Joey deVilla

The View from the Top of “World of Warcraft” Ain’t Pretty

On his blog Soul Kerfuffle, Dave Yeager invited a friend to submit an article about why he quit the popular…

20 years ago

Steak Made Simple

The How to Cook a Steak article in the foodie blog Tastebud Chicago had me at "A $30 restaurant steak…

20 years ago

When Life Gives You a Deadbeat Ex-Housemate, Make Deadbeat Ex-Housemate-ade. Or Something Like That.

About a half hour ago, the phone rang... Phone voice: Hi, I'm calling from CityTV. We'd like to interview you…

20 years ago

Today on “Global Nerdy”

Friendster's Recipe for Mediocrity: "If you had to reduce the New York Times article on Friendster, Wallflower at the Web…

20 years ago

Catmas.com: Still an Ongoing Concern

Despite the fact that the Catmas holiday has come and gone, and even though I'm really a dog person (I…

20 years ago

Update on the Deadbeat Ex-Housemate Story

(You might want to read the entry titled A Special Message to My Deadbeat Ex-Housemate first.) As of this morning,…

20 years ago

My Favourite Journalists: Stewart and Colbert

This has been sitting in my collection of draft blog entries; I thought I'd fire these out before they got…

20 years ago