Lately I was searching for a diy project for some Cigar Boxes I had laying around. I found Cigar Box Nation during that search. At first, I thought, WTF? But, those guys really wail on those things. If you are bored this weekend or need a project for the kids. make a guitar.

"How to build a cigar box guitar - Free Plans at www.cigarboxnation.com."

On Set antics of the Unsung Warriors of the Film World, Grip & Electric. This conversation was overheard on the Movie Set of "I Am Legend".

When I was but a wee child there was a great new invention called MTV, that really changed Television. It was one of the first big specialty stations on cable. One of the VJ's was Adam Curry, you just wanted to kill him with his big gel'd up hair and the shiny jackets, ugh. Somehow he ended up with John C. Dvorak, a cranky, old tech writer and wine connoisseur, I first saw him on ZDTV & Tech TV. These guys have nurtured me in differant ways throughout life. They both work for Mevio now, started these conversations amongst themselves and decided to share them with us. Funny, they should end up together in a conspiracy theory podcast named No Agenda. Curry is known as "The Podfather" and after hearing Leo Laporte refer to him fairly often, I decided to give him a listen. He was doing The Daily Source Code and I really liked listening to it and stumbled upon the No Agenda Show he was doing with Dvorak, in the morning.

I haven't listened to all of them, but most. Pretty much it's their twist on the News , seemingly, in no particular order. They both have pet peeves which are recurring and sometimes quite funny, when you're in the know. I laugh out loud each show and I need that. There's fun little jingles that I end up singing all day, such as: "In The Morning!" or "It's the Swine Flu Minute!". It's nice to get different perspectives on the world front. Main Stream Media blows, and we all know it. Not that these guys nail it every time, it's the way that the information is given to us. They purport to have "No Agenda", but each show is pretty similar to the last, so . . . . So, I love it. I listen to every one, Thursday and Sunday.

 My only beef with the show is how the collect revenue, instead of commercials, they beg. If you donate, you get a credit in the show notes and are permitted to put it on your resume. I'm going to donate, just for that fact. I think it'd be funny. Oh, and sometimes the show isn't real transparent, mistakes are made on air and they just keep going. It is a podcast after all.

Give them a listen, you might like them, too. Or not.

Listen to No Agenda Now

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I started a set on flickr, I will upload more after I get back to the Burgh. Great meeting you.

Well there might be something you can do! AND IT'S FREE!

As most of you know there is more than one Operating System that you can choose from. The Marketing Department at Microsoft has done a great job of shoving Windows down our throats while treating Mac users as Artsy Nerds and Linux users as Freaks n Geeks. But guess what? Apple has come a long way(I heart my iMac) AND:

Linux is blowing up & it's Free!

There's plenty of websites that can justify it's use better then me, such as Why Linux is Better. I like it because it's free and will pretty much run on anything you have sitting around.

* Another great feature about Linux is the Live CDs that alot of Distros have now. You can try Linux for real without even needing to touch your hard drive, without harming your existing Windows install!

A Live CD works the following way :

* Download a CD image, called an .iso or ISO, from the web (Links to Live Distros at the end of this article).

Burn the ISO onto a blank CD.

* Put the CD in your CD drive, and reboot. Almost any PC that will turn on should run the Live CD, should(key word). The more RAM the better, since Linux is actually running in the RAM.

* Your computer will boot on the CD instead of booting on the hard drive (where Windows is), and will not install anything, unless you decide to install.

* If your computer still boots Windows (the CD doesn't seem to have any effect), then your BIOS configuration needs adjusted: you need to set the boot order to first scan the CD, and then the Hard Drive. You can access the BIOS by typing "Del" or "F2" while booting and look for the boot order. The directions for maneuvering thru the BIOS are usually listed along the border of the screen. If not just watch at Bootup for the BIOS ID and google your BIOS for explicit directions. But you will probably not even need to do this, so stop sweating it.

* And voilà, Linux runs on your system, you can test it and see how you like it! Don't worry if the system seems a bit slow right now: it takes some time to load everything from the CD. Your Linux system will be much quicker once actually installed on your hard disk.

*Linux has a huge support base too. You can always google the problem. Almost any issue that you might have, someone has already had it, searched it, solved it and most likely left info on how to fix it. Tons of info is located in Forums, IRC chatrooms and many web sites.

Another interesting note about Linux: Almost everything made for Linux is programmed by enthuisists, like homebrewers making beer. Not to say that there aren't any company's developing Linux software, like brewery's make beer. But, there is a huge base of developers working on their own time to make these various projects happen.

Licensing in Linux also allow you to make adjustments to the software or distribution, repackage and distribute under any other name(pretty much).

So, where can you download those CD images ? There are a lot of Linux Live CDs available on the web ! How do you choose? Well I usually goto Distro Watch and look at the right column where the Ranking is located. I'm going to recommend a couple that have a lot of support and that are fairly popular. There are hundreds to choose from, literally. I have installed probably over 20 of them, just for fun, haha.

Suggested Distros

* Ubuntu- Is dedicated to making Linux easy<>

* PCLinuxOS - I'm typing this on a PCLOS install right now, i like it alot.

* Fedora - One of the oldest and best supported

Ubuntu is blowing up right now. Probably a good first Distro for you, with a great Starter Guide to help you out.

Good Luck

This was parked next to a strip club down town. In between 2 dumpsters, certainly not junk. I almost walked by until i saw the Beemer cyclinders hanging out. Nice ride, brother.