Author: Joey deVilla

A lot of TED talks are just like this

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 8, 2022
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Comic: Dog giving a TED talk as a photo of a tail is projected behind him. The dog says “What if I told you that the thing you’ve been chasing your whole life...has been part of you all along?”

It’s “FURTIVELY fired,” not “Quiet fired”

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 8, 2022
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Screenshot of headline that reads “5 Signs You Are Being ‘Quiet Fired’ From Your Job” — Tap to read the original article.

The person who came up with the phrase “quiet quitting” took the effort to incorporate alliteration, which made the phrase catchy. You’d think the author of the article 5 Signs You Are Being “Quiet Fired” From Your Job (shown above) would have put in a few seconds to do the same for its employer counterpart, but instead, they took the lazy route and simply replaced “quitting” with “firing.”

In my opinion, “furtively fired” — and its noun form, “furtive firing” — sound much better, are grammatically correct, and employ an underused word.

Accordion, Instrument of the Gods It Happened to Me

Playing accordion at ng-conf’s first karaoke night

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 3, 2022
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Joey deVilla plays accordion while a karaoke DJ points two microphones at him — Tap to view at full size.

Here’s a photo of Yours Truly playing AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long at the first karaoke night for the ng-conf programming conference in Salt Lake City. They didn’t have mic stands on the first karaoke night, but Brady from Rock the Mic Karaoke helped out by playing “human mic stand.”

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It’s a fact: Dinosaurs did NOT rule the earth!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date August 29, 2022
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Illustration of dinosaurs with the caption: “The dinosaurs didn’t ‘rule the earth,’ they were just alive. Stop giving them credit for administrative skills they almost certainly did not have.”

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My new favorite scientific insult

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date August 29, 2022
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“You’re a 10, but it’s on the pH scale.”

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Amazing ube ice cream sandwiches at Mata’s Philippine Cuisine

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date August 26, 2022
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Ube ice cream sandwich — purple ice cream between two “rice krispies squares” dyed purple. — Tap to view the purple deliciousness at full size.

If you’re looking for a different kind of dessert, check out the ube ice cream sandwiches at Mata’s Philippine Cuisine in Tampa (on West Waters, a quick drive west of Dale Mabry)!

Ube (pronounced “OOO-beh”) is a sweet purple yam from the Philippines. It has a flavor that I describe as a mild mix of vanilla, white chocolate, and hazelnuts. It’s been a Filipino sweets staple for centuries, but only in the past decade has it become popular in North America. That’s a shame, because you’ve been missing out on some amazing, colorful dishes as a result!

They put the ice cream between “krispy treats” made out of sticky puffed rice (which often gets called pinipig in the Philippines, but that isn’t accurate). Just think of it as ube ice cream between Filipino rice krispies treats and enjoy the flavor.

Joey deVilla smiles with his ube ice cream sandwich.