Beauty is Imperfection

(Originally posted Monday, July 14, 2008 )

Sorry for the fewer postings lately. I have had serious problems with MySpace and other sites since a recent upgrade of Windows XP. There are times when logging into MySpace is taking me about as long as it would on a dial-up. I fret to think that others are having the same problem, especially with all my media, which we would dearly like people to experience.

I have heard different explanations for this problem, and have been told to blame it on one of these things:

–*Windows XP, which does not like playing with certain types of software like two of my favorites, Firefox (the browser) and Zone Alarm (the firewall).

–*Firefox, which has also upgraded and which I understand is going through some growing pains of its own. It seems like this program is now taking up an outsized proportion of RAM on my computer. My problems don’t seem solved, however, when I switch over to Internet Explorer.

–*Banner ads on Web sites, which have become increasingly complicated and which are slowing down page views. I have tried to attack this problem with a program called Adblock Plus, but this has hardly helped.

–*A combination of all these things.

If anybody is having similar problems or has solutions in mind, please feel free to chat about them here. I am not very technological.

My inability to get on has kept me from getting to some much needed shout outs to friends like PJ and Fran. Keep reading my blogs you beautiful people! I am reading your comments.