Update from (hopefully) a future Olympic Torch Bearer...

As it turns out, there are two glitches in the system:

1) Voting only works with Internet Explorer. Firefox, Safari, I'm sorry. The Beijing Olympics don't like you.

2) It seems that you can vote ONCE EVERY DAY. This may be a glitch, or they may have just not listed that you can do it. Either way, this means you can vote a lot more times.

THANK YOU for those who have voted already. And a BIG thank you if you vote again, and again, and again...

Here's the webpage again:
Link

Thanks,
Matt Scranton

New idea on voting for Matt for torch bearer....

I give all credit on this idea to Electronic Vagrant.
He proposed using Tor (download page) to vote for Matt to be torch bearer. Now, yes, this takes a bit of effort. But, if you were thinking about using Tor to do some simple anonymous browsing, then download it anyway and vote for Matt.
Since Matt said it logs IP addresses, this would be a way to get around that.

Two other options:
1) You can download Tor and then use a Firefox extension called Tor button to turn Tor off and on in Firefox. Although more people have viewed this page with IE 6 or 7, I know that many of you use Firefox (and I highly encourage it).
2) You can download a portable (you can run it off a USB key) version of Firefox that is integrated with Tor, called TorPark. Just download, extract and run it. This also means you can put it on your work computer because you don't have to install anything (in case you don't have the permissions).

And don't forget to vote for Matt.

P.S. Remember to use Tor wisely, aka, don't start logging into websites with all of your personal info. I'll be monitoring your traffic on my Tor node.

Help Matt Scranton become an Olympic Torchbearer

Friends,

I've applied to become a torchbearer for the upcoming 2008 Olympics. Part of the initial decision is based on how many votes you get online, which means, I NEED YOUR HELP!!

You can vote one time per ISP number, which means go to the university library and vote on different computers. Go to Internet cafes and vote. Vote on your home computer, work computer. Leave comments too to get more attention!

100 people make it to the final round, so this is a goal within reach. That is a lot of people and you can help me be one of them!

Facebook Group Link:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11778765028

Here is the website to vote for me:
http://pub1.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/torch/members.shtml?mid=36

The main website with all the other applicants is here:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/torch_page.html

I would really love your help, it will only take 30 seconds.

Thanks,
Matt Scranton