"Net nannies" narrow access

First, the fine folks at my office blocked our access to both YouTube and MySpace.

Then, Elie's employer blocked his ability to comment, or to publish posts except via e-mail.

Now, they're upping the ante--according to a recent e-mail, Noam, the blogger formerly known as Dilbert, no longer has access to blogs at all at work, and can't even read them, much less comment or publish.

So it's possible that some of the bloggers who've pretty much vanished from the face of the earth recently are just having a hard time finding a free minute in their schedules to blog.