The Beandom Pages

I recently reviewed a page from the Beandom website, The Space Turtle. This is part two of reviewing more pages within the site.

The Beandom is a fanciful and fun collection of websites done by Justin Lowmaster (aka, Chivalrybean). I love the entre page: there’s a classy clipper ship (or is it a schooner?), a banner, and a selection of links to take you on your journey. It’s very professional-looking and quite elegant.

I visited The Blogdom, a suburb of the Beandom (who knew?) and Beanspiration. I also checked out the other two links, Games (which took me to a beta testing website for what looks to be a promising computer game) and the Beandom Forum (also under construction). Since there is some activity going on at the first two, I’ll address those.

Beanspiration is new. It has a few posts. The template is the default “Kubrick” theme by Wordpress (yuk). Seeing how classy the rest of the Beandom is, I strongly suspect this blog to get some new clothes when things get rolling. Right now, it’s still in the formative stages.

The one post at Beanspiration is lovely. I am studying Philippians, too, with my kids. It is one of my favorite New Testament books. I liked reading what Chivalrybean had to say. I hope he continues to write more, as he did describe the blog as “Daily (mostly) inspriations and thoughts from my personal Bible studies.”

The Blogdom template (hmm… looks mighty familiar) is crispy clean and clear, like iceberg lettuce. As I discovered with The Space Turtle, the content is minimal but there is a lot of emphasis on the written word and content. This is a refreshing change from so many blogs I encounter that are cluttered with glittery baubles and flashing advertisements. I’m pretty stubborn about those “read more” links and the registering requirement to comment: I don’t like them.

The blog is relatively new to the blogosphere, begun in August. Already, there are pages and pages of content. The narrative is brief and clean, and reads like a daily journal of the author’s activities and thoughts. In reading some excerpts, I found that I like this author. He plays guitar, he gives money, he’s got a sweet marriage (expecting first baby!) and seems like a really nice guy. I liked his honest movie reviews (I’d never heard of The Last Mizmy, will check it out) and cracked up at this:

I find out on the 7th of January is our baby is going to be a boy or a girl.

I’d say, “yes.”

Heh. I’m being sarcastic a little! I’ve had four, so I’m crusty about childrearing by now. By the way– the new parents are going to have a … well, I won’t “spill the beans.” Go here to find out the good news. Pictures, too! Wow, I wish I could have put my ultrasounds on Picasa– too cool!!!! (Picasa wasn’t invented when I was expecting my kids).

The Blogdom was refreshingly open. The word that keeps coming to me is “clear.” He seems so simple yet so thoughtful; so colorful yet so temperate. I’ve come across Chivalrybean in various forums, but never knew “who” he was. After reading his The Blogdom, I like him even more. Keep up the blogwork, my new friend!