Yesterday I was able to log into Google from this computer at a net cafe near Jodi's parents' house, but today it is being soft-blocked and my proxy can't handle secure URLs. I suspect it's an IP block because even connections to the secure Gmail URL are timing out. Yahoo is also affected by the block.

This means that I'm stuck posting to Blogger from lynx over an SSH connection and can't check my Gmail.

(Quick survey: in my row of net cafe computers, four kids are playing WoW-type RPG games, one is playing CS, one is listening to MP3s and reading lyrics through Baidu, and the last is browsing through Baidu's version of Yahoo Answers (or AskMefi, my choice in that category)).