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cabel.com My GDC ’24 Talk: The Playdate Story
My GDC ’24 Talk: The Playdate Story
cabel cabel.comIn January, I was invited to GDC, the Game Developers Conference, to give a talk about Playdate. That talk — “The Playdate Story: What Was it Like to Make Handheld Video Game System Hardware?” — has been made available free for all to view. Now, it’s been 10 years since my last talk at XOXO here […]
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cabel.com The Forged Apple Employee Badge
The Forged Apple Employee Badge
cabel cabel.comHere’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught my eye: Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! What an incredible piece of Apple history! Sure, it’s not Steve Jobs’ badge (despite the auction title), but there are only so many of these in the world — especially […]
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Firehouse Five and the Cinderella Surprise
cabel cabel.comMy goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Dixieland jazz band made up of mostly Disney employees, the Firehouse Five Plus Two. But along the way, I accidentally discovered an incredible lost song that was cut from Walt Disney’s Cinderella. And you’re about to hear it too. Let’s go. Firehouse Five Plus […]
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cabel.com Marching Age
Marching Age
cabel cabel.comThis is a short story about something delightful. In 2014, I did a bunch of music for my friends Neven Mrgan and Matt Comi who were making an incredible iOS game called Space Age. I had never written that much music in my life, and it was incredibly fun for me in every way. (You […]
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DAK and the Golden Age of Gadget Catalogs
cabel cabel.comHi. My name is Cabel. And I’ve probably got the neatest job in the whole world. I wear many hats. But here on my personal blog, I get to write about the things I really care about, just for you. And from the fact that you’re reading this blog at all, I think you may […]
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cabel.com The Nightmare Professor
The Nightmare Professor
cabel cabel.comA real quick post: I found a Video Professor tape uploaded to YouTube, and it shook me to my core. I still haven’t fully recovered and I may never sleep again. This is EXACTLY how the video was uploaded. I edited it way down, but you’ll get the idea. In short, 🎃 Happy Halloween!! Best,Cabel […]
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I Just Really Don’t Like Automated Phone Systems
cabel cabel.comI’m a simple man. I just wanted to know if the drink machine was working. Is that so much to ask PS: if you actually make it to the end of this three minute hell, your reward is a surprise phone system hack