I’m getting overwhelmed by blog spam, so I’ve enabled the Akismet filter. The catch is that it gets some false positives. If your comment fails to appear, don’t take it personally — just e-mail me and I’ll rescue it from the bit bucket.
Sideblog
- The SPCA wants your stories of the critters you've adopted from them over the years. #
- Dude fills out Papa John's job application, then steals the tip jar. Police, understandably, had no trouble tracking him down. #
- S'ville officials say their flooding was because they opened the levee gates. That'll do it. #
- Unemployment in our MSA has doubled to 5.9% in the past year; pretty low compared to the state and nation. #
- Pavilion X is having its columns stripped of white paint and restored to Jefferson's design: sandstone colored. My understanding is that's the plan for the whole of grounds. Some alumni's heads will explode when they learn about this. #
- C'ville and Albemarle are getting hip to social networking, meeting citizens on their own turf, which is great. THOUGH CVILLETWEET IS IN ALL CAPS, oddly. #
- I go on vacation for 36 hours and swine flu breaks out? The good news: it's no more harmful than any other flu, so relax. #
- Bob Gibson explains the possibility of a special election for David Toscano's seat in the House, unlikely though it may be. #
- The BoS will fund the Hatton Ferry through the summer while seeking permanent, private funding. (Via The Hook) #
- A suspicious fire destroyed a $65k backhoe left at the Meadowcreek Parkway site last night. #
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This is a community news blog about Charlottesville, VA, USA, started in March of 2001. It's run by Waldo Jaquith. It has nothing to do with C-Ville Weekly, the newspaper. Feel free to submit a story.
Yeah, I’ve seen a three-fold increase in the quantity of blogspam getting past *Akismet* in the last month or so. It has tapered off, presumably as Akismet adapts.
It has been paralleled by an increase in email spam that gets past Gmail.
I’m sorely tempted to just move to a knowledge CAPTCHA (is there a better term for it?), such as “The most famous president from Charlottesville is _______ Jefferson,” and have people fill in “Thomas.” On the one hand, it’d be annoying to do that with every post. On the other hand, it’s even more annoying for people having to wait hours or days for me to approve their comment.