Safari freezes when loading webpages, rainbow wheel

When loading some webpages, especially blogs with pictures from blogspot.com, safari freezes about 75% into loading the page. The rainbow wheel appears and spins indefinitely and does not stop until I force quit the program. This happens on Firefox, too. The problem occurs nearly every time I try loading these webpages.
This problem began once I installed Leopard.

Nevermind, I figured it out.
Some flash files were corrupted, so I updated those and repaired permissions.

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Carolyn, why is everyone recommending DNS changes? If Safari worked perfectly with whatever DNS settings there were in Leopard, and quit working in Snow Leopard, then the rational conclusion is that Snow Leopard is the problem, not a DNS change.
Nope. DNS settings are set by your ISP. Nothing to do with your operating system or even the version of Safari.
Adding (Adding) DNS codes to your Network Settings, should gives good results in terms of speed-up:
Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu. Click on TCP/IP and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' enter the following two numbers:
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An explanation of why that is both safe and a good idea can be read here: http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/opendsn-what-is-opendns-why-required-2/2587 /
Open DNS also provides an anti-phishing feature: http://www.opendns.com/solutions/homenetwork/anti-phishing/ )
Wikipedia also has an interesting article about Open DNS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS
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Gareth-Joness-iMac:~ gareth$ kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'
Gareth-Joness-iMac:~ gareth$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfi x|x)/{print $3}'
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AERegistration.framework
Adobe AIR.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
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com.wacom.pentablet.plist
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AppleIntermediateCodec.component
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First, about resetting. I've never done it before, and I recall hearing—but have no direct experience—that it practically wipes the slate clean. I've built a very sophisticated Bookmarks Bar and Bookmarks Menu, and because I'm a researcher, I never erase history. When I started using Safari a long time ago, I was told by Apple to regularly erase history. Then a couple of years ago I was told by someone I trust that it's OK to keep it.
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2 Reset Top Sites—I’ve never made use of this
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I’m letting you know about these details before I proceed with your instructions.
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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
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