteryear, the mid-nineties, a time when links were all buttons with a coloured border suggestive of a link. The paragraphs all too often flow into a single stream, and the choice of colours makes easy browsing more difficult.



The site’s content is reasonable, although an acquired taste. There are plenty of touching moments, although this reads like a Robin Williams script; perhaps too sentimental for most tastes. But that’s fine. This site has it’s audience and I don’t think much else matters.Evil Pixie

The writer at Chicks Dig UNIX is a guy called Cliff, who is honest enough to admit to not wanting to be a web developer. It takes a brave man to say that these days. Instead, he’s studying to become a systems administrator.



The blog itself is mildly interesting, although he has a tendency to rattle through unimportant details (eg “I bought and ate a slice of pizza on the way home even though I have a pizza in the freezer.”) whenever he doesn’t have anything more important to say.



Design wise the site is okay, but not particularly inspiring. I don’t think the layout fits the content: the posts are too long to have so much page width devoted to them, and that coupled with the lack of gaps between paragraphs leads to tired eyes a little too quickly.



There is some good stuff, and feeds from The Register and Slashdot help spruce things up a little. chicks dig unix