Blogger Blues III

First it was The Vintage Shop. Now it's other friends pages, too. They've all taken the plunge and gone over to the new blogger. Whatever their experiences of their new home, it takes me several minutes to open their pages. I have more or less given up trying. And they're probably happier at the thought of not having to deal with my comments too frequently. Yesterday, through sheer persistence and doggedness, I waited and waited and waited for Madeeha's page. Seven minutes! That's an eternity in internet terms. Today, it took several abandoned attempts to get to two other pages (I kept giving up, thinking it was some temporary glitch). Then it hit me: They've made the dreaded move, too. So, I typed in another url again and waited and waited and ... well, you know the rest. Nine minutes!!! Unacceptable. Now, I am trying to make a comment on her lovely Googly post. Six minutes, so far, and the "Connecting to beta.blogger.com" is still showing the animated barber pole ... Is it just me or my ISP? Or are others in Karachi facing the same problem? Or is it because Blogger is banned and pkblogs/inblogs have not made any alterations necessary to route things to beta.blogger? Betas are always trouble; I'm glad I have a beti! (Sorry. Bad joke!) Uh-oh.: "Network Timeout The operation timed out when attempting to contact beta.blogger.com." Fuckin' charming! OK ... I'll just post my comment here, instead: Bad move; Good post! Yes, this Google empire-building, as in the case of Microsoft and others before it (and even Apple isn't far behind, in slightly different ways), is a digusting but logical route in a capitalistic, competitive world. Oh, and YouTube has been bought by Google for the astonishing sum of $1.65 billion. No that's not a typo. BILLION! And I bet you had no idea, when you said "What is up with these internet companies trying to become bigger than God?", that it wasn't just a funny comparison. They ARE bigger and showing it off!!!