2 Million Pageviews!

18 years ago

Yearly statistics for the Accordion Guy blog, courtesy of StatCounter. StatCounter says that sometime within the half-hour before I wrote…

Shanah Tovah Umetukah!

18 years ago

(That's Hebrew for "A good and sweet new year!") It's Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish holiday often referred to as "Jewish…

The Fortune Cookie Wasn’t Kidding

18 years ago

I found this while cleaning out receipts from my wallet. It's from my last fortune cookie:

Terminated, Part 1: The Very First Things You Should Do When Laid Off

18 years ago

[This article also appears in my tech blog, Global Nerdy.] Introduction Hello. My name is Joey deVilla, and I am…

R.I.P. Paul Newman

18 years ago

Actor, director, car racing enthusiast, humanitarian, creator of a pretty good salad dressing, beer aficionado and master of the steely…

This Gun’s for Hire

18 years ago

Life in a startup is full of adventures with its fair share of ups and downs. Budgets shrink and grow,…

Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart’s Hilarious “Entertainment Weekly” Cover

18 years ago

I love the cover of this week's Entertainment Weekly! It features Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart and recreates the infamous…

Closing in on 2 Million Pageviews

18 years ago

My career has been shaped by what I like to call "hobbies that have spiralled out of control". The first…

Demolition at 176 Spadina

18 years ago

The building next door to my workplace -- 176 Spadina Avenue -- is being demolished (presumably to be replaced by…