I just went through the Charlottesville Blogs blogroll and pulled any blog that hasn’t been updated since June. There were about a half dozen. No point in listing blogs that have been abandoned. It’s surprising how few Charlottesville blogs have been abandoned. It’s unusual for such a high percentage of any given group of blogs …
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VPTC Blogging Panel Tomorrow
I’ll be speaking at a Virginia Piedmont Technology Council panel on Thursday (tomorrow). The 90-minute lunch, “‘Casting for Customers,” is all about blogging and business. Sean Tubbs, Edward Cossette, Michael Prichard and I will talk about how businesses can embrace blogs, take part in the Charlottesville blogging community, and use it for the betterment of …
Sabato class report.
Norman Leahy, Rick Sincere and I spoke to Larry Sabato’s Campaigns and Elections class last night, here at UVa. It was actually a lot of fun. The students were knowledgeable and engaged, and the three of us make a fine trio. Rick Sincere suggests that he and I should take our show on the road …
Good turnout in Stony Point.
I worked the Stony Point precinct from 8am-10am, and I was really surprised at the turnout. I assumed it would be terribly low, and we’d all bemoan it for weeks to come, but things were brisk. I manned the same poll last year, for the presidential election, and the traffic was similar. I can’t imagine …
E-Mail down.
My e-mail server is down tonight — there’s a planned power outage in the building where it’s hosted. It may be as late as 7am tomorrow morning until it’s back on again. If you need me, e-mail me at waldo@munkandphyber.com, or call. I should mention that I’ll be speaking to Larry Sabato’s Campaigns and Elections …
Good weather, good turnout.
What a beautiful day. It’s 67° here in Charlottesville, as I type this, just as it’s been for nearly a week now. Tomorrow, Election Day, the forecast high is 70° in Charlottesville, 75° in Norfolk, 72° in Big Stone Gap, 75° in Salem, 75° in Roanoke, and 72° in Burke. There’s a slight chance of …
Register-Bee endorses Deeds.
The Danville Register-Bee today endorsed Republicans Jerry Kilgore and Bill Bolling, along with Democrat Creigh Deeds. Of Deeds they write: Deeds – a self-described “country lawyer” – has deep roots in rural Virginia. Despite working for a year in Danville, Deeds has spent most of his career in his native Bath County. In the Virginia …
Tarping the house.
This should keep out the beetles.
Eighty three Charlottesville blogs.
As of today, there are 83 Charlottesville blogs. I think we can hit one hundred by the end of the year. That seemed like a ridiculous goal when I created the aggregator in June, but the growth rate has been huge. We just hit 75 a week ago. At the current rate, we may well …
Asian lady beetle invasion.
The Asian lady beetle invasion is on. I am not going to let it get as bad as last year — these biting, stinking bastards are going down. I’m not the only one, but that doesn’t make it any less horrible. If anybody has any slick tips, I’m all ears. I’ll be outside, having some …