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On first glance there’s nothing that separates this site from any other blog site on the web, no fancy graphics, no internal links, just a lot of good old fashioned blogging. The whole idea of Weblog Review is to review the actual blog, so it took a fair effort to ignore the lack of ‘extras’ and concentrate solely on my purpose being here, read the blog and review it. So here we go;

Just reading the first paragraph was enough to get me interested, actually anything about food will pretty much do that for me, but being tucked away in the land down under its always exciting to see what those wacky Americans are cooking up next, in this case deep-fried Oreos (which I believe is a chocolate biscuit?). Detailed and descriptive I was intrigued enough to stay interested in reading the blog for a lengthy period of time, and the writing is light and easy to read. Spelling and grammar-wise I couldn’t fault it, class act all the way.

The design… well I promised not to be too harsh here so I won’t. It’s a straight blog, limited graphics, but clean and neat so there isn’t too much more you could ask for. Comments are always nice too, it saves writing emails and you can share your thoughts with the author and other readers. Big heading break up the blog too which I rather liked, it just makes it so much easier on the eyes. Nice good sized fonts too.

My only comment to the author would be a bio page, I feel every review I do I say the same thing, bio’s are important to get some idea of the person your reading about. Its fine if you read it every day, but for me its pretty much guess work on who she is in the larger scope. Again you can live without it, but hey, it helps.

Overall I enjoyed reading ‘They Won’t Buy the Cow’, its one of the more interesting blogs going around at the moment. Personally I think there might be some issues there with ex-boyfriends that might need sorting out, but in a way it adds a degree of humour. Out of a score of 5 I give it a 3 and a half. Worth taking a peak.

They Won’t Buy the Cow

I always go to sites hosted by “free hosts” with a little apprehension. One never knows quite what to expect. I pretty much expected another boring log started because blogging is cool. I was wrong. This weblog is like a beautiful painting hung in a plain picture frame.

The author writes on various political topics and appears to be quite educated in each of those topics. I am not one to follow the news and appreciated the fact that she gave enough background information on the topic to follow what she’s talking about as well as news links. I found it hard not to agree with much of what she had to say. Even if one doesn’t agree with her opinions, you have to admire the fact that she doesn’t give off a “my opinion is superior because it is what I believe” attitude. She presents facts to back-up her feelings instead of saying “it’s just bad because I said so.” Her writing had good flow to it and was not boring to read, and at times, had a touch of humor to it.

I’m guessing that the design itself is basically a default template of some sort offered by Blogspot. Not really much to comment on there. All of the text was a good size and color, making reading a lot of text fairly comfortable. Links were clearly visible and the archives (well worth reading) are easy to find.

I quite enjoyed reading all of her entries and have added her site to my small, but growing list of gems on the web. I highly recommend reading her site if you are like me and don’t follow the news and would like to know more about the news that’s on everyone’s mind. Even if you do follow the news, it might be a refreshing change to hear someone else’s thought out opinions.The Serenity

This isn’t the type of weblog where you’re completely lost if you just happen to stumble upon it one day. Mick’s entries range from information about what’s going on in his personal life to what’s happenings in the news, with various other topics scattered throughout.

Mick’s one smart cookie, but also a funny guy. As always, that makes for a nice combination when reading each weblog entry.

The site design is very clean, functional, and looks good all the way around.

Aside from the weblog, there’s a really great photo gallery section that houses some really nice-looking, professional quality photographs – and they’re fun to look at, too. The obligatory “about” section is there, which is always a biggie on sites I review.

There’s humor, there’s news, there’s a nice design, and there’s just about everything else you can think of that would make you come back time and time again to Mick’s Excessmemory. You know, and I’ve finally found someone else that agrees with the idea of Coke tasting different coming from a can as opposed to coming from a bottle!excessmemory

My initial impression was of a site that is well laid out. There are relatively short posts, clearly distinguished from each other, usually accompanied by a small picture. There is an option to click to find a longer version of the post.

Band-Related, not altogether surprisingly, is about ‘life from halfway inside the Band’, the Band being Strûb, a Rocktronica band on the rise. If I had found this site randomly, I would have moved on. However, it is worth lingering. The posts, telling stories of day-to-day life, are well constructed, with an introduction, followed by a narrative, and an ending, sometimes as reflection on or analysis ofthe narrative. The spelling, grammar etc are of a high standard, with the few errors being obvious only to pedants. The writer has the potential to be very good. He has strong observational skills. His metaphors and similes are well thought out – perhaps too well thought out – and he tells an entertaining tale of life on the road with a band. He writes as a disinterested observer rather than with the emotion of somebody involved.

This is a well designed weblog, pleasing to the eye. The first thing you see is a Band bus, sleek and gleaming, with ‘band’ written across the front, and ‘related’ across the side. The sidebars contain a wealth of logically organised extra material – links to polls, photographs, cast list, feedback, forum and so on. They were all working when I tried them. External links are mainly band-related.

If you are curious to know what happens to a rising band on tour and in practice, I would recommend this site. If that doesn’t interest you, you will still enjoy the well-written narrative and an insight to a different life. I suspect that it would generally appeal more to men than women. In his latest post he hints that he will be ending his involvement with the band, but does not say what will happen to the blog. I hope he continues blogging about his new life.

I rate this a 4, because, although it is an “About My Life” blog, the life described is radically different from most.Band-Related

The first thing that jumped out at me on this site was the picture of a completely naked man with his entire body painted exactly like Spiderman’s outfit? Attractive? Hell no. Funny? Absolutely! So, as sick as it may sound, this weblog instantly made a big hit with me!

Even though it’s quite simple to get to know Kevin through his amusing weblog entries, I was really craving that “about” section. When the link didn’t work, I was sorely disappointed. But reading Kevin’s daily words are certainly a treat all in their own, without the typical informative biography section of the site. And you do get to know his feelings and thoughts towards different topics, which lead the reader to form your own little “about” section.

Design-wise, it’s a standard Movable Type template that’s slightly been altered to the author’s liking. The alterations made it a bit bolder then the typical MT format, and it’s a nice improvement.



NadaBlog has been around since November 2001. Up until the beginning of August 2001, Kevin has each month’s journal entries set up as one big entry summarizing the entire month. With the birth of a new baby in January (and a very cute baby girl, I might add), it’s easy to empathize with Kevin only summing up each month with one entry.

The majority of the entries and posts at Nada Blog contained the little known intelligence that sometimes gets lost when people have their own websites. Kevin’s past concern of “derection” while visiting the doctor and his recently invented “weblog creed” are just two examples of entertaining reading you’ll stumble upon at this weblog.

A new addition to Nada Blog has also just been announced. Lance, it seems, has joined the posting frenzy, and made quite a splash in my opinion with his first post listing “9 Things You Won’t Hear At Your Neighborhood Block Party. Between Kevin and Lance, there’s nothing but good things that could happen with this weblog.NadaBlog