Hello, I’m Aran Down and I run a branding agency called Studio 7 Designs. I mainly enjoy Adventure and Startups. You should follow me on Twitter.Tumblr (3.0; @arandown)http://arandown.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lll3esqdyb1qay4x4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/9CfNk69s8WA" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/9CfNk69s8WA/7004313747http://arandown.com/post/7004313747Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:56:55 -0700http://arandown.com/post/7004313747<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcfwmdF6Pv1qehvdqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/iQfVGjAAcQ4" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/iQfVGjAAcQ4/7004217601http://arandown.com/post/7004217601Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:51:41 -0700http://arandown.com/post/7004217601<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnh44iwkZe1qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First salmon berries of the season.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/ar039hvwANk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/ar039hvwANk/6992404810http://arandown.com/post/6992404810Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:02:43 -0700http://arandown.com/post/6992404810<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnh3pfWLXE1qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Quiet bay by the house.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/Zlm1kS8JPSQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/Zlm1kS8JPSQ/6992078057http://arandown.com/post/6992078057Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:53:40 -0700http://arandown.com/post/6992078057“You can’t, if you can’t feel it, if it never Rises from the soul, and sways The heart of every single hearer, With deepest power, in simple ways. You’ll sit forever, gluing things together, Cooking up a stew from other’s scraps, Blowing on a miserable fire, Made from your heap of dying ash. Let apes and children praise your art, If their admiration’s to your taste, But you’ll never speak from heart to heart, Unless it rises up from your heart’s space.”<br/><br/> - <em><span>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</span></em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/YZxkiNLCYro" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/YZxkiNLCYro/6991745398http://arandown.com/post/6991745398Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:44:35 -0700http://arandown.com/post/6991745398<iframe width="400" height="242" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nzNiK3zUNQM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Little iMovie Trailer from yesterday’s kayaking trip.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/4B96a8Eqsb8" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/4B96a8Eqsb8/2176711868http://arandown.com/post/2176711868Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:15:52 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2176711868<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld1it7HDq11qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tea tastes so much better in a hand made pot.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/8c08GIeO_LE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/8c08GIeO_LE/2128908489http://arandown.com/post/2128908489Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:22:19 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2128908489<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcyzvz2dNN1qaqlj6o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Agent ZigZag is an incredible story based on true events.</p> <p>Read the book review by <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/books/review/Kanon-t.html" target="_blank">The New York Times</a></p> <p>Click the image to go to the Kindle Edition.</p> <p>Tom Hanks bought the rights to make the movie. </p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/WG-KngHcInI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/WG-KngHcInI/2109964843http://arandown.com/post/2109964843Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:38:00 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2109964843<iframe width="400" height="232" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Cj6ho1-G6tw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Scotland!</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/CleOFptT0aM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/CleOFptT0aM/2092957613http://arandown.com/post/2092957613Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:21:34 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2092957613<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcw8sepjf31qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>EagleTac P20A2 Tactical Defense Flashlight.</p> <p>This is the highest rated AA tactical flashlight around, highly recommended. Waterproof, Strobe, 300 lumens (that’s crazy, most flashlights are around 30 lumens) Can light up an acre of land on Turbo mode, or disable anyone with the strobe function.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/TgA3vAJ-E5o" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/TgA3vAJ-E5o/2089678464http://arandown.com/post/2089678464Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:57:00 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2089678464<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvyo222My1qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ceramic Coffee Filter Holder. Coffee tastes much better then plastic holders hands down.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/DzgygQ5B7Ic" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/DzgygQ5B7Ic/2089145454http://arandown.com/post/2089145454Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:19:00 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2089145454<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvymhP3jG1qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Highly recommend this coffee grinder.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/X96ic8SB3l0" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/X96ic8SB3l0/2089135936http://arandown.com/post/2089135936Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:18:00 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2089135936<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvj8u9vUM1qaqlj6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>No clue why we can’t get these in North America.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/DY-5gKyMRJM" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/DY-5gKyMRJM/2085954875http://arandown.com/post/2085954875Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:46:06 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2085954875<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvitjjWIO1qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Top Gear Christmas Special 2010</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/wbGCtLsbqiE" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/wbGCtLsbqiE/2085880009http://arandown.com/post/2085880009Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:36:00 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2085880009<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvbkmMwWA1qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of the best books ever written</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/ybj_4lUgeVY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/ybj_4lUgeVY/2084466863http://arandown.com/post/2084466863Fri, 03 Dec 2010 12:00:22 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2084466863“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”<br/><br/> - <em>Henry David Thoreau</em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/hjVwJL7TctQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/hjVwJL7TctQ/2084446002http://arandown.com/post/2084446002Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:57:26 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2084446002“We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”<br/><br/> - <em>Francois De La Rochefoucauld</em><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/6o5nO2iywvI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/6o5nO2iywvI/2084427621http://arandown.com/post/2084427621Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:54:51 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2084427621<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvb9aFWIL1qaqlj6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>West Coast Rocks</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/WeNUPWQxtfI" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/WeNUPWQxtfI/2084418695http://arandown.com/post/2084418695Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:53:33 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2084418695<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvb6m8bXx1qaqlj6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Top of Whistler Mountain</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/3uAZUVSRFGk" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/3uAZUVSRFGk/2084407710http://arandown.com/post/2084407710Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:51:58 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2084407710<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcvavhhIUG1qaqlj6o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Rabbit Hole</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AranDown/~4/YbPKffuMCPY" height="1" width="1"/>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AranDown/~3/YbPKffuMCPY/2084361109http://arandown.com/post/2084361109Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:45:17 -0800http://arandown.com/post/2084361109