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Archive for June 29th, 2009

Our part in Iran

Very interesting snippet in an automatically generated email I received from VOA (Voice of America):

2. BLOCKED FROM OUR SITE?

If you are denied access, you can try to enter our site through
a proxy server.

In Iran, try https://isna47shabab87.com (when you see “voanews.com/persian”
change it to “voanews.com/specialenglish”)

I think it’s really neat that although most people are unaware, that we are providing news to Iranians.

BTW, that’s an instruction set for using a Proxy server. Proxies tell the internet you’re one place when you’re really another. I use one here to watch BBC programming online that tells the BBC website that I’m in Wolverhampton, UK ;)

We have also had quite a few Republican operatives post on here over the years using proxies that showed them being in Louisiana but since it’s all traceable, it was easy to call them out as Lamar did more than once.

I Agree With Paul Carty

Alexandria needs more bike lanes:

This community was not designed for bicyclists (or pedestrians). Old and new neighborhoods alike, for the most part, were designed with only cars in mind — no bike lanes and few sidewalks. Our quality of life would take a quantum leap forward by changing that, and some of us might even lose a few more pounds.