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Monday, April 19, 2004
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KING OF THE BLOGS RESULTS
Bill the Bloody of WalloWorld has once again succeeded in hacking his helpless challengers to bits. Can no one stop this madman?
Full results
at the King of the Blogs home page, including Andrew's short, yet still
incredibly stuffy reviews, Practical Penumbra's pithiness, Pietro's
really readable writings, and my... GOD don't I ever shut up? Judging
from the length of my review, I'm obviously compensating for some... shortcoming.
By the way, anyone who's a Large Mammal or higher is cordially invited to come and kick Bloody Billy's ass in the next tournament. We're desperate to stop the oppression. I swear, he's starting to make the Puppy Blender look like Mr. Rogers. If he doesn't lose soon, I'll have to start making up filthy lies about him.
WALLOWORLD ESSE DELENDUM!
posted by Harvey at 9:17:14 PM permalink HOME
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Thursday, April 15, 2004
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KING OF THE BLOGS
FINAL ROUND REVIEWS
This week's challenge question:
You have just walked out of the house when you see a Ninety foot tall
Bunny Rabbit destroying the city (assume you are in a city). As King of
the Blogs what would you do to save the day?
WalloWorld
GOOD POINTS: Covers all the bases with various options. Actually, since he gives 5 options, I guess he covered the pitcher's
mound, too. Love the "RABBITS ARE TERRORISTS" picture. I can almost
hear that freak on the left saying "Dude! Rabbits are like, totally
evil."
BAD POINTS: He posted a picture of Michael Moore. I'd rather clean a
bag lady's toenails than look at Michael Moore. Also, Bill failed to
blame the Bush administration who was clearly responsible for not
taking action to prevent this atrocity. Bush flopped! Bunnies hopped!
RANK: #1
DGCI
GOOD POINTS: Stands and fights, rather than appeasing. A noble
characteristic in a monarch. Also provides all necessary explanatory
linkage.
BAD POINTS: Needed to expound a bit on why the Bugs & Daffy
cartoons would lull the rabbit into a false sense of security. I didn't
get that. Basically just had the bad luck of entering a text adventure
against King Bill's splashy Photoshopping.
RANK: #2
Debra Galant
GOOD POINTS: That picture just tickles me.
BAD POINTS: Two words: explain how.
RANK: #3
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.
WalloWorld
GOOD POINTS: Oh, yeah, he's got the techie details running smoothly,
and even though he recently suffered a DOS attack, you wouldn't know
any damage was done. The place still looks great.
BAD POINTS: Yellow blockquotes? Freakin' YELLOW? Dear GOD, Bill! This
is NOT Trading Spaces! Yellow is for girls & flouncy interior
decorators. Manly up, would ya?
RANK: #1
DGCI
GOOD POINTS: Technically perfect, and way-spiffy non-yellow
blockquotes. One of these days I'm going to have to steal that code
& see if I can make it work in Radio. Bonus for linking Day By Day.
BAD POINTS: Nothing really bad, exactly, just not quite as fancy as
WalloWorld. Might consider giving up that text header for a spiffy
banner, which you can create here for free.
RANK: #2
Debra Galant
GOOD POINTS: Clean, white background, thin crisp lines neatly segregating each area. A nicely organized look.
BAD POINTS: Missing the search feature. If your software doesn't have
the option, you can get the code free from Google:
RANK: #3
posted by Harvey at 10:38:42 PM permalink HOME
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Monday, April 12, 2004
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KING OF THE BLOGS RESULTS: ROUND 1 OF 2
DGCI 40 points
WalloWorld 35 points
Debra Galant 28.5 points
Generation Why 25.5 points
Hear that? That's the sound of Good King Bill of WalloWorld starting
to sweat. Looks like we may have a serious contender in the form of
DGCI.
Links to 3 other judges' reviews (as well as my own brilliant analyses) are available at the KotB page, as well as Pietro's full reviews, Andrew being practically non-stuffy, and Southern Musings cutting right to the chase.
posted by Harvey at 9:12:34 PM permalink HOME
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Sunday, April 11, 2004
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KING OF THE BLOGS REVIEWS
CHALLENGE QUESTION AND SUBMITTED POSTS
OVERALL NOTE ON RANKING: The new King of the Blogs
scoring system awards points based how an entrant performed relative to
his/her competitors, so what counts is whether someone got first,
second, third, or fourth place. As a courtesy to the contestants, I'm
including the scores I assigned to the individual posts to determine
placement.
This week's challenge question is:
Is your blog therapy for you or does it exist as an on-going op-ed piece for you to express your views to the world, and why?
DGCI (3rd place)
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: Takes the time to explain what blogs are before going into
the various reasons for blogging. Assumes the throne by utilizing the
Royal "we" during most of the discussion.
BAD POINTS: The question was meant to be about the contestant's
feelings & opinions. A chance to open up and share a little bit
about himself. I thought this post could have been less global and more
personal.
SCORE 7.5
(submitted)
GOOD POINTS: A firm-handed discussion of why the terrorists themselves,
and not any Presidential administration, were to blame for 9/11. I
thought the police analogy was apt.
BAD POINTS: The discussion of Bush and Kerry felt tacked on and
gratuitous. It seemed especially out of place given that one of the
points of the piece was that the President can't protect you from a
terrorist attack, he can only direct clean-up operations afterward.
While the Bush/Kerry comparison is a valid point and an interesting
topic for discussion, it really belonged in a separate post.
SCORE 6.5
DEBRA GALANT (1st place)
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: Has the audacity to question the premise of the question
(audacity is a good trait in a blogospheric monarch). She has a good
analogy (a dinner party) and a good answer (fun). The rest of her entry
serves to give support to both, in turns. Well constructed, insightful,
and personally revealing
BAD POINTS: None visible.
SCORE 10
(submitted)
GOOD POINTS: Striking imagery, and nice verbal build-up in the caption
BAD POINTS: Who's Noah? Also, am I supposed to be amused, disappointed,
or pleased that he got walked? I think I'm missing the point here.
SCORE 5
GENERATION WHY?
(challenge)(4-9 CTRL+F "therapy")
GOOD POINTS: Answers the "which is it" portion of the question while
leaving no ambiguity regarding the author's personal politics.
BAD POINTS: Not much into the personal reasons of "why". Jason missed a
good chance to showcase his creativity and settled for a few quick
political jabs.
SCORE 5
(submitted)(4-7 CTRL+F "double standard")
GOOD POINTS: Cites sources for all his quotes, which is a good blogging
habit, as it allows the reader to determine for himself the validity of
the claims
BAD POINTS: Although the point of Robert Byrd being a racist is
well-received, the post was poorly constructed when it came to making
the analogy. As written, Jason takes Lott saying something vaguely
racist as a compliment to someone who is a racist (Thurmond) - and
compares it to Dodd & Kennedy saying something non-racist as a
compliment to someone who is a racist (Byrd). The sad part is that Dodd
DID say something vaguely racist ("He would have been right during the great conflict of civil war in this Nation."),
but Jason didn't use that quote. If Jason had stuck to criticism of
Dodd & Kennedy for praising a former Klansman Kleagle, instead of
trying to work the double standard angle, this would have been a better
post.
SCORE: 5
WALLOWORLD
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: Almost Pythonesque in it's self-referential, and
self-deprecating humor. It's good to see Bill giving his funny side a
long leash to romp with. Even answers the question, eventually
BAD POINTS: Arrogant, pointless, blowhardian twaddle being shoved down
the throats of innocent readers. Why? Because King Bill is MAD! Mad
with power! Brutally torturing his subjects with an endless meandering
yellow-brick-road-to-hell of a post. There's a human rights violation
in there somewhere.
SCORE:8.5
(submitted)
GOOD POINTS: Nice visual at the end with the hippy/Dr. Scholl's commercial
BAD POINTS: I read this thing about 10 times, trying to figure out why
I couldn't find the point. It finally hit me. The whole section from "While I'm not one…" to "…jobs and all the rest"
belongs at the top of the piece as an introduction. In its current
position, it destroys the conceptual flow and build-up of the post.
This isn't up to Bill's usual high standards. Reading it was like
watching a gold-medal gymnast falling off the balance beam.
SCORE:6
posted by Harvey at 11:17:24 AM permalink HOME
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