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Saturday, March 06, 2004
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TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
(Introduction)
There may be many flowers in a man's life, but there is only one rose.
posted by Harvey at 4:20:27 PM permalink HOME
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TODAY’S GRAFFITI
CURRENCY
[Plan to hang out and watch a movie with me tonight... I will call you later... PS - Smile - You have a beautiful smile...]
Hate to break it to ya, guy, but lame flattery on a $5 bill ain't
gettin' you a date with anyone except Rosie Palm and her five sisters.
posted by Harvey at 4:18:56 PM permalink HOME
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KING OF THE BLOGS CHALLENGE QUESTION & WHOLE BLOG REVIEW
The following are my reviews for
the King of the Blogs. Scores have been omitted to retain an air of
mystery until the winners are announced at the KotB site.
Overall note: despite this week's challenge question being the Mt.
Rushmore of monumental badness, the contestants as a group plunged
ahead with commendable fortitude to make something out of nothing.
ECUMENICAL INSANITY:
(challenge)[March 3, CTRL+F "the answer"]
GOOD POINTS: Cites sources of peer-reviewed research studies to back up his conclusive conclusion.
BAD POINTS: Missed the correct answer by 5, as this question is CLEARLY
a subset of the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
WALLOWORLD
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: As reigning monarch, wisely caters to the various special
interest groups in his kingdom, including conservatives, liberals,
filthy hippies, and the Irish.
BAD POINTS: Insinuates that I'm to blame for this wretched query. Also fails to link self repeatedly.
IRRITABLE BLOG SYNDROME
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: Dilligently performs her own research, investigates all
relevant variables (complete with supporting linkage), and comes up
with indisputable conclusions. Bonus for mocking shoddy union labor
practices.
BAD POINTS: None visible
The Whole Blog: Technical Merit & Personality
Here are some technical things I like to see on a blog:
Comments enabled
Permalinks working
E-mail contact info available
Blogger's name/pseudonym prominently displayed
Site search feature enabled
Link to an "About Me" post on the sidebar
Blogger's gender is easily discernable
Blogroll
Readable font style & size
Readable color scheme (for example, NOT bright red type on bright green
background)
Divisions between posts clearly marked
Paragraphing in entries (NOT just writing one fat block of text)
Aside from the tech stuff, I also like to see a blogger's personality
shining through, to remind us of the person behind the words.
ECUMENICAL INSANITY:
GOOD POINTS: I like that there's no mistaking this blog's overarching
Christian theme. You know from the second the page loads what you're in
for.
BAD POINTS: Some obvious technical difficulties arise from working
within Blogspot – broken permalinks being the most obvious. That one
I'd be willing to overlook, since Athanasius is moving to a real home.
However, there are other missing features that there are no excuse for.
There's no "About Me" post. This is especially egregious for a blogger
using a sexually ambiguous pseudonym. Also, code for a site search
feature is easily obtainable from Google - no reason not to have that.
(NOTE: Athanasius has some writing talent and should probably consider re-entering with the new blog)
WALLOWORLD
GOOD POINTS: Nothing but good points. The color scheme is a lot more
pleasant this time around. Apparently that old shade of off-poop even
got on HIS nerves. Good use of color & design to segregate the
various textual elements. Also looks a lot more natural without all
those "show extended entries" links. Great kiss-up job on the KotB
judge links
BAD POINTS: Ok, one bad point. Needs to link himself more.
IRRITABLE BLOG SYNDROME
GOOD POINTS: All the niceties are present, and Bull has one of the
cleanest sidebars I've ever seen. I also like the very subdued
dashed-line borders.
BAD POINTS: Minor nits for which I detract very little. Having the
pseudonym "Bull" makes it hard for newcomers to realize that you're a
woman. However, there is a picture in the "About Me" post, and a lot of
the entries bear obvious female fingerprints. Might want to consider
joining BloggersWithBoobies as a clarifier. Also, the brownish
background on quotes is pretty close to the off-poop color that Bill
recently flushed. You might consider doing the same, but it's your
blog, so it's your call.
posted by Harvey at 2:35:13 PM permalink HOME
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MEANWHILE AT ALLIANCE HQ
Filthy lie round-up is up: Instapundit's new logo. All the pictures are lovely. I especially liked SilverBlue's. My favorite part, though was this line from GEBIV's story:
‘Well, blogless brother,’ I said, ‘can you do it? Can you hack into
Evil Glenn’s computer and steal the plans for the new Instapundit logo?’
His
only answer as his fingers blurred over his keyboard was a little
twitch of his eyebrow. A twitch which seemed to say ‘What kind of fool
are you? I could do this in my sleep with all of my fingers duct taped
together behind my back with black olives on the end of each digit.’
Pretty fancy talk for an eyebrow, I thought.
New Filthy Lie assignment: What would Evil Glenn do with 15 minutes of spare time?
posted by Harvey at 2:22:13 PM permalink HOME
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THAT WAS FAST...
Jeff of BigStick.US has already posted Part 8 of 2015 - wherein the President announces the assimilation of Canada, and the French start to get... twitchy.
You probably need to read part 7 to completely appreciate the intro, but otherwise you should be ok, as long as you're not sipping while you're reading.
posted by Harvey at 10:35:43 AM permalink HOME
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