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When you arrive at Joyce’s Blog you will meet a 32 year old Hong Kong writer who is self-described as a sporadic blogger. She claims to have no nationalistic tendencies indicating the reason for this is that she is “Montreal-born, Connecticut-bred and Hong Kong-based, though my mom, dad and brother are in Melbourne”. No nationalistic tendencies but her Blog contains strict adherence to Hong Kong content. Her posts “flip flops at the opera” and “killing a chicken to save a thousand monkeys” are well headlined and grab your attention. She has some comprehensive photo albums on the site if you are looking for some Hong Kong images.

Joyce is very knowledgeable on many aspects of Hong Kong culture, politics, and art. Her non-nationalistic upbringing has no doubt contributed to her being very well-read and well-cultured. You will also notice her unique writing style if you can get past some of the font issues. The font is extremely inconsistent with some posts containing 2 different types. In other posts the font is so small that I found myself barely skimming through the material. It’s too bad really, because I really wanted to know what happened to the monkeys.

There are very few indents or spacing in between paragraphs, making the entire Blog content difficult to read. Again, I found myself skimming more than reading. The overall layout from first glance is fine, traditional, and easy on the eyes. Columns on the border are nicely laid out with standard black print and light blue borders and highlighted text. The photo albums are good and comprehensive, but it would be nice to see larger shots throughout the bloggeries so the reader knows what she is referring to.

Overall the content and appearance of the site as a whole are pretty standard, garnering her some average ratings which is about the highest credit I can give her. While the information she provides is current, her posts range from 3-10 days apart and it is difficult to match the congruency there. If I could get past some of her font issues, I would probably be able to give her some points for uniqueness. But overall, while probably informative, this Blog did not make any efforts to sustain my attention span and for that I am going to have to give her a 2.5 out of 5.

– Chrissie

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Bloggeries brings you another review: Whudahexup. This blog may as well also be known as Entertainment Central for those that like to dish about celebrities. This spot does precisely what it aims to, and that is to inform any and everyone about the lives and loves of the entertainment world. Here you will find the latest and greatest information in releases for music, movies, television, and everything in between. To add to this you will also find out information you may not have known about a current celebrity. Who’s been arrested? Whose Beamer just got the tow? And who has the cutest baby? If you need to know everything about celebrity life, this Blog is an excellent source for you. The news is so current that between two views of it in a single day new posts had been added.

Open up the Blog and the first thing you can do is join in on celebrating Beyonce’s birthday. As you scroll down you can see the nominees for the Snarky Awards, honoring the best and worst in current Hollywood drama. Everything from best and worst album to best and worst social networking site and anything you can think of to entertain you in between is up for an award. Pick a name, any name that you know is a current celebrity and you will them somewhere on the list of nominees. You will also notice that some celebrities appear in both the best and worst categories. Gwen Stefani for example appears as a nominee in both the best and worst artist category. Not that she has any issues with self-esteem, but I hope she doesn’t win both.

Navigate through the site and you will find weekly updates on all the latest releases. The site updates Global Singles Chart and Global Albums Chart on a weekly basis, and also publishes the most current US box office results. There is a lot of really useful information here if you are looking for celebrity news, but in some cases you will really have to look for it as there are some layout issues on the opening page. The site scrolls through slowly, and the opening layout is a little hard to get through. You have to scroll down several pages worth to get through one post, and the site runs slowly. The Snarky Awards take up a lot of room and are limited to one portion of the page, leaving a wide portion of the screen completely blank. This space could be utilized a little more effectively by moving the layout around a little bit. If you want to look at archived posts or move to specific celebrity categories, you are going to be scrolling for a while to get to the opposite side of the page. I’m talking they are at the bottom left of the page. If anything the categories should be readily accessible as more people would be interested in that then the “Blog Roll” or Miscellaneous links.

Overall though, this blog serves its purpose and that is fill your ear on all that is celebrity. Its information is extremely current and is written very well. It has an average appearance which is fine as its purpose does not require too much splash. For content, uniqueness, and activity on the site it scores above average, but its navigation issues are impeding its effectiveness. For that its overall score comes in at a 3.4. Once the layout issues and navigation effects are in place however, it will be a very entertaining entertainment center. For any successfull blog the content and writing style are what is most important. This blog scores very well in that regard. If they make the template more user friendly or change it all together this blog’s usefulness would increase signifigantly. Good luck!

– Chrissie

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