Since Blogspot has once again been “harmonized,” I thought it might be useful to repost this useful little Blogspot workaround:
Originally posted March 27, 2007:
Dave from Mutant Palm has posted a fix for the CCP’s kabosh on Blogspot. As a public service, I am reposting here. It took me a couple of tries to get it going, but I’ve got it running now and it’s great. It’s fast AND smooth…kind of like a pina colada made with Bacardi 151.
The Ya, I Yee/Fermi Zhang blogspot proxy patch:
1. Use the Notepad (or other text editor softwares) to write a file with the following codes:
function FindProxyForURL(url,host){if(dnsDomainIs(host, ".blogspot.com")){return "PROXY 72.14.219.190:80";}}
2. Save it as proxy.pac (MAKE SURE IT SAVES as .pac file NOT a text file) and put it in the root directory of C:\
3. Take Firefox for example,click Tools->Options->Advanced->Network->Settings…-> fill the codes below in the blank under “Automatic proxy configuration URL”:
file:///C:/proxy.pac
4. Press Reload on the right, press OK, and OK.
5. Relaunch Firefox, done!
Note: Ya, I Yee also has version that will allow access to wordpress.com sites as well. For even more information on proxies and workarounds, check out this post by Ryan written last November on the Lost Laowai blog.
Heyah, not to tout here… but this post has the code for Blogspot, Wikipedia and WordPress – and there’s a link in the comments for how to get it working on a Mac.
I never know when the sites are blocked or unblocked now, and haven’t since I started using this hack – it’s great!
It looks simple enough, but I still can’t get this damned thing to work.
It took me a few tries as well. Then one time I did it and…it worked.
Probably means that I shouldn’t be thinking “IT” if this academia thing doesn’t work out as planned.
hey, while i’ve got you both in one place – who’s running enlightenment?