Courtesy of Bluehost : The server realcentralva.com is hosted on will be undergoing a hardware upgrade at approximately 11PM MST Monday January 12th We expect the downtime for the account to be 1-2 hours, but could be completed long before that window. … In spite of my occasional complaints about Bluehost, they’re better at what they do than I could be, and they saved my butt – big time – last year .
Browsing Category Blogging
Hiatus Over – Wrapping up 2008
– I’m looking to find a good Realtor to share the management of RealWaynesboroVA – a third blog is just a bit too much work, and to be truly successful, I need more content and time dedicated to building that site. … – A focus here and on RealCrozetVA will be on the community – building, maintaining, helping … this year is one where community is going to play a much stronger role than it has in the past decade.
A Brief Hiatus on RealCentralVA
It’s been a long year, and I need to work on my beginning-of-the-year post, my upcoming four-year blogiversary post as well as a few deeper pieces I’ve been meaning to put together. In the meantime, feel free to contact me anytime, read about Charlottesville’s market statistics and analyses, or pop in and ask me a question if you see me available in the meebo sidebar (not you, RSS readers – you need to visit the blog for that!).
RealCentralVA is on Alltop
The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading by both displaying stories from the sites that you’re already visiting and helping you discover sites that you didn’t know existed. … I’ve added their real estate widget as well; scroll down about a third of the way – 
If you’re looking for something and you know the topic, try Alltop first – heck, try typing in the subject – food or business or psychology or science – and then .alltop.com.
Upgraded to WordPress 2.7
I just upgraded this blog to the newest version of Wordpress , the brilliant software that makes my blogging life possible. … I am very proud of myself for waiting two entire days to upgrade (I tested it out on several other blogs first).
Upcoming Stories
To be posted in no particular order: – Market update – Market Projections for 2009 – Walkable Neighborhoods – where are they in Charlottesville and Albemarle? – Building communities – why the recession is good for neighborhoods and communities – Dwellicious – End of the year thoughts and predictions – about local politics, growth, the Real-VA triad (RealCentralVA, RealCrozetVA, RealWaynesboroVA) and their plans – Request for stories/topics you want to see covered here – I’m going to pick a few houses and track their sales histories over the past ten years – where’s the real appreciation?
What Makes a Great Hyper-Local Blog
It’s a shame that he’s ” throwing in the towel ” because the comments speak to the value that his site has brought to his community, but it’s good that the site will continue. … Two Three Four points (just read the whole thing) with which I particularly agree, and if I could copy and paste his entire post, I would, because each one is poignant.