patapete’s Neighborhood

Are some sites being blocked by Kiwi ISPs?

Folks, I have a theory.
   After asking on Twitter, and using two different ISPs in two different cities, and trialling different browsers, I have found that in New Zealand, I (and one other Twitter friend) cannot reach our Autocade site without the browser coming up with an error asking one to save the page.
   However, using a US proxy server, there is no problem, and the page functions normally. It actually opens.
   I suspect something is afoot with ISPs in New Zealand blocking certain sites. Can friends reading this confirm this with me, please? The site is autocade.net.
   I remember last month there was quite a bit of furore on Twitter when TelstraClear customers could not reach justinflitter.com (since closed). Again, I had no problem accessing Justin’s site via a proxy server. I simply could not reach it from New Zealand, even though Justin is a New Zealander.

DZg - HEAVEN

HEAVEN

DZgunrock

iPod Touch

I'm definitely not one of those people who just jump at supposedly "hot new stuff" they try to sell. When I spot something interesting, I start monitoring news and reviews on the net to see what's up with it, if anyone seems to be complaining about some faults/ bugs/ glitches/ whatever.

So I've been watching a whole lot of people start using iPhone and going blah blah blah about how great it is. It seemed okay enough (although SoftBank, which is the service provider for iPhone in Japan, tends to feck up every now and then and their network goes down- but that's not Apple's fault, I guess), and I have been curious about the whole new phenomenon, but wasn't ready to (still not) jump from DoCoMo.

Which is kind of why I got an iPod Touch, which is pretty much iPhone without phone capability. You can download and use the apps for iPhone and do pretty much the same thing. Downside is that, the thing is designed to be used in the environment always connected to the Internet- which you can't get out on the street unless you sign up with some data-steaming services (not particularly cheap; I would rather just get me an iPhone along with my DoCoMo keitai. Some people do this though).

I've set up the network so it can get in on my home wireless network, and it's pretty interesting. It feels, you know, future:-)

Must be bad for my eye though. I should probably invest in contact lens manufacturers. This and all the mobile device will produce a generation of people with cool gadgets and bad eyes in no time. (^ ^;)

The Cold Reality of Global Warming - Times Online

Global warming has nothing to do with environmental protection and everything to do with totalitarian world government, more taxes, the continued impoverishment of the masses in industrial (former?) countries, and the growth of nuclear power.

Real environmental threats are many: petrochemicals, soil damage, GMOs, chemtrails, pharmaceuticals in your water and you, fluoridated water, super volcanic eruptions, meteorite impacts...

The Sun is 98% of the mass of this solar system. It is a mere 8 light minutes away and is not only the protagonist on this particular stage, where our play unfolds, but is the main driver of earthly climate change. A million Earths can fit into the Sun. CO2, moreover, represents 0.035% of the atmospheric-oceanic system, most of it dissolved in the ocean.

Follow the money to find out who or what benefits from this psychological warfare, prettied-up with earth-saving slogans.

The Cold Reality of Global Warming - Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news...

The revelation that ministers have failed in their campaign to persuade the public that the greenhouse effect is a serious threat requiring urgent action will make uncomfortable reading for the Government as it prepares for next month’s climate change summit in Copenhagen.

Deleting this journal now. Also...

Deleting this journal now. Also, discontinuing use of my WLM account for another. I'll add active accounts only as neighbors on my new account. Some of you have already been marked as neighbor on the other account and I'm waiting for you to reciprocate the action.

The truth of my switching blogs? Some of you are too much drama and thankless to boot. I'm done wiping noses and holding hands.Yes, life is hard. No, you are not a special snowflake that should be forgiven for your bad habits/behavior toward others, be held in higher regard despite for no reason other than how long I have known you or have your outbursts swept under the bridge because you were having a bad day. It is bad form to piss off someone that has kept your secrets and tried to minimize the damage you cause to yourself and others.

Learn to treat others how you would like to be treated and stop acting like a self centered child. Shit happens now get over yourself and act like an adult.

I guess I spent so long being kind and gentle that some of you have forgotten what I'm like when pushed? An apology isn't going to be enough this time.

Bye bye now! <3

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