Blog Review: The Foo Logs

The Foo Logs
http://thefoologs.com

Description of site:
As the tag line puts it: a blog about life, technology, sport and just about everything else. From my glance over the archive The Foo Logs seems to have a particular propensity towards technology and sport related posts.

Appearance:
Attractive greens and blues with funky ‘Lost in Space’ style robots at the top of the page. I have a slight obsession with green and blue myself, so any page with this colour scheme gets off to a good start. Right hand side bar with expandable buttons.

Organisation:
Neatly organised. Generally short, bite-sized entries complimented by an image or embed.

Navigation and Functionality:
Sidebar links on expandable buttons. The expandable buttons are a good choice because of the large number of links given.

Advertising:
‘In your face’ advertising is limited to only one affiliate type button at the foot of the sidebar. The Foo Logs includes regular sponsored posts, but most of them are discreet and there are no hard-sell tactics involved. Most of them I only spotted because I dabble in sponsored posts too!

Comments:
This is a requested review.

This blog has been floating around cyberspace since May 2006. It has high quality, well-written and regular postings. The high number of comments reflects the attention it has received, and it obviously has a following of several loyal readers. The Foo Logs has been very unlucky to still have a PageRank of 0. Don’t let the low PageRank put you off – Google has obviously screwed up somewhere because The Foo Logs is a good contender. It started off slowly with half a dozen posts in the first 2 months, and it took 3 months before the first image appeared in a blog entry but since then it’s been full steam ahead. The Foo Logs is now updated nearly every day - quite often two or three times a day.

The Foo likes to weave random humour into his posts. Quite often his dry wit makes you question ‘is this or isn’t it a joke?’ and you need to think around the subject to work it out. Another key component of the blog is the use of cartoon images. He also includes educational posts – whether it’s comments about abstract art, or tricks to help your maths. The Foo is also a regular participant in ‘Wordless Wednesday’ and has posted some very thought-provoking images in that role. There are also regular YouTube embeds (the Borat and Letterman collection brought a wry smile to my face) and guest posters.

Overall this is a well-written, diverse blog which is interspersed with humour and images to keep the reader’s attention. I shall definitely be book marking it for future reference.

Rating:
7/10

Reviewer:
Tom