The first thing I thought when browsing onto this blog was, “Oh no, another same old layout.” However, as I read into the entries, the generic layout didn’t seem to even have my attention anymore as I skimmed the Nomad’s blog about his life.
This is the blog of a South African/British blogger (he declares that he’s not sure which category he would fit into), talking about his life and times. As I tend to be drawn more towards personal blogs, this was nice. The most recent entry is about confusion (I can relate!) and the one after that is about the decision of whether or not to answer the unexpected, unknown number call… I can relate to that as well. The entries are well written and drew me in right away.
The design is… well… fairly boring. It’s the basic white Blogger layout that we see all the time, but it’s got its own touches, such as sidebar content that isn’t on every single blog out there. This is definitely a plus.
Let’s take a look at the extras. Some of the links are somewhat interesting (I checked a few of them out) and there’s a picture of the author as a child. Overall, not bad at all.
If we examine the site as a whole, it’s above average, but it just doesn’t have anything entirely unique. While definitely a good read that may be making it onto my blogroll, most likely it’ll be just a site to fall back on if I’m bored and get the urge to read something new. I have to give this one a 4 out of 5. With a little work it could easily become one of my favorites.NULL