Bypassing blocking of websites...

So my workplace uses websense to block certain websites. I read while researching firesheep, that you can somehow bypass that by creating a proxy, and thus:

#1 protect yourself from people using firesheep (if using unsecure hot-spot)

and

#2 or visit un-approved websites at work.

I haven't been able to create a proxy from their directions...

Is this possible?

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Specifically from Geek to Live: Encrypt your web browsing session (with an SSH SOCKS proxy)

The section says:

See Tor Project: Anonymity Online