Monthly Archive for August, 2006

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cvillenews.com News Sources

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 16, 2006 in Site News. Closed

I hope y’all will tolerate a bit more navel-gazing. I’ve been curious which media outlets that I link to the most, and how that’s changed over time. A database query and some quality time with Excel later…

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That’s a stacked, filled line graph totaled to 100%. Click to embiggen.

The spike in Progress links came when the Progress started archiving stories. And the recent disappearance of WINA links comes from their new website eliminating their archives, wiping years of great news records off of the internet. The Progress definitely gets the bulk of links at this point, but once I get in the habit of reading CBS 19 via their RSS feed and C-Ville Weekly now that they have archives, I certainly hope to widen the scope of sources.

Census Releases Social Data

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 15, 2006 in General News. Closed

The Census Bureau has released the first part of their 2005 American Community Survey data for the Charlottesville area (including C’ville, Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna and Nelson), which is information about regional social trends. Aaron Kessler reviews those trends in today’s Daily Progress, devoting a separate article to the growth of Spanish in the area. 8% of us speak a language other than English at home, with 40% of that group (~5,000 people) speaking Spanish. The next batch of ACS figures will be economic data, due out at the end of the month.

Rob Seal Interviews Prank Caller

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 14, 2006 in Meta News. 3 Comments

The first annual cvillenews.com award for awesomeness in journalism: Rob Seal turning a prank phone call into an interview. A 17-year-old from Waynesboro, Jake, was prank-calling people at 1 AM when they got Rob’s phone. Rob doesn’t just turn it into an interview, but makes that the hook for an interesting Progress article about the state of prank-calling telephony and anti-prank-calling telephony. Well played.

Blog Carnival: Jim Duncan Hosts

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 14, 2006 in Blogs. Closed

Jim Duncan hosts the Charlottesville Blog Carnival, listing his favorite blog entries of the past week. This past week was a particularly good one, giving Jim some rich material to work with.

“We Buy Houses” Signs

Published by Waldo Jaquith on August 13, 2006 in Crime. 5 Comments

'We Buy Houses' SignSome assclown stuck these things along the road all over Albemarle County. I see a dozen when driving from Stony Point to Free Union. It’s illegal (§18-4.15.7), as it should be, and it’s promoting a scam, which is very illegal in itself. (See the National Consumer Law Center’s report, “Dreams Forclosed: The Rampant Theft of Americans’ Homes Through Equity-Stripping Foreclosure ‘Rescue’ Scams.”) Do these “We Buy Houses” and “Lose Weight Fast” jerks get prosecuted by our esteemed commonwealth’s attorney Jim Camblos, or this one of those optional laws? Should we all call 989-2622 to wish these spammers well?

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