Unblocked!

Jane and I bit the bullet last week and signed up for a VPN, which, as we all know*, is a Virtual Private Network. Meaning that our computer thinks it's a part of a network in San Francisco right now instead of in a network in China, meaning that we can now get around the Great Firewall a whole lot more freely. Also meaning that we'll be spending lots of time on the computer this weekend checking out Facebook and other stuff we've missed out on.

Who knows, I might even get around to getting the blog spruced up a bit, now that we can actually post to it without having to go through a third party site. Any votes on a new color scheme? I'm thinking greens and purples, except that it would clash with our bright red couch...

*As we all know, it is considered proper academic form in China to say "as we all know" when referring to common knowledge, even if it isn't shared by everyone in the audience. Makes everybody feel a little more valued, don't you think?