First it was the Jeeves, the Ask Butler. He was all sweet and helpful with his pinstriping and his red tie, and yet ask.com encased him in carbonite and he was never heard from again.
And now the Ask-powered Bloglines plumber is MIA.
Sure, he always seemed confused and not quite sure what the tools in his hands were for, but he had that cute hat and you couldn’t help but like him even though you had no confidence he could do anything other than look under your sink and shake his head in sympathy and you would have to assure him that it was OK. You didn’t really need running water anyway, and would he like for you to bake him a cookie?
Now when you go to bloglines.com, you just see crazy bouncing colored balls that send mixed messages of “no feeds for you!” and “90s dance party for teens!”
Maybe the plumber has given up the pipe wrench and soldering gun and decided to try his hand at something more well-suited for him, like checkers. But someone might check the local carbonite supply shops and see if any largish orders have been placed lately…