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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
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