the blocking of sites keeps getting tighter and tighter. now pretty much every blogspot/blogger site is blocked. it looks like they blocked the sites that had a non-blogspot url first (that's what eschaton and bark bark woof woof have in common--sorry mustang bobby). the block now seems to extend to wordpress sites (which knocks out access to mrs. noz's site, the main way we are staying in touch with friends and family) and youtube (sorry family, no more cute videos for you!)
it's a little ironic. for once i'm not mostly writing about politics, and it's only now that i am having problems with government censorship. there have been a few news stories about an end of 2009 crackdown on the press, but i haven't found anything about the recent blog blocking. certainly nothing like the fuss that happened when kaz blocked livejournal in late 2008.
obviously, i have found a way to bypass the block, but i keep having to tweak my strategy every time i make an attempt. google translate doesn't work as a proxy anymore. which means i need to stop revealing my bag of tricks online.
