Panic may now hold a record for fastest conversion cycle with me now that they’ve released Coda.
To echo comments I’ve made to a friend, it’s what iWeb should have been.
If you have a Mac, and you do anything resembling web design or programming, you need to at least give this a spin.
The legendary [Dear Uncle Ezra](http://ezra.cornell.edu/) turned 21 this month [according to the Chronicle](http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb07/UncleEzra.sl.html).
Dear Uncle Ezra was [the very first](http://ezra.cornell.edu/history.php) anonymous advice column on the Internet/Intarwebs/Webinet, debuting in 1986. Questions are answered by an anonymous Cornell staffer who farms out what he does not know to other experts within the college. The service is available to everyone, not just the Cornell affiliated.
The [first question ever answered](http://ezra.cornell.edu/posting.php?timestamp=527313600#question1) on the service is one certainly appropriate for Ithaca:
> DEAR UNCLE EZRA
> MY GIRLFRIEND IS FRIGID, WHAT CAN I DO? CHILLY WILLY
DUE is, in its own way, quite interesting. It’s worth reading, or at least [subscribing to](http://ezra.cornell.edu/rss.php).
(If you’re looking for something a little more groupthink, you had damn well better know about Ask Metafilter by now.)
In January of 2004, I launched the first major version of [VJ Army](https://vjarmy.com/iidx/), my Beatmania IIDX score tracking and community site.
Since that time, over 2500 users have registered, inputting nearly 500,000 scores collectively across 10 different game titles. By all traditional means, the site is a smashing success.
However, reality has set in recently: the site has always been rough around the edges, because I am not a designer. Worse, my time to work on the site has been greatly limited as my work obligations continue to grow.
Luckily, there is relief in sight. I am happy to announce VJ Army 4.0, scheduled for release around September 1st of this year. 4.0 represents massive overhauls to both the codebase and the VJ Army coding process. I’ve been really pleased with what’s been accomplished so far, and I’d like to give you a little tour through some of the fantastical newness.
Warning: lots of mind-blowing screenshots ahead.