Brandon Mitchell’s (mostly) random encounters as he tumbles through life. Tumblr (3.0; @systemisdown)http://systemisdown.net/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3SwwO00aWqM"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3SwwO00aWqM" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Barack Obama on Community Organizinghttp://systemisdown.net/post/48930892http://systemisdown.net/post/48930892Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:51:26 -0700<a href="http://textism.com/2008/08/31/a.dslr.catechism">Textism: A DSLR Catechism</a>: Beautiful.http://systemisdown.net/post/48897383http://systemisdown.net/post/48897383Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:32:21 -0700<embed flashvars="videoId=184086" src="http://www.thedailyshow.com/sitewide/video_player/view/default/swf.jhtml" quality="high" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="332" height="316" name="comedy_central_player" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="external" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br/><br/><a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card">Sarah Palin Gender Card</a>http://systemisdown.net/post/48741769http://systemisdown.net/post/48741769Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:23:06 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/89p7fsIcCdfovamnuUCIYmt1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><a href="http://politicalirony.com/2008/09/03/none-of-your-damn-business/">Political Irony › None of your damn business</a>http://systemisdown.net/post/48581742http://systemisdown.net/post/48581742Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:08:53 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/89p7fsIcCddixcmjDc3P6bQD_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>Painted:</b> I was walking along the Truckee River, today, during the “golden hour.” I love the way the light painted the form of this flower - very dramatic.http://systemisdown.net/post/48353756http://systemisdown.net/post/48353756Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:47:01 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YoCLxp2W9xE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YoCLxp2W9xE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Michael Mann ‘Lucky Star’ Mercedes Benz SL500 Advert</p> <p>Cool as shit.</p>http://systemisdown.net/post/48166897http://systemisdown.net/post/48166897Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:24:05 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/89p7fsIcCdajog8jCfnJp6xX_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>Lilly (B+W):</b> I had an urge to shoot, today… as usual, Lilly was delighted to oblige. Just a quick little capture of her with my Vivitar bounced in a silver umbrella, camera-left. I’ve been struggling with my AF system on the 40D, so this is full-manual.Colorhttp://systemisdown.net/post/48098051http://systemisdown.net/post/48098051Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:44:47 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/89p7fsIcCd7obfr5na1nd7so_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><b>Lilly:</b> I had an urge to shoot, today… as usual, Lilly was delighted to oblige. Just a quick little capture of her with my Vivitar bounced in a silver umbrella, camera-left. I’ve been struggling with my AF system on the 40D, so this is full-manual.http://systemisdown.net/post/47846661http://systemisdown.net/post/47846661Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:31:19 -0700<a href="http://hvstar.net/">hvStar.com</a>: Terrible website, cheap photographic filters.http://systemisdown.net/post/47827673http://systemisdown.net/post/47827673Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:04:14 -0700<a href="http://ruby-on-the-interrails.blogspot.com/2008/02/addsymbolicnames-making-constants-out.html">AddSymbolicNames - Making constants out of records in static tables with ActiveRecord</a>: Interesting solution.http://systemisdown.net/post/47652513http://systemisdown.net/post/47652513Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:34:02 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/89p7fsIcCd5ov34p3iFvrs9X_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>via Reddit.http://systemisdown.net/post/47633216http://systemisdown.net/post/47633216Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:11:02 -0700<a href="http://www.maatkit.org/tools.html">Maatkit: a toolkit of utilities and tools for MySQL</a>http://systemisdown.net/post/47231637http://systemisdown.net/post/47231637Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:05:34 -0700<a href="http://mike.bailey.net.au/blog/?p=25">cherry picking git</a>: Simple intro. to <code>git cherry-pick</code>, if you’ve never used it before.http://systemisdown.net/post/46904621http://systemisdown.net/post/46904621Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:16:29 -0700<a href="http://stevenf.com/archive/dont-use-ftp.php">Don't Use FTP</a>: Amen.http://systemisdown.net/post/46621118http://systemisdown.net/post/46621118Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:03:45 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/owcoaMDyj7nmt61vu7LbSjBv_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ego-technique.tumblr.com/post/31409245/how-to-work-better-by-fischli-weiss-1991">ego-technique</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>How to Work Better by Fischli/Weiss (1991) </p> <p>“Taped to the wall of my studio is an A4 photocopy of a short ten-point manifesto by Fischli/Weiss entitled “How to work better”. I don’t know who put it there, but it has been in place for at least three years. It’s a tongue-in-cheek work using a motivational statement, which is a piece of found text they subsequently enlarged and had painted on the exterior of a building as part of a public commission. I sometimes show it to students at the beginning of slide lectures, and always point it out to assistants who come to the studio. I like it quite simply because it acknowledges their awareness of the idea of practice rather than production”. </p> <p>(Ryan Gander, from <a href="http://www.dextersinister.org/library.html">Dexter Sinister Library</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://systemisdown.net/post/46219811http://systemisdown.net/post/46219811Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:34:20 -0700<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="400" height="356" id="VE_Player" align="middle"><param name="movie" value="http://static.videoegg.com/ted2/flash/loader.swf" /><param name="FlashVars" value="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/CLIFFORDSTOLL-2006_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="scale" value="noscale" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><embed src="http://static.videoegg.com/ted2/flash/loader.swf" flashvars="bgColor=FFFFFF&file=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/movies/CLIFFORDSTOLL-2006_high.flv&autoPlay=false&fullscreenURL=http://static.videoegg.com/ted/flash/fullscreen.html&forcePlay=false&logo=&allowFullscreen=true" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" scale="noscale" wmode="window" width="400" height="356" name="VE_Player" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everything.html">Clifford Stoll on … everything</a>http://systemisdown.net/post/46144219http://systemisdown.net/post/46144219Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:24:32 -0700<a href="http://everything2.com/e2node/How%20many%20atoms%20of%20Jesus%20you%20eat%20every%20day">How many atoms of Jesus you eat every day</a>: I love science.http://systemisdown.net/post/46143970http://systemisdown.net/post/46143970Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:20:51 -0700<a href="http://mailhook.org/">MailHook.org - The easiest way to accept mail in your web apps</a>http://systemisdown.net/post/45875214http://systemisdown.net/post/45875214Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:34:12 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/89p7fsIcCcm4x3rp79b0NfUr_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via Reddit.</p> <p>Attrib. to Mary Anne T??, Republican state senator from Colorado Springs</p>http://systemisdown.net/post/45870282http://systemisdown.net/post/45870282Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:45:00 -0700<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/12/BAQT129NMG.DTL&tsp=1">Judge says UC can deny religious course credit</a>: <p>The money:</p> <p>“not because they contained religious viewpoints, but because they omitted important topics in science and history and <strong>failed to teach critical thinking.</strong>”</p>http://systemisdown.net/post/45869763http://systemisdown.net/post/45869763Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:40:16 -0700