The End of Netscape
What happened to you Netscape? You used to be cool. Remember the days when your logo was just that flashing "N" in the corner of the browser and people thought that Mosaic was better? Well, I stuck by you. For almost a decade me and you were best buddies. You were the cheese, I was the macaroni. What happened? Why did you have to go run off and get mixed up with that floozy AOL? For shame!
Frankly, this hurts me more than it hurts you. We had some good times, you and me. You were the vehicle through which my wife and I arranged our first date; you were there to confirm my Ebay bids on potato chips that look like Tony Danza; you were there to protect me from 800 daily e-mails about Viagra, and multi-millionaire Kenyan diplomats who needed to deposit $10 million in my bank account while fleeing the country.
What happened? Now you're all AOL'd, and G-mail never looked so good. And your home page...I don't even know where to begin. "Today's Hot Stories Voted by You"??? "Netscape anchors recommend..."??? I thought you were above jumping on the social news site bandwagon. Do we really need another DIGG? Sigh. I don't think I can even talk about this anymore...let me collect myself, and maybe we'll talk later.
Frankly, this hurts me more than it hurts you. We had some good times, you and me. You were the vehicle through which my wife and I arranged our first date; you were there to confirm my Ebay bids on potato chips that look like Tony Danza; you were there to protect me from 800 daily e-mails about Viagra, and multi-millionaire Kenyan diplomats who needed to deposit $10 million in my bank account while fleeing the country.
What happened? Now you're all AOL'd, and G-mail never looked so good. And your home page...I don't even know where to begin. "Today's Hot Stories Voted by You"??? "Netscape anchors recommend..."??? I thought you were above jumping on the social news site bandwagon. Do we really need another DIGG? Sigh. I don't think I can even talk about this anymore...let me collect myself, and maybe we'll talk later.
posted by bmarchio at 7:24 AM
3 Comments:
Hey, I've got a gmail invite just waiting for you. I can see it now: "bmarch@gmail" or "littledrummerboy@gmail" or "boybandcrazy178@gmail." It's your call.
Wifey McGarnacle has already sent off the gmail invite: "wicked4eva4eva@gmail..."
Actually, I'm just plain 'ol bmarchio. Always have been, always will be, yo. Dig it.
Glad to see you drink the gmail kool-aid.
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