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I'm not a real "fast food" guy. I don't really love burgers, and I don't really love super fried or greasy things, and I realize that by making both of these statements it's very possible that the Department of Bro-land Security will revoke my man-certificate. That said, I've always admired Burgerville , Oregon (and Southern Washington's) home-grown fast food chain. Burgerville goes out of their…
So, we're in Japan, and we've just stepped off the train in Kashiwa, a very nice town in Chiba which also happens to be the home of Panic's Japanese HQ, which itself happens to be essentially a cozy apartment, which reminds me of Panic USA 1.0, except Noby and Kenichi don't live in the apartment, and the apartment is in Japan. Anyway. Noby wasn't there yet, so we wandered around the station a…
Good news! Microsoft recently released some very helpful tips for hosting your own Windows 7 party! Can I just stop here, and can we be honest with each other? Does this kind of acting resonate with anybody ? (As Steve noted, it's totally Shovin' Buddies! ) Are there people who can relate to — let alone enjoy — this video? And has there even been a more vibrant and tangible…
Somehow the tradition continues! While the funniest fireworks seem to have been in previous (2008) Yay! Fireworks installments (2007) , this year's trip to Blackjack still yielded some amazing surprises. Enjoy. OH MY GOD THAT GUMSHOE IS A DEMON FOR SOME REASON But only just. I truly enjoyed this Konami game on my Super Nintendo Nothing says "Hollywood Trip" like Barbara Streisand's head floating…
Let me be clear: I have no intention of this becoming a baby pictures blog. That said, I thought it worth noting to you, the cabel.name-interested, that, one week ago, we welcomed the arrival of Joby Finn Sasser , our brand new baby boy. Already awash in the gaming world (which means he'll be a football broker, right?), here he's about to be wrapped up by Keita Takahashi's Noby Noby Boy . (And our…
Image Portland Ground There's a lot of photocopied flyers stapled on the telephone poles of Hawthorne Blvd here in Portland. The average diameter of each pole has literally extended by several KinkoInches advertising the inevitable weekend shows of Sidewalk Stalk, Dov's Houseboy, Korandom, I Don't See You But I'll Always Feel You, Emissionary Physician, Cedar Oak and Pine, Forebread, and other…
Sorry to interrupt your regular blog content: but, did you hear? Panic is having a sale! All of our major Mac apps are 50% off . Transmit! Coda! Unison! CandyBar! Cheap! For three days only . Act now! Click here and make it happen! We thank you. Well, if I can't convince you, maybe this guy can: (Here's a YouTube version !)
Iced Oatmeal? Taffy Sandwich? Circus Animals? While not necessarily ever having tasting like something a mother has made, Mother's cookies have been around forever, and are beloved by children, adults, the obese, and the obese-at-heart. But in October of 2008, Mother's Cookies went out of business , the result of a stock-punching series of bad business decisions, a corporate bond scandal, and,…
Of the many areas of nerdery I have merit badges in, photography is surprisingly not one of them — so my requirements for digital cameras are dead simple. I want a camera that: Can easily fit in a pocket , comfortably, and isn't hideous looking. Has a wide angle lens . (My first-ever digital camera had this, spoiling me for life.) Can record video . I love a pocket video! Of course, there…
Good evening, Internet. It's been a while. As they say, life is like a San Franciscan Cable Car: it starts a little creaky and awkward, before you know it's going surprisingly fast, and at the end of it all you're dumped right into Fisherman's Wharf. To catch up, here's a quick recap of some happenings around Panic — your humble servant of a Macintosh software company. New! Office On November 4th,…
Fancy Cabel So, exactly four months ago, I totally got married. This has been a completely great thing, and I highly recommend it. You know, when you're ready. After the wedding, sometimes people would ask me if everything feels different or more great now that we're married. When I would tell people "actually, not really!", I could naturally sense a little bit of romantic disappointment in their…
If you love the internet like I do, you've probably come across this amazing YouTube video, yeah? Dougsploitation was the discoverer of this gem, a truly cornball religiouska masterwork purportedly by the band Sonseed. But something about the video seemed so totally awesome — so pitch-perfect goodbad™ — that, in this age of big-budget viral fakes (a little color temperature…
Last week, as you may have heard, we shipped Coda 1.5 , a majorminor™ update to our white-hot text editor that also happens to include a full visual css editor, a Terminal, web preview with DOM inspection, built-in reference books, handy clips for frequently used text, collaboration, and now Subversion and multi-file search/replace. Phew. As the famous Dutch expression goes, this release was…
Has your dream Mobile Me username long since been taken by someone else? Are you, like me, ridiculously bothered by the crapsthetics of a less-than-ideal username sitting on your desktop? I bring (possible) good news! Apple has traditionally kept .Mac usernames on hold, even if an account was inactive . In other words, if a user stopped paying for .Mac, their username would still be considered "in…
Howdy, folks who somehow still read my blog! It's been a while! Let me tell you: a whole lot has happened since we last spoke, and I hope to catch you up with all of it. But first, it's the 4th of July. And you know what that means, right? Fireworks. Some Make It Pretty Clear Exactly What the Chinese Designer Thinks America Is Like Some of Them Seem to Have... "Additional Meanings" Some Indicate…
Welcome to Muscle Park , a relatively-new theme park in the relatively-new Odaiba area of Tokyo. Muscle Park is dedicated to all manner of physical and mental gymnastics, but in a good way, and without any uncomfortable locker room moments. Why did we go? Muscle Park has a special training ground for Sasuke , which you may know as as Ninja Warrior ! (If you watch G4!) If you've never seen the…
Hey, here's something you've probably already seen! Earlier this year I gave a talk (my first public presentation ever, actually!) at Johnny Rentzsch's intimate and engaging C4[1] conference in Chicago. Despite nervousness, it was really great fun. We had just recently finished Coda, and with one hour to fill and a lot of Coda-related things still swirling around my mind, I pretty much just…
If you hadn't heard via Twitter (and why would you?), I just returned from over two weeks of quality time in Japan. A lot of business and business planning, but also a whole lot of fun. The truly watershed event: this time, I had Steve along. Japan is a place that Steve and I have literally talked about since we were kids, and although I've since been to Japan many times (including a couple trips…
It may be patently obvious, as the relevant post is directly below this one , but until FancyZoom moves to its own home on the web, sometime in 2018, this is probably the best way to get the word out to you RSS reading folk: FancyZoom update! Actually, it shows how little I use the RSS — do people get notified when I make revisions to existing web log posts? Or do most people turn that…
Update: Version 1.1 released 2/8/08. Good bug fixes + Opera compatibility! ...so I fought back the charging Guanaco, immediately hopped on my paraglider, and basically caught the first flight out of Chile — but not without dealing with some cantankerous customs inspectors while drinking a cool glass of chicha . Really sorry it took so long! But hey, two years later, it's finally done! Smooth…
And we will be eating these Good news, everyone! Thanks to winning an Apple Design Award for Coda , we've been given a small but nonetheless awesomely free kiosk at Macworld Expo next week! Ever wanted to meet the rag-tag crew behind your favorite Panic software? Haven't bought Coda yet and want a magical coupon worth $10 off full price? Ever had a hankering to eat some limited edition…
Best Worst Invention: Sani-Seat Have you ever seen these before? I know they tried their best. But, if my experience here at Chicago's O'Hare Airport this summer is anything to go by, they, uh, failed. Is it just me, or is a weird, torn, and half-covered plastic toilet seat way worse than a regular one? (Love the FAQ: What happens if someone discharges on the entire unit? Weirdly, I think we have…
It's that time of year again for the first time: the Cabel Yay! Awards are here. Not familiar with these never-before-seen important awards? These monumental declarations are an regionally-recognized merit of impactful excellentness — not just a way to gather up a bunch of loose miscellaneous thoughts into a single long blog post because I'm somehow seemingly incapable of writing short…
In celebration of reaching 120 stars in Super Mario Galaxy — it was pure, brilliant fun throughout, including some deliciously difficult extra levels, and is worth playing just to hear all of the music — I thought I'd post this short video I took last year in Japan, back when New Super Mario Bros. came out. I hope this brightens your day: twenty five seconds of the World's Happiest…
Sweet merciful applesauce, I've got this huge list of blog posts to make, and the top of my list is "Do The Latest Snacks", so it's time to start knockin' it down. Let's-a go! But First, A Diversion All good things Lately I've been in the deep work zone at Panic preparing for the CandyBar 3 launch, but in my spare time, ever since Bioshock, I've been blown away by video gaming . First, there was…