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I loved the name of this weblog. It epitomises the whole weblog idea, in my opinion. “OddSocks” has a disclaimer stating “OddSocks” will be a total mess for awhile”, and it is.

The orange type on white background makes for an unusual reading experience.

Overlapping and having to scroll right to read the whole page is bothersome, but I thoroughly enjoyed the section titled “The Good, The Bad, The Reviewer”. Twelve second reviews are something enjoyable, even if having to scroll right to read.

Some of the entries in “List-o-Links” were so good that I bookmarked them for my own pleasure at a later date.

The “Archives” section contained good reading in a lot of areas, but the overlapping type and scroll right problem is still evident.

I’m looking forward to delving further into “OddSocks” when this site has finished it’s revision.

OddSocks

I love flash introductions, it makes the site you are viewing more exciting and enjoyable. In The Slippery Path, the intro flash is excelent, it is very well made and I love his graphic. I had a little trouble clicking on “Enter the Slippery Path” text in the flash introduction. It was a little too small, and I couldn’t quite hold my mouse over the text very steadily (maybe it’s just me) so I resorted to clicking on ‘Skip Intro’ when the introduction flash was done playing. I enjoyed reading his posts, they are basicaly short tidbits about his day. Things that took place, things he thought about, and things he saw. All around, very nice blog site.



I started looking around and noticed that the Journal page’s background color was different then the background color of every other page. Another thing I couldn’t help but notice was that the main table is a little ‘misaligned’ and it’s quite noticeable when you switch from page to page the main content table shifts a little to the left on other pages.



The background color on his graphics were also slightly off from the main content table’s background color, it’s not really noticeable, and you’ll live. The site has very nice photography sections in it, with pictures anywhere from flowers to destroyed trucks to a Van Gogh art gallery.



His site provides excelent and rather memorable quotes that everyone should read, they are very insightful into the lives of peoplr from the past, the present and quite possibly … the future. The Slippery Path

The initial view with the large Blogger banner at the top covering the site design was a turn off. Pay the $12 and have it removed. The stick figure theme

and the horse .gifs made me expect to be reading a teen category weblog. Since I didn’t find an “about me” type of entry, I went back to May of 2001 and found an entry about washing her car, so I know she’s at least 16.



The weblog seems to have no purpose other than to list entries that Nikki thinks are funny that she has gotten from other places and people or that cause her stress or anger, or pertain to her favorite sports team, or her horse riding or school activities. I found nothing that interested me, but I’m not the intended audience.



The design of the index page is pleasant, but the link pages appear to be from an old site with a different design for her entries titled “Soul Creations” and “My Dream Blog”. I’m not sure if “Soul Creations” are her creations of poetry, or someone else’s. There is no credit line, so I assume they are her writings. Some were very good, some mediocre, and some just teen angst. As for “My Dream Blog”, she doesn’t appear to dream often, as the last entry was over a month ago.



Her entry for “Song of the Moment” didn’t load, or my new Dell is out of whack. The “Mood Indicator” is unnecessary and detracts from the site, as does the animated horse.gif and the sports.gif.



This weblog mainly appeals to teens, but her poetry is worth a look, in my opinion. The site design could use some work to make the pages more cohesive and flow better.Punk Rock Princess

I should preface this review by saying that I don’t like anime and I don’t understand the fascination with it. This site, written by a Japanese university student, is all about anime.



With that said, I think people who are interested in anime will love this site. Entries in her guestbook (those in English, anyway) say that people think she’s doing a great job with the site. Besides her weblog, which discusses anime shows and music at great length, she’s worked up a database of anime songs and song lyrics as well as anime photos. I found the guestbook the most interesting part of the site. At least it gave me a clue that the “people” she talks about in her entries are anime characters.



I do like the color scheme and the fresh, clean-looking layout, although she could use some kind of header.



There’s very little on this site for people not interested in anime. As I said earlier, people who do like anime will probably be interested in visiting this site. For those who don’t have a interest in anime, it’s not worth the trip.

Little Diary

College students fall into one of two categories so far, or so I’ve observed. They’re either smart and interesting to read, or shallow and writing solely about this party, that party, this football game, etc. Paul Cole at “Gaynor’s Passion” has done the amazing; he’s done both. He’s made reading about concerts and parties and football games interesting, which for a person that was born without the “sports gene” (me) is quite a feat, indeed.



His “about” page, an integral part of any blog, is difficult to find, but it is there (you just have to look a bit). His archives section started in August, when he first started college. I found myself reading through his past entries, enjoying his take on being “in high school, except without the parents.” The design is very basic, but there is no need for anything wild and exciting to bring you back for more. The writing is solid, the intellect intact, and observations sincere. Clear and concise writing style makes for easy digestion. I’d recommend this to anyone desiring a look into a freshman’s life at college, or just interested in a young man’s burgeoning life.

Gaynor’s Passion