Fridays on the Fly

Ward corrects a political gaffe made last episode. It's difficult deciding on the least terrible candidate. What is original? Is everything influenced by something else?We revisit our 80/20 division of labor. Through no effort of his own, Eric's contributions have increased.Do you remember your middle school janitor?

We are back! Last episode we didn't know what to do with this podcast. Now, we're going to forgo a formal outline and go where life leads. We talk politics - Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton, Bernie Sanders. Who do we pick? The benefit of not having or waiting to have kids. Finding time for passion projects. How much time does it take to be successful? Richard Linklater has a new movie, Everybody Wants Some!!

We knew we needed to talk about improving this podcast, little did we know that we would decide to cancel this podcast mid-episode. It was not an easy decision, but it's the right decision. Don't worry, while this podcast is ending, we do have our movie podcast that will be releasing on iTunes soon. Until it's on iTunes, check it out at, crossthenetflixstream.com We also discuss in this episode the new podcast we will start. We decided on starting a podcast while working on a movie script together a few years ago. We origianly conceived the podcast as discussing our short film projects, but realized we couldn't make enough short films to sustain it. Our new podcast will focus on our script and story collaborations. We'll also update on our projects. Stay tuned. When our new podcasts are official, we will let you know. THANK YOU for listening!

How do we pick the next project? It's a balance between utility/usefulness and personal interest, as well as large and small projects to avoid burn out. Next years first project for Ward will be a vacuum former. Ward reviews his favorite projects from this year- Skyrim shield, paver walkerway, Fallout table saw sled, and Dragon Priest daggers. If you want a lot of projects, buy a house! Links: Fallout crosscut table saw sledSkyrim ShieldCast Dragon Priest DaggerBut Out Bag Kitchen Range Hood & Vent Paver WalkwayDIY Light Saber Cross the Netflix Stream Podcast   

We explore the correlation between being a maker and detailing your car. If you're extremely thorough when detailing your car, chances are you'll be a good maker, though a maker is not the same as a DIY'er. If you are a maker, you don't need us to tell you that. Links: Ward's Ghost Trap BuildWard's Cast DaggerSamurai Carpenter - Clamp Rack VideoAdam Savage Custom Tool Storage Stand VideoWard's How to Build a Skyrim  Shield

Ward's current project is cleaning up his S10 to sell. It's only taken a year, and that's because he only started last month. As soon as the truck is sold, Ward starts the plastic vacuum former project he started talking about years ago. It's finally here! Eric has a friend with a band, Westerly Park, and we will be making them a music video soon. You will be hearing more about that. Do you want an industrial style coffee table, for materials and miscellaneous costs Ward will make you one. Ward completed NaNoWriMo and considers painting his blazer like the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine. The prop Ward's been wanting to make is the Fallout 10mm. He's edging ever closer to starting it. He just has to finish all that other stuff. Links: Ward's Fallout Cross-cut Table Saw SledMake, Mold, Cast a Dragon Priest Dagger Fallout 10mm pistol Westerly Park - The Sound  

Lots of project updates. Eric's multiple Facebook accounts have been leading up to this moment. We are going to have a head to head video contest with the winner determined by Facebook comments. One subject, two videos. Ward's video versus Eric video coming soon. The subject is Eric getting chased by children. This leads to a mention of the Dogma 95 filming rules. Eric's project vanity is making progress, and he has secured an alternate billboard location for making an additive piece of billboard art. Ward went from unsure about completing NaNoWriMo, to thinking it's possible, and this week he's committed. Fifty-thousand words, here he comes. Ward started building a Fallout-inspired crosscut table saw sled and was also an instructables.com finalist in the Halloween props contest for his Skyrim daggers. Eric presents two moral/ethical/business dilemmas that touch upon some of the same concepts we argued in episode 10. Top 3 things to buy after winning the lottery. Links: Eric's Billboard VideoWard's Billboard VideoNaNoWriMoDogme 95 filming rules  Instructables Dagger Build Finalist EntryInstructables Electromagnetic Thor's HammerInstructables Pitbull Hover BoardOur previous Episode 10 Paint your car for $100  

 We discuss the videos we made of our billboard graffiti project. We each made separate videos using the footage we shot. We discuss our thought process and how we made them. Which one do you like more. Let us know in this head to head competition! Video Links: Graffiti a Billboard #1Graffiti a Billboard #2 

We delve into our project where we add graffiti to a billboard. We even had permission in the form of a note. Why did someone let us do this? We walk through this process from sourcing the billboard to adding the paint. Also neither this podcast nor this episode is sponsored by State Farm or any insurance agents involved or perceived to be involved with State Farm. We don't have enough time to delve into our videos on this project in this episode, so look for a bonus episode soon. Who's billboard video do you like better? Check the links and let us know! We started this podcast discussing the pin it project, and it's still ongoing. Maybe next spring! Nanowrimo is NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth. Ward is committed to meeting the challenge. He describes his novel's premise, which is strangely similar to Ben Carson's book. This is Ward's third nanowrimo challenge.Smooth-on shared a link to Ward's dagger build, and Ward emailed a movie blog site about writing for them. This leads to discussing Ward's movie reviews and improvements. Ward doesn't need to do a custom Catan board game, but he really wants to. We brainstorm how to theme it. Ward's next project will be a cross cut table saw sled.Links: Graffiti a Billboard #1Graffiti a Billboard #2 NaNoWriMoBen Carson's Books tenuous relation to facts The Way Way BackThe Perks of Being a WallflowerSmooth-on Google+ Profile  Ward's Dagger Tutorial Custom made Catan board   

We talk about projects for November and beyond, but not before discussing a few movies- Stretch, The Devil Wears Prada, and The Impostor. Ward is trying to catch up on projects from October and has a lot he wants to build and many videos to shoot. Chances are it won't get done, but you will like what's planned. No really, you will! NaNoWriMo Crosscut table saw sled Plastic vacuum former Vidoes Eric has abandoned writing a stay-at-home dad tell-all book and Ward talks about prior novels he's written. We rant on Daylight Saving Time. Eric for the grammar, Ward for the practice. We close with our top 3 most annoying grammatical errors Links: NaNoWriMo Ward's Movie Review on Youtube Dagger Build Video Dagger Build Featured on Instructables Costume Build on Instructables Stretch (movie) The Devil Wears Prada (movie)The Impostor (movie) A vacuum former uses a vacuum pump, not a compressor. The Twinkie Diet