Month: August 2002

Oh, how the word “blinkin” scared me. My biggest fear was that I’d come to “Throbert McGee’s Blinkin’ Blog”, and there’s really be things blinking all over the place. Thankfully, this most certainly was not the case.

The layout that’s used at this weblog is a typical Blogger template, but the colors have been altered, and I like the look it has.

Why “Throbert”? That’s a section of this weblog I’d certainly suggest checking out. Not only was I laughing and nearly clutching my sides from laughing so hard by the time I finished reading it, but it did give quite a bit of insight to the man behind the madness of Throbert McGee and his Blinkin’ Blog.

OPINIONATED. There’s a word that accurately describes this weblog. Another word? How about two – freakin’ hilarious. The disturbing stories of Throbert Jr. (or Throbertina Jr.) are absolutely side-splitting. While it’s so very wrong (no offense, Rob), it’s just so very damn funny.

I started to single out specific entries I liked more than others, but the more I read, the longer that list got. Constantly being updated on Throbert Jr. (or Throbertina Jr.), the neighbors, the bars, the news, movies – it’s all covered throughout this weblog, and it’s all done in an extremely entertaining way.

Rob does a great job of cracking up his readers, but also does a wonderful job of writing in a simple to read yet sometimes mind stimulating manner. It’s not a weblog for dummies.

While you’re visiting Throbert McGee’s Blinkin’ Blog — and you NEED to visit this weblog — don’t forget to pay attention to the tip jar. After all, Throbert Jr. (or Throbertina Jr.) has to eat if he (or she) is going to grow up and become nice and healthy.

Throbert McGee’s Blinkin’ Blog

What we have here is “a blog devoted (mainly) to visual communications in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and healthcare sectors” – clearly not a weblog for the average internet surfer. But it is certainly worth one visit to see what a textbook weblog should look like.



This weblog is very beautifully laid out. The color scheme Lee uses is very professional looking. The general idea of the weblog, its’ title and description, and even the graphic used in the banner all tie together wonderfully.

Lee’s been around the block a time or two when it comes to writing. In accordance with what I read, quality clearly has the upper hand over quantity. And quality is something that proves important when covering topics such as the ones that Lee provides us with.

There’s not a lot to critique at “The Eyes Have It”. It’s all very straight to the point, grammatically correct, and an overall perfect weblog for all its intended purposes.
The Eyes Have It

Prepare yourself. You type www.justafreak.com into your browser’s address field, and you get hit with a yellow screen, a flash intro, and some type of funky techno music. Sounds like it could be a real mess, doesn’t it? This freak pulled it off with style. Even after listening to the music at least a dozen times, I didn’t get tired of it.

Once you move past the flash intro and into the main part of the site, you’ll notice that Steve, the freak behind the scenes of justafreak.com, has put together quite a large website. There is a navigation menu just barely peeking out of the left side of your computer screen, but I found the text menu along the bottom side of the site much more helpful and less cumbersome.

Steve’s weblog has the subtitle “about as good as refried beans”. Depending on your opinion of refried beans, you may or may not deem that an accurate description. The weblog is relatively new (since June 2002), and is updated perhaps every other day. Most if the information that’s posted in the weblog pertains to Steve’s personal life. And since this is clearly a personal weblog, the writing substance fills in nicely.

My first and only thought of improvement would be to be able to read more from Steve on a more consistent basis. However, time constraints play parts in everyone’s lives, and I’ll be content to just read Steve’s weblog when he can and does grace us with his entries.

As I mentioned before, this site is very thorough and extensive. Each section of the site, whether it be the about section, the poetry section, or even my personal favorite – the thoughts section, is very well written and pulls you even figuratively closer to this weblog owner.

Check out this weblog. Why? Because according to Steve, “resistance is futile”.
justafreak

“James Wages Web Design Page” is pretty self-explanatory. It’s a page about web designing and less like a weblog.

For a site that’s about web designing, I would have expected the site itself to be laid out a bit better than it is. I have quite a bit to say about the layout itself such as the color scheme and various usage of fonts, however it’s not really my job to critique the layout.


From what I understand is this is supposed to be a blog about web tips for web designing. But there isn’t much to read except for 5 posts which range from the topics of the width of a page, to keeping your HTML files small to frames


I guess this is a useful site for someone looking, or already familiar with web designing, but over all, I didn’t like it. I think it should be reviewed in a few months, or at least the site should be updated more than just once a month.

James Wages Web Design Page

Wow. If ever a site was made just for me, this was it. I could have cheerfully spent hours surfing through this site. Why? Because it’s dedicated to everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure: reality tv.



First things first: the design. It’s beautiful, in that it’s perfect. Chock-full of helpful links about shows, articles on shows, episode recaps on shows – if you like anything about reality tv, this is one of the best sites I’ve seen. It’s well organized and extremely easy to navigate through. There are so many links it’s impossible for me to tell whether they all work or not, but suffice to say that I didn’t see any while I was surfing around – and I was there quite a long time.



Sure the topic is specific to a particular audience (folks like me), but the great thing is that this website actually has two sections! The second section, which seems to be brand new, is dedicated to essays and commentary on our culture and the blurring of reality and fiction. The first essay is about “TV Turnoff Week” and why he doesn’t like it. Well written and informative, I look forward to more entries to this section of Andy’s site.



I’m going to finish this review so that I can go back to his site – I have a feeling it’s going to become my new addiction (besides reality tv, that is).reality