Tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets in the aftermath of the Iranian election as the government rolled out a nationwide censorship campaign, shutting down mobile phone service, text messaging, and access to news sites. Fortunately, proxy servers have been set up to allow media access from within Iran’s borders - and once again, Twitter rises to the foreground as a powerful media/access/publication tool.

Twitter: the social networking tool we didn’t know we needed until we had it. I’d reference my old post about something similar, but I lost my blog archives and Electric Kitten (now under new management!) hasn’t responded to my request to have them retrieve my SQL table in exchange for my hard-earned cash. Thanks.

Um, yeah. So I transferred to a new host and forgot to grab the database that held my blog archives. Hi! I just lost all my content! Awesome!

I’ll try to build it back up, but it’ll be slow. I’m frustrated by my own stupidity.