How to access blocked sites at work or school

Does your work block sites like gmail, facebook, myspace or youtube?  There are a few options to get around this block and access these sites fairly easily.  Your first choice invovles accessing these sites by a proxy.  You can find a list of several proxies at proxy.org.  This site not only supplies you with a list of proxy sites, but also an easy to use interface to browse blocked sites.  Note that some of these proxy sites may be slow or not work, but just keep trying until you find a reliable one.  If you are having no luck with this method of accessing blocked sites at work, Google has a site language translator that also acts as a proxy.  Simply browse to http://translate.google.com/translate and input the blocked URL that you are attempting to access.  Google no longer supports the English to English translation, so translate the page from any other language to English and it will work just fine.  There you have it, quick access to blocked sites like facebook, youtube, gmail and myspace at work or school.