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	Saturday, March 06, 2004

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    Crappy Broken Radio Comments (do not use) [] trackback []  HOME

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