That’s right! Everybody else has done one, why not me!? Unlike all the other blogs you go to, this blogger is by far the best looking, smartest and healthiest around. I even smell good, (ever since I started showering once a day). So listen up, here is MY listing of the top 5 movies ever made. Sure you’ve seen everyone’s top 10, top 5, etc. This is the era of myspacers and twitter, which keep people interconnected through minute to minute updates, not actual one on one human interaction… but it’s time to get to the list, the greatest of which has ever been assembled! And remember, this is one of the most important things that you are going to hear all day-So Focus!

5.) Citizen Kane

4.) The Shawshank Redemption

3.) The Wizard of Oz

2.) City of the Lost Children

1.) Memories of Murder

There is a reason that you haven’t heard of the top 2… you aren’t cool enough

Want to get those hard to reach shots that only a jib can provide? Is there not enough money in your pocket to afford to purchase one at a store? Well, here’s a solution that might be just what you’ve been looking for. These step by step instructions will provide you with the knowledge to build your own jib at home and give you a reliable yet affordable jib that can be used on your next video shoot. Thanks to Bob Plate, a long time Videomaker reader, you can make your very own jib for under $60. To find the instructions and to view a video of the jib in action go here: www.videomaker.com/article/14079

Over at the Life Zero Blog, John gives you a great breakdown on how to build a relatively inexpensive 4TB RAID system that offers pretty spectacular performance from off the shelf parts. It uses a ProAvio Editbox 8ML, (We’re currently working on a review of the newer EB8MS model for the magazine) as its RAID case.

It’s an interesting and informative read that takes you through the alphabet soup of hard drive related acronyms, and spells out exactly what you need to do to get your own system up and running.

As a guy who used to build his own computer systems himself (before it became cheaper just to buy your computer off the shelf), its nice to see that with a little research and a screwdriver you can still get a deal on good hardware by applying a little DIY to the task.