Monthly Archive for July, 2005

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New Feature: Text Ads

Published by Waldo Jaquith on July 1, 2005 in Site News. 7 Comments

People are forever asking me to use this site to announce events and fundraisers and the like, and, frankly, life’s too short. I don’t want to open the floodgates by announcing some, so I announce none. That’s problem #1. Problem #2 is that my washing machine died a few weeks ago, and I can’t seem track down a used one to buy for a few bucks.

Solution: cvillenews.com text ads. If you’re looking to buy something, selling something for $100 or less, want to freecycle something, or announcing some kind of a community or non-profit event, you can take out a free little ad that will appear on every page on the site. Just fill out the little form, and your ad will start appearing once I OK it.

This is thoroughly experimental. If it’s not useful to anybody, I’ll get rid of it and we’ll make like it never happened. If it’s wildly successful, I may enhance it in any number of ways. When bugs appear, maybe I’ll fix ’em. Give it a whirl.

So… About that washer?

DMV Guard vs. Unruly Customer

Published by Waldo Jaquith on July 1, 2005 in Crime. Closed

Check out Liesel Nowak’s crazy story about the DMV guard and the unruly customer in today’s Daily Progress. Pepper spray was unleashed, a gun was drawn, there was a standoff, blood was spilled…it was a bad scene. The only side of the story that the Progress got was the customer’s. Presumably, this will get even weirder once the guard’s side of things come out.

Progress: “Who’s Your Favorite Cosmetic Surgeon?”

Published by Waldo Jaquith on July 1, 2005 in Meta News. Closed

For many years, C-Ville Weekly has run their Best of Charlottesville competition, where they ask people to name their favorite rock band, author, tattoo parlor, downtown store, radio DJ, restaurant, place to live, noisemaker, “wannabe,” etc. It’s a lighthearted survey that asks people to rate businesses, experiences, individuals, products, and events. (And I believe that they’re taking entries now for this year’s version.)

Now the Daily Progress has gotten into the game — their 2005 Readers’ Choice awards, in which they ask readers to name their favorite advertiser business in a variety of categories. If you’ve sampled all of the motorcycle dealers, they want to know which you prefer. Ditto for funeral homes, churches, piano/organ stores, mailing facilities (?), paving companies, patio furniture dealers, hot tub dealers, storage companies, mortgage companies, weight loss centers and — my favorite — cosmetic surgeons.

I’ll stick with The Best of Charlottesville, thank you. I figure there are a lot of great things in C’ville that are noteworthy that are not, in fact, businesses. Besides, I’ve only bought, like, three hot tubs for my house, so who am I to judge?

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