Krugman's note about where to find economic stats

I want a permanent link to these, I'll use this blog post for the time being.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/getting-employment-and-other-numbers/

Guerrilla System Administration

A Republican congressman from Staten Island says vandals broken into his campaign headquarters and installed Linux on all the computers.

Whole building stop-motion animation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG20nWOb7Ks&feature=player_embedded

(via PetaPixel)

500 Years of Female Portraits in Western Art

This is from 2007, but I'd never seen it before:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDIoN-_Hxs

(via Making Light)

Tripod links

This week, I'm thinking about tripods, since I'm going upstate next month for fall foliage. So I'm going to stick some article links here for later reference.

http://davidduchemin.com/2012/03/the-thing-about-travel-tripods/

http://www.adorama.com/alc/0013051/article/Buying-Guide-Five-Tripods-for-Travelers

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/548524-REG/Manfrotto_190CXPRO3_190CXPRO3_3_Section_Carbon_Fiber.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/560847-REG/Manfrotto_190XPROB_Tripod_Kit_Black.html

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/479927-REG/Manfrotto_190XPROB_190XPROB_Pro_Aluminum_Tripod.html

Photo mounting supplies

Preparing to mat some photographs; ordered supplies from Documounts, who seem good and were recommended on Luminous Landscape.