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Use Google Docs As A Simple Rich Text Web Proxy
If you’re at a location that filters out a site you want to visit but allows Google sites, this clever work around allows you to browse blocked web sites.
It certainly has limitation: you won’t get pictures, video, javascript, or other advanced web content. You will, however, get the text and the basic formatting–consider it a Rich Text sort of browsing experience.
The secret sauce is a Google Docs spreadsheet that calls up the HTML code through the Google servers (instead of via regular DNS requests at your local machine). Watch the video to see it in action and then hit up the link below to read more about it.
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- Published 02/2/12
Or use Google translate:
http://www.google.com/translate?sl=en&tl=nl&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtogeek.com%2F&anno=2
If you’re allowed access to Google sites, run a proxy on Google App Engine.
It’s a nice tip. but the engine doesnt work properly and certain pages crashed often
Nothing beats ControlByMail (vic2pc.com) for viewing blocked websites at work. Especially when Google is also blocked, making this tip useless.
You can also try Collatebox http://www.collatebox.com/