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It couldn't hurt. It's nice to have some so called 'hard skills' (licenses and certifications) on your resume. If it would be easy to get, I'd go for it.

Any wordpress gurus listening in? I have a wordpress page that I would like to use as a website for my side business. I'm thinking about finding a freelancer, but also entertaining doing it myself. Are there any recommended blogs, youtube channels, or other free resources I could take advantage of?

My main rule when working in ANY coffee shop is: don't let the staff see you 'enhance' you coffee with a little firewater from your hip flask. The hip flask is great. I mean, I take mine everywhere; work, church, school plays, and it's great in the car. Yep, flasky is the sole reason I can work in coffee shops. He…

Fort fever just never goes away, does it?

For a second I thought you were seriously going to eat a POUND OF PLUMS.

What is this "P-S-G" you speak of?

Gotta go with the Dreamcast, crazy that most college freshmen were born in 92-93.

Believe it or not Big Lots stores can have some decent stuff for cheap.

We had a nice little shake up here in Upstate South Carolina.

What kind of media are you working with? Tape, digital, minidv ect.

Had a job interview today! From time to time lifehacker posts some questions you might encounter, here are a few that I had not heard until today:

Sounds like a good solution. Sometimes you just have to sit down and grind through it!

You could maybe use a gate or other audio filter in your video editor to cap the volume of each clip to a certain db.

With your machine you should be able to handle SD reasonably well, just expect long render times. Adobe Premier Elements is a cheaper option, but is definitely semi-pro. Sony Vegas is fully featured and cheaper than most other pro level editors out there. Non-linear editors are just a matter of your personal…

thanks @timtim and @b4rk13, good advice that I'll keep in mind!

Here's a question for some of you jalopnik regulars out there. It's time for the timing belt on my 03 Xterra to be changed out. I have been quoted about $800 for the whole procedure. Is this a typical price for this kind of major surgery?

I have used scribus some and it's a good place to start. There are plenty of tutorials on youtube to help get you started. Good luck!

You should get it, it's fun.

Get it from someone you went to elementary school with...