GhettoRigIt.com - About GhettoRigIt

Philosophy:
When it comes down to it, most people just don't have the cash flow to purchase the newest and coolest items on the market. Here at Ghetto Rig It.com, we respect the po' folk (like us) that can't always throw money at any problem we encounter. So, our site is dedicated to providing average Joe's, and anyone else (of course), with an extensive collection of DIY's.

Yeah, we know there are hundreds of thousands of sites (mostly blogs...) out there that provide a plethora (you like that word, don't ya?) of great tutorials and articles, and such, that go into great detail on how to do just about anything known to man. Here at ghettrigit.com, we are dedicated to bringing all that wonderful knowledge into one, powerful, searchable, GHETTO, web site.

If you have stumbled across this site, chances are that you already know precisely what is meant by the term "ghetto-rigged". For those of you who are less in-the-know, I am going to quote the Urban Dictionary:

"To fix something with duct tape or other cheap materials in a way that is also cheap, yet oddly clever. (For instance: "I ghetto-rigged my headlight by taping it to the car.")"

Now, I won't say that all, or even any, of the projects on this web site will contain duct tape. Although, I do confess, I really hope there are projects that may use it to an almost gross degree. The real reason this site is valuable to our visitors, though, is that we only publish FULL, ELABORATE, PICTURE-FILLED TUTORIALS. As often as possible, videos will be taken and used for tutorial or demonstrational purposes as well.

You will notice that we won't focus on a single subject. Although, there will be no boring or lame topics covered or published. For instance, there will be no tutorials on gardening (unless is has something to do with ghetto-rigging a gardening tool such as a lawn mower... or something... ) because that is just LAME. I have this strange feeling that the demographics of the viewers of this site will be predominately male...

Rules of the Site:

Thou shalt not make projects that are in some way, perceived to not be ghetto.
Thou shalt not make any projects that cost more than half the cost of the retail value of the "alternate" item.
Thou shalt not copy directly from anothers work without permission from the original author's website. Although, it is permissible that thou alter one other's projects posted on this site.
Thou shalt not alter other's tutorials in a fashion in which will make it of lesser quality, value, or importance. Think of it as a wiki.
Thou shalt not condone the use of duct tape, electrical tape, etc... on this site. If one can create tools of such value, please go ahead and post them. May the force be with you...
Thou shalt not hold the owners of ghettorigit.com accountable for any mishaps wilst making or working through one of the tutorials posted on ghettorigit.com. Ghettorigit.com is not responsible for injuries, deaths, or any other unfortunate/tragic events occuring due to the steps followed on it's website.
Thou shalt use thine own mental capacity to determine whether a project is suited for you.
Thou shalt create a username and password in order to submit a new tutorial, create a blog/wiki entry, and to vote on the ghetto-ness of a project/tutorial.
Thou shalt use bittorrent to download large files when ever it is possible. Thou shalt not kill ghettorigit's bandwidth by downloading massive files from it on a regular basis.
Though shalt contribute one's knowledge whenever appropriate. We live in one world, let's work towards a common goal: world-wide collaberated inter-studious knowledge (if you have a problem understanding what that means, then you aren't alone - I have no idea what I am talking about either).
Thou shalt use Firefox (because it's better, that's why...).
All external links must follow the guidelines listed in the "Components if a Good GhettoRigIt.com Tutorial" section (see below...)
Thou shalt never write tutorials in this fashion (i.e., never use the "thou's" and the "thine's" and such...). It's just stupid...