... that morning, I'm sitting here now with the knowledge that I have a phone that has free internetaccess, 300 free text messages and that I will probably top-up £10 once a month. Those suckers who...check e-mail, use twitter and facebook, listen tomy iPod, browse the internet, take pictures and play games all from one little pocket sized device. I'...
...'m going to be slow for the next couple weeks--in before "what else is new, Vashdonna?"--I missed so much in all my games and have some limited internetaccess right now. Expect some epic!backtagging from Ukoku and Kyonko over the next week, please! Aaaaand because I'm such a sheep: I did the HMD Meme . ...
... not without some serious customer service training under his belt. Anyways - the point of this is this: I don't have a landline anymore (hence the no internetaccess) and therefore have to make these calls on my mobile phone. 0845 numbers are charged at full rate on mobiles. They also are not counted in the pre...
If anyone is on twitter, set your location to Tehran and your time zone to GMT +3.30. Security forces are hunting for bloggers using location/timezone searches. The more people at this location, the more of a logjam it creates for forces trying to shut Iranians' access to the internet down. Cut & paste & pass it on.
... peaceful. Right now, the same cannot be said. Reports of injuries, shootings, and killings are flooding the internet. Twitter has been an invaluable source - those in Iran who still know how to access it are updating regularly with picture evidence. People are being brutally beaten. Tonight will be another night without rest...
... cursed because no sooner had I finished the introductory paragraph of the umpteenth draft last night did our internet connection go kaput - for the third time this year, but in a manner suitably different from the previous... US CLAWING AT OUR EYES IN INFO-WITHDRAWAL. This time we seem to occasionally be able to access a maimed version of certain sites, so if you're looking at this entry, LJ is one...
...is saying something that really touched me. She is saying that they can take our phones, our internet, all our communication away, but we are showing that by saying "allaho akbar" we can find ...neighborhood were seized by police/basij today. Iranian regime is doing all they can to stop Iraniansaccess to media Candle Light Vigil in Seattle for Iranian-Americans Fighting for Justice in Iran, Friday ...
... peaceful. Right now, the same cannot be said. Reports of injuries, shootings, and killings are flooding the internet. Twitter has been an invaluable source - those in Iran who still know how to access it are updating regularly with picture evidence. People are being brutally beaten. Tonight will be another night without rest...
So, the "Republic" of Iran thinks that limiting the access of it's citizens and visitors to the internet is the way to keep their people quiet and safe. Block websites, turn off cell phones, and tell reporters they can't leave their hotels - does this sound like the actions of a Democratic Republic? Not to me. So, tonight I will try tinkering with ...
...that it can remain available for those Iranians who can still access it. In the meantime, Iran’s government is doing everything they...– a futile effort in most cases. Looking at the IranianInternet services, you can see a clear pattern of additional outages and...s extremely hard to fully block comment and communication on the Internet. There are still sysadmins out there who think that blocking ...
