The Reviewer: 06/27/2004

The current mood of Matt_t_hat at www.imood.com

Combining the interests of several blogs. The reviewer casts a critical eye over the world of blogging.

Who is this guy?: Matt the Hat
From: yes, alternate, United Kingdom
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Site

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What can you do to pep up your blog and make it truely stunning?
At the very least a form of track back is a must...

Feed-back & Track-back
Example of reformation (Now Good)
BlogShare.Com
imood.com share your mood.
Blogger.com somewhere to blog
Also take a look at the buttons on the lower right

The "Rules"!

Rule #7: Don't bitch for no reason.
Rule #6: Thou shalt understand how to use a blog before you mouth off at others.
Rule #5: Thou shalt be honest and open.
Rule #4: Thou shalt have something worth while to say.
Rule #3: Mass blogs need users.
Rule #2: Thou shalt insure your HTML is good.
Rule #1: Thou shalt not use unreadable colour combos.

This is my blogchalk:
United Kingdom, Margate, Kent, English, Matt, Male, 26-30, Goth, Code.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Blogs of note

Link Swap.

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Friday, July 02, 2004

.12 gauge

"So I've never used my opinion page for something such as this, but now that this little zero has emerged from his alleged coffin, I guess I HAVE to..."

MINUS: Lack of any thing positive to say, minimal content and what I did see left me thinking "god, what a self-important ass"
PLUS: Getting to read the other side of the argument with the Goths thanks to some guy called Morat.

Revisit: No (aside from keeping up with the "blog war"). One thing that irritated me was that this user truly seemed to think he had a right to get into a rage with the Goths without knowing what a blog truly is for.

Rule #6: Thou shalt understand how to use a blog before you mouth off at others.

Layout: 5/10 nothing special
Look and feel: 5/10 These points are not for the blog but for a matching website the guy has done. Completely un-navigable but great looking.
Wit and amusement: 4/10 some mildly interesting comments
commentary: 8/10 strongish social commentary after a fashion but lacked a balanced view.
Extra: 3/10 points for the other site, minus some for poor links that pop-open in new windows. Such as find such and such here (click link, new winder, blokes homepage again...)

TOTAL: 50% OK but nothing new to say.

Friday, July 02, 2004 0 comments

Thursday, July 01, 2004

The Misadventures of Me.

The Misadventures of Me.: "after a couple of hours of building up a super economy [yes, it is unnecessary but I always want to have maxed out stuff on everything] I then attack and have my 'Grand Armee' kill pretty much anything with two [or four if there are horses] legs which leaves me using cannons to slowly destroy everything made of mortar which they own."

MINUS: photo failed to load.
PLUS: A refreshing level of honesty that gives a true insite into the life of the poster. I felt I might actully know the guy by the end of it.
Rule #5: Thou shalt be honest and open.

Revisit:Three guesses! (Duh! yes!)

Eventually the longboat makes one final turn and it hits a black wall, the wall doesn't smash the boat; instead it splits in half letting us pass through and only then do I realize that its just a fair ground ride.

Layout: 5/10 Standard template
Look and feel: 5/10
Wit and amusement: 8/10 I wanted to read it and the more I read the more I cared.
commentary: 9/10 good comentry on his own life
Extra: 5/10 extra insite and good written style

TOTAL: 64%

Thursday, July 01, 2004 0 comments

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