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Cabel Sasser

Personal blog · cabel.namedesignprogramming

Cabel Sasser's personal blog at cabel.name covers design and programming. Since 2007, 12 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Kashiwa Mystery Cafe”. The last post was in 2009, but the archive is still widely read.

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12mentions?
12HN people?
2007–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2008

Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Commenters link Cabel Sasser's 2009 posts about the Kashiwa mystery cafe in Japan, where you pay for the next customer's order, and a remix of a Windows 7 party video. The comments do not judge the writing.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Kashiwa Mystery Cafe
    4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-10-01
  2. Short story from Panic about spending forever to perfect three pixels
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-09-11

What Hacker News says?

  1. projectionist · 2011-08-08
    Reminds me of cafe in Japan where you order for person who comes after you and you eat what was ordered by person before you http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

    Comment linking /2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

    on “Jonathan's Card”
  2. adamhowell · 2009-10-01

    Submitted Kashiwa Mystery Cafe as a story · 74 points

    HN discussion
  3. pazimzadeh · 2013-03-16
    I think that you don't actually disagree with me. Dropbox does not have a short runway, so I don't know why you keep bringing that up. Obviously, development and design are not mutually exclusive. Loren Brichter for example, is a great designer and a great developer. By not relying on Apple's standard components, he created one of the best Mac apps (Tweetie) which set a new bar for Mac apps and inspired others to do…

    Comment linking /2007/09/coda-toolbar-and-three-pixel-conundrum.html

    on “Dropbox Acquires Mailbox”
  4. nreece · 2008-03-25

    Submitted URLs Are Totally Out In Japan as a story · 70 points

    HN discussion
  5. dmdeller · 2013-10-20
    Reminds me of a story from Japan about a fly-by-night café based on a similar idea: in addition to paying for the person after you, you would choose what food they would receive as well. http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

    Comment linking /2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

    on “Ma’am, Your Burger Has Been Paid For”
  6. karzeem · 2007-09-11

    Submitted Short story from Panic about spending forever to perfect three pixels as a story · 22 points

    HN discussion
  7. Splines · 2011-04-27
    In a way it sort of reminds me of this: http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

    Comment linking /2009/09/kashiwa-mystery-cafe.html

    on “Pepsi Introduces Social Vending System, Gift Drinks to Friends”
  8. humanlever · 2008-10-14

    Submitted Smooth Javascript Image Zooming For Your Web Pages as a story · 11 points

    HN discussion
  9. ZeroGravitas · 2009-09-28
    I was expecting him to link to this hilarious "remix" of the video: http://www.cabel.name/2009/09/windows-7-party.html

    Comment linking /2009/09/windows-7-party.html

    on “Microsoft's grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac. Which is worse?”
  10. tlrobinson · 2010-03-14

    Submitted The Best Fast Food Receipt as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  11. mmc · 2009-05-14

    Submitted "So Many Things" (Panic's Cabel Sasser on their growth) as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. chaostheory · 2008-02-08

    Submitted Fancy Zoom: Lightview Like Javascript Photo Gallery that Zooms When Popping Up as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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