Rob DeCola
@robdecola.com
Boston Journalist, Dual National 🇺🇸🇮🇹, Trekkie, Retro Gamer, Media Consumer, End User.
I saw Spaceballs before Star Wars as a kid and it messed me up. Subscribe to a newspaper.
I saw Spaceballs before Star Wars as a kid and it messed me up. Subscribe to a newspaper.
Happy 30th to @boston.com !
I was 20 in 2003 and pretty sure I knew everything there was to know about journalism.
They hired me anyway.
What followed is an enviable career I wouldn't trade for anything.
Here's to all the heroes, villains, big stars, and bit players I met along the way!
I was 20 in 2003 and pretty sure I knew everything there was to know about journalism.
They hired me anyway.
What followed is an enviable career I wouldn't trade for anything.
Here's to all the heroes, villains, big stars, and bit players I met along the way!
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Happy 30th to @boston.com !
I was 20 in 2003 and pretty sure I knew everything there was to know about journalism.
They hired me anyway.
What followed is an enviable career I wouldn't trade for anything.
Here's to all the heroes, villains, big stars, and bit players I met along the way!
I was 20 in 2003 and pretty sure I knew everything there was to know about journalism.
They hired me anyway.
What followed is an enviable career I wouldn't trade for anything.
Here's to all the heroes, villains, big stars, and bit players I met along the way!
All hail the Queen Guardian of Boston! Long may she swim around the Giant Ocean Tank and nap upon its fake coral. #myrtletheturtle
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
All hail the Queen Guardian of Boston! Long may she swim around the Giant Ocean Tank and nap upon its fake coral. #myrtletheturtle
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Hi. The American job market, especially for young people, has changed drastically since the 1980s. Does that mean it’s all Reagan’s fault, or just mostly Reagan’s fault? youtu.be/grQssQUbFtg
Why Can’t Gen Z Find A Job? - SOME MORE NEWS
YouTube video by Some More News
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hi. The American job market, especially for young people, has changed drastically since the 1980s. Does that mean it’s all Reagan’s fault, or just mostly Reagan’s fault? youtu.be/grQssQUbFtg
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Oh, ok. Sorry I annoyed you with my fanatical local loyalty. #kowloon
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/l...
October 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Oh, ok. Sorry I annoyed you with my fanatical local loyalty. #kowloon
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/l...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/l...
October 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I downgraded my plan. Instead of $120 more a year, I'll pay $60 less. I'm fine with that, but it didn't have to be this way. #xbox #gamepass
we've got updates! here's what's changing with Xbox Game Pass: xbx.lv/46GzUed
October 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Well, back to it then.
a man with glasses and a wig says " well back to it then "
Alt: Chit gets back to work.
media.tenor.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Well, back to it then.
One for me and WhatsHisName, my new best friend.
September 23, 2025 at 3:17 AM
One for me and WhatsHisName, my new best friend.
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We are back at the Belly Up tonight! Join us for:
6p - Amigo Access
7p - doors
8p - Ted Z and The Wranglers
9p - RCPM with THE Jons
6p - Amigo Access
7p - doors
8p - Ted Z and The Wranglers
9p - RCPM with THE Jons
September 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We are back at the Belly Up tonight! Join us for:
6p - Amigo Access
7p - doors
8p - Ted Z and The Wranglers
9p - RCPM with THE Jons
6p - Amigo Access
7p - doors
8p - Ted Z and The Wranglers
9p - RCPM with THE Jons
The blue #Xbox X is the most obvious example of the sun-damage problem that haunts Southern California's otherwise superb #retrogaming stores.
September 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The blue #Xbox X is the most obvious example of the sun-damage problem that haunts Southern California's otherwise superb #retrogaming stores.
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It's Friday night, we're in Hermosa Beach, and we've got The Jons with us. Let's Go Saint Rocke!!
6:30p - Amigo pass
7p - doors
8p - Ted Z and The Wranglers
9p - RCPM with The Jons backing on percussion and horns
6:30p - Amigo pass
7p - doors
8p - Ted Z and The Wranglers
9p - RCPM with The Jons backing on percussion and horns
September 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's Friday night, we're in Hermosa Beach, and we've got The Jons with us. Let's Go Saint Rocke!!
6:30p - Amigo pass
7p - doors
8p - Ted Z and The Wranglers
9p - RCPM with The Jons backing on percussion and horns
6:30p - Amigo pass
7p - doors
8p - Ted Z and The Wranglers
9p - RCPM with The Jons backing on percussion and horns
September 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Do I need a 20,000-piece Enterprise-D #LEGO set that's the size of my living room and costs as much as a mid-size SUV?
No, I need two so I can keep one in the box.
youtu.be/C4gbBGp92RU
No, I need two so I can keep one in the box.
youtu.be/C4gbBGp92RU
Teaser | Star Trek x LEGO
YouTube video by Star Trek
youtu.be
September 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Do I need a 20,000-piece Enterprise-D #LEGO set that's the size of my living room and costs as much as a mid-size SUV?
No, I need two so I can keep one in the box.
youtu.be/C4gbBGp92RU
No, I need two so I can keep one in the box.
youtu.be/C4gbBGp92RU
LOL
I think the Globe and Boston dot com online, then just Boston dot come when we split into two sites back in 2015, then it made it way back to the Globe site and print about five years ago ... maybe?
It's pretty conventional now compared to what it started out as as web-only.
It's pretty conventional now compared to what it started out as as web-only.
September 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
LOL
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Join me in the North End for cannoli & community—fresh ingredients, tradition & family #MikesPastry
September 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Join me in the North End for cannoli & community—fresh ingredients, tradition & family #MikesPastry
So, 1100 men went in the water. 316 men came out. The sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.
#Jaws #Thefarmerandtheshark
Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
#Jaws #Thefarmerandtheshark
Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
September 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So, 1100 men went in the water. 316 men came out. The sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.
#Jaws #Thefarmerandtheshark
Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
#Jaws #Thefarmerandtheshark
Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
August 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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A huge loss for the Globe, and for all who loved him.
Globe photo editor killed while bicycling in rural Illinois - The Boston Globe
Lloyd Young, 57, of Boston, was struck and killed Saturday in McLean County in Illinois.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A huge loss for the Globe, and for all who loved him.
The #StarTrek episode "Bread and Circuses" used stock footage of #MIT in Cambridge thus this Memory Alpha entry:
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was a large building found on the planet 892-IV."
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Massach...
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was a large building found on the planet 892-IV."
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Massach...
August 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The #StarTrek episode "Bread and Circuses" used stock footage of #MIT in Cambridge thus this Memory Alpha entry:
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was a large building found on the planet 892-IV."
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Massach...
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was a large building found on the planet 892-IV."
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Massach...
It's modern and has hundreds of games and the guy swiping his credit card has no idea you destroyed something beautiful. #retrogaming #emulation
August 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It's modern and has hundreds of games and the guy swiping his credit card has no idea you destroyed something beautiful. #retrogaming #emulation