What is "A Darker View" all about?

Andrew is an engineer (although he doesn't say what kind of engineer) and an amateur astronomer living in Hawaii. The blog contains his many ramblings about exploring the big island (the island of Hawaii in the state of Hawaii), diving, and astronomy.

Site Design

This is the first blog I've been to that uses the Serendipity blogging platform and I have nothing to compare it to. It's a fluid-width design which works well for resolutions of 1024×768 on up.

The colors, or lack of when you consider that black is the absence of color, are perfect for a blog dealing with astronomy. After all, the night sky is virtually black.

The recommended navigation items are in place, in the sidebar, so there's nothing missing from this blog that I can see. It doesn't appear to be monetized (yet).

Article Content

This is a fairly new blog, with the first articles appearing in June of 2008. Looking at the first 10 entries when using the Google site search, Andrew's articles on rebuilding a 12.5" f/5 truss tube Dobsonian telescope and a red LED desk lamp appear to be leading the way.

Readability isn't an issue. I had no problem understanding most of what was written. I had to glaze over some of the technical references because I have the experience to understand them.

My Overall Opinion

Andrew has an excellent blog which can only get better with age. Even though I like it, the content isn't the kind of stuff I normally like to read.

That shouldn't stop you, however, from taking a look if you're into astronomy, the night sky, telescopes or even Hawaii.

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