Stuart Aken presents us with a pretty functional blog here.  It has a pretty background image of piles of books and .  The colours compliment each other in a simple fashion and are easy on the eyes.  Stuart seems to have suffered a little bit of Widget-itus , but there are some widgets here that look really good.  I liked the rotating globe and where you are in the world. Nice touch.  Despite the list of work on the right hand side, and there’s a lot – an impressive amount of work Stuart’s done, the overall appearance looks really well put together.

I would personally add a calendar to the site in place of a list of blog posts that lengthen the blog unnecessarily.  Either that or a collapsible post menu in date order.

Overall, I’m impressed with Stuart’s blog here and am seriously considering being a member.

Appearance :  8

Content :  9

Diversity of content : 7

Sidebar content :  7

Header :  6

Total out of 100 : 74%