How do I build the distro manually?

OK, here you go. You need a running Fedora system.
When you're on Fedora, do the following:
- create an empty working directory and enter it
- log in as root via su
- yum install livecd-tools
- wget http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~brownhats/brownhat/lite/annotate/head%3A/brownhat-lite.ks http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~brownhats/brownhat/common/annotate/head%3A/brownhat-live-base.ks
- setenforce 0
- livecd-creator --config brownhat-lite.ks
- be patient and do whatever you want until the build finished
- use the .iso file like any other. you can dd it to an USB stick, use it in a VM or burn it to a CD