On DIY toys and computers

Lately I've been neglecting my nerdy side.  But after taking a look at those DIY mp3 players I know I want to build one. =] 
You probably think "why someone who already owns a 'spiffy' digital music player (the iPod nano that I rarely use) would want to waste time building one herself?" and the answer is very simple:  Because what you build yourself is a lot more valuable and precious than anything you can buy. =]
"Don't you have better things to do? Like trying to become literate, for example? "
Uh... nah.  This is more fun. 
I often joke and/or make fun of my "redneck" origins, but the truth is I think it's been those afternoons that I've spent watching how dad and uncles and cousins worked to fix cars, what's made me love to fix stuff myself and what's made me think that no matter what it is, if another human being did it, then I can also do it.

Oh, well, but I am still delaying the upgrade of KDE on my BELOVED Debian box, 'because... I always ruin something when I upgrade KDE.  >_<

I am considering building myself (in addition to the mp3 player) a second box which will run under either LFS or Gentoo.  Just for the sake of it.  Because I've always wanted to do Linux from scratch, or even build my own distro (which will probably be Debian-based as far as package management is concerned)  (And it still needs a name, so I'm taking suggestions!)
I have some spare parts, but I'd still need a processor, a motherboard and a case.  I have some small~ish HD's (10 Gig), an old crt screen, some ram, some fans, lots of wires... and I've always wanted to do this step by step blog-post "how to build your own computer" with pictures and all.
I think it'd encourage everyone to tweak around with your comps, because when you see it you will all think: "Well, if Michelle, who is stupid, ugly, lame and ignorant; can do it, then of course I can do it too!"
It always makes my eye twitch when I read anyone saying "Oh, vey, I must call the computer repair people to get my RAM upgraded... so expensive!"

I also want to mod my case...
But alas, all these things require money, which is something I do not have right now.