Posts by Noah

Apple Remembers Steve

Apple has just posted a video of their company wide memorial for Steve. A particularly great appearance by Jony Ive, recalling his memories of Steve.

Jon Stewart on war images

Jon Stewart (Jon Stewart on the Photos of Osama bin Laden): “Maybe we should always show pictures. Bin Laden, pictures of our wounded service people, pictures of maimed innocent civilians. We can only make decisions about war if we see what war actually is — and not as a video game where bodies quickly disappear leaving [...]

Sapientia, a Textual Theme

A customisation of the “Simplified Dark” theme that ships with Textual (originally by Ben Alman). The idea was to re-tool it towards some more relaxed and “earthier” colours, in addition to switching the theme to Helvetica. Screenshot: Download Sapientia 1.0 Instructions: Unzip the file, and place in your “~/Library/Application Support/Textual/Styles folder”.

What would Alexander do in Egypt today?

What would Alexander do in Egypt Today? (Philip Freeman, DesMoines Register) … Periodic uprisings had rocked the country ever since, only to be crushed by the police state the Persians had created. As rioters ran through the streets in advance of Alexander’s army, everyone wondered what the future held. When Alexander arrived with his soldiers [...]