In short
China never figures in my visitor statistics until yesterday when the blog came under sustained attack from comment spam. Some clown in China with too much spare time recorded 947 page hits spruiking some game. Idiot.
In other news a fresh Cabpoll went up yesterday and, with luck, will be followed by a passenger video interview today. Pretty tricky stuff but it should be okay.
Finally, for anyone interested and not at the pub tonight, I'll be making an appearance on Channel 9's A Current Affair to talk about Cabpoll. Hopefully, it too will be okay.
UPDATE: Unfortunately the ACA piece is not complete, despite a successful session late this afternoon. A little more material is needed to round out the story and will now be broadcast next week. More importantly, though, my first Cabpoll video interview with a passenger is now online here.
Woo hoo! I'm not driving tonight, so I'll be watching with keen interest!
Of those who express an (unasked) opinion on the election, very few of the passengers in my Canberra cab think Howard will lose. Most people think that Rudd has done very well, but he's not going to win the election just by keeping his head down and smiling.
Me, I think that the only Labor leaders to win from Opposition have been leaders of huge charisma like Whitlam and Hawke.
Posted by: Skyring | October 19, 2007 at 11:05 AM
Just programmed a reminder to watch it into my phone. Good luck!
Posted by: Sprite | October 19, 2007 at 11:53 AM
really enjoying your cab poll blog on ninemsn..pity you can post comments there ...or link back to yours ?
most cabbies I've asked (and I'm in Waterloo, btw) say it's a returning Government
Posted by: cat | October 19, 2007 at 02:25 PM
Where do I go after I click ninemsm? I can't find it. Sorry.
Posted by: Tom | October 20, 2007 at 12:34 AM
Tom, the ninemsm link is to their election page with my link in sidebar under Cabpoll. Otherwise try the last link in this post which deep links into my page. There you'll find two links, with a deep link at the end of my report.
Posted by: adrian | October 20, 2007 at 05:06 AM
What did you make of the Debate Adrian?
Posted by: Dataceptionist | October 22, 2007 at 04:33 PM
Thanks for the advice, folks, though interview focus was primarily on campaign. Over the radio the Debate sounded like, yadda, yadda, yadda. Yawn.
Posted by: adrian | October 23, 2007 at 07:06 AM
I am an Aussie living in Beijing and just found your blog. Interesting coincidence but it wasn't me spamming your blog. Anyway, your blog looks like a great read.
http://www.syndeyforum.com
Posted by: Mike | November 03, 2007 at 10:35 PM