MrSat.com - A Review
July 13, 2007 | 5 Comments
The following is a paid review
MrSat.com is terrible. While the information provided appears to be somewhat useful to someone looking for information on satellite dishes, yet I’m convinced you could find better information on Wikipedia. The site is visually painful. Seriously, it uses the blink tag for a blinking quote that slaps you in the face from the top center of the page. The lack of knowledge about technology does not end there, it also prompts for a needed Quicktime plugin, but I both have Quicktime and can’t see how this site could possibly use it…
Then, there is the poor organization of the information all over the rest of the page, leading to information overload. This poor organization makes it very difficult to find the answer to any specific question without reading through the entire site.
While most of the information may be useful for a specific audience, there is quite a bit on the front page that isn’t necessary, for example, “Common Misspellings of the word satellite.” It’s not really clear why this is necessary at all, but it definitely isn’t front page worthy. This sort of thoughtlessness as relates to information organization extends throughout the site.
The tagline for the site is “Mr. Sat, that’s my name. That name again is Mr. Sat.” It appears to be a play on the radio gimmick of repeating a name in an attempt to get consumers to remember it. Since we’re reading the name not listening on the radio, it just feels like Mr. Sat is being condescending, not funny.
The colors don’t match, and the banner at the bottom of the page requires you to scroll for no particular reason. With an entire redesign and better organization, this site might become useful, but until then, it’s just painful.
I do not recommend this site to anyone, ever.
Tags: mrsat, mrsat.com, review, satelite, satelitte, satellite, terrible
Google Confirms: Moon Made of Cheese
July 20, 2005 | 3 Comments
A long standing debate amongst the pseudo-science community has been ended! The moon is in fact made of cheese. Google today released a Google Maps version that gives satellite imagery of the moon in recognition of the first moon landing which took place on July 20th, 1969. If you use the zoom bar and get in real close it becomes obvious that the moon is in fact made of cheese.
Another source has long speculated this based on seismographic activity from the Apollo landings, he explains his hypothesis here: Is the moon made of green cheese?
Although outsider organizations like NASA have provided rudimentary evidence to the contrary, I think the satellite footage speaks for itself. Thank you Google for finally answering this age old question.
Tags: apollo, google, google maps, google moon, moon cheese, NASA, satellite