Digital Inspiration has this elegant method of quickly creating a proxy server without using your home computer and hosting it for free, using the Google App Engine. In just 9 steps you can creat a proxy server for your blocked friends in China, Iran, your office or anywhere else where the Web is seen as a dangerous force.

Visit Digital Inspiration for the details, and look at their handy video tutorial right here.

This is a fantastic example of the web as the ultimate leveling tool. Anyone can now not only publish their thoughts and ideas, they can also make sure other people can access them without being a programmer.