May 12 2008

Blog Review: Redneck Bar & Grill

Categories: Blog Reviews Tags: , , RT Cunningham @ 7:31 pm

Redneck Bar and Grill

I admit up front that I'm biased. Tim and Ernie, the proprietors of the Redneck Bar & Grill, are frequent visitors over at Untwisted Vortex (one of my other blogs) and I frequently stop by and read theirs as well.

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Apr 04 2008

Blog Review: Hari's Corner

Categories: Blog Reviews Tags: , , , , , , RT Cunningham @ 6:31 pm

Hari's Corner

This is a re-review of Hari's Corner. The first time was on my other blog, here: Blog Review: Hari's Corner. Hari asked for the re-review since he noticed I was becoming more critical when doing the reviews.

What is "Hari's Corner" all about?

In his own words, it's about his "humour, cartoons, tech, software, reviews, essays, articles and HOWTOs intermingled with random philosophy now and then".

Hari seems to write in spurts, continuing on for days on end, and then taking a break for days on end. That's his way and he won't change for anyone. He's a little busy these days, working on things for his blogging software.

Site Design

The blog is attractive, both in color scheme and design. Hari created the skin himself. The sidebar has no clutter and no slow-loading widgets to contend with.

Since my last review of his site, Hari has switched from the WordPress platform to the b2evolution platform for blogging. He even wrote the code for importing the database.

The key elements I look for in a blog are there. I don't agree, however, with the placement of his "contact" link in the footer. It's the last place most people would look for it.

Article and Post Content

There's so much good stuff on Hari's blog, it's hard to point out any one article as being better than another. Since I'm a link loving fool, I'll pick a recent one.

One of Hari's noms de plume (go ahead, look it up), Papa Hari, has declared the Papa Hari World Government bans hyperlinks. Well now, aren't we in a pickle?

My Overall Opinion

I really like Hari's blog. I really like Hari. When Hari doesn't visit any of my blogs for weeks at a time, I feel as if something is amiss. When Hari writes consistently, it's one of my favorite (or favourite since he likes the British form) blogs to visit.

Hari is Indian. No, not what the U.S. Native Americans were formerly called, but a true Indian. You'd never know it from his writings, however, because he commands the British form of English better than many people who write English as their first language.

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