SteveOH is a personal blog of Steve Hernandez, a programmer, systems engineer, and overall technological guru. As this is primarily a personal blog, entries included a wide variety of topics, from personal to academic advice, as well as entries on technology, which constitute the bulk of the author?s writings.
The ups
The writing style of the author can be characterized as narrative, so even people who are not particularly well versed with technology parlance will find his blog entries readable. His entries are not too technical and can be appreciated by those who may want to follow the latest in technology but do not have the know-how or the patience to really understand techie language.
Among the common entries in this blog are his dealings with technical support agents. An entry entitled Comcast Outage gives the reader an idea how Hernandez is as a person and as a writer. His deadpan humor is usually mixed with a hint of sarcasm. A number of other entries that may prove really helpful are his entries on graduate school survival and leading people. However, these posts were actually written by other authors. As for other features, such as links, tags, comments, blog rolls, and other blog staples, they are present.
The downs
For the downside, people may find Hernandez?s blog to be a drab, since the page is all in black (even the green heading fades into black), and the blog entries are in white font. There are no pictures, as in zero. A visual reader may find the blog too text-heavy. Even the ordinary reader will not find anything he can rest his eyes on; there is only a black background and white text. Moreover, the entries that fit on the main page are published in their entirety, making it difficult to scroll to the next entry, especially if one entry is extremely long.
