So it took several weeks to make this change when I consider the domain registration, transfers, glitches and mistakes to move to a selfhosted website. Sheesh! Well bottom-line, it's all done now. My new blog is now at www.macdavidpro.com and I love it. So if you by chance are subscriber of mine, then hop on over to my new blog and subscribe there. :)
In the meantime, I'm going try to re-purpose this blog somehow. *thinking*
Meanwhile...
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I just came home, checked my email and saw this video. Let me tell you that I totally relate because I was one of those people suffering from "Facebook Fever." And bottom line, this video had me rolling on the floor laughing because it's just so true.
I would tell ya more of what I mean, but that would spoil the video. Go watch...NOW! Oh and by the way, this is totally a similar syndrome that twitter newbies go through as well...only they friend people in the hundreds, at a time. *rolling eyes* ...but I digress. Go watch!!
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I'm wearing a black turtleneck and blue jeans in honor of Steve Jobs recent news that he is taking a leave of absence from Apple due to further health complications.
...Okay, not really. It's actually a coincidence that I am wearing this ensemble along with having just found out about Steve. I hope that everything will be fine and he will return right back to work, as I'm sure he and his family expect very much.
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So I got my MacBook Pro back today. Basically the trackpad was lifting and my computer's performance had come almost to a screeching hault. It just dragged along. So I got some kind of archive-who's-a-what's-it and now it performs fabulously. However, I was told that I'll have to reinstall my entire Adobe Suite along with some other programs that alert me to missing file components and what not. It's all good, because I'm sure it's all fixable with a re-install. Hakuna matata, right? Right!
Well I just felt like updating you. :) I've been missing in action on here and it's only due to restarting back at work since the holiday break. So I'll get back and be more regular...whatever regular means for me on here.
I have Qik! Did you know that? And I'll make a twitter account exclusively for my live Qik vids--this way you're given an "alert" when I'm live.
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The Crunchies 2008 will be live tonight at 7:30pm Pacific standard time--I guess that's about 9:30pm Eastern standard time. I'm interested in what we'll see tonight. :) You can watch it live via ustream on the Crunchies website live. Or....hang here and chat with me below on Ustream. :)
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Video clips at UstreamSo I was browsing through Guy Kawasaki's blog post from his time at MacWorld and saw that a documentary called MacHeads premiered there. I watched the trailer, and let me tell you that my obsessive compulsive psycho-love for Apple is a 1 on a scale of 100 compared to some of the weirdos that got some camera time in this trailer. OMGosh! There was a woman hugging and caressing a Mac and another that doesn't date/sleep with PC users. What the french fry!! Like, I'm scared and disturbed by this. lol
Self-righteous hypocrisy aside, I find the film intriguing and want to see it. Maybe you should check it out too. MacHeads Movie It gives both PC and Mac users alike a real laugh, juxtaposed with a sobering outlook on what the *ifanboy club's future will be. The ominous question that presently looms is, "Apple is getting big like Microsoft, and the ifanboys have to get a life. What next?" Trust me when I say that I am not a die-hard Apple user. I've used PC far longer than I've ever used a Mac, and frankly prefer both equally. But these people.... *shaking head* ....no words. And I'm not referring to every Apple fan in the film, but just those few that take it beyond what is sane/appropriate/mentally healthy/socially acceptable. Just go figure. Ha!
Peace.
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*Die-hard fanatics of Apple, Inc brand of technology, also interchangeably referred to as the "cult of Mac" or the "cult of Apple."
Courtesy of the frozen yogurt server in Palo Alto's Fraiche Yogurt shop, Ross Mayfield, Chairman, President & Co-Founder of SocialText and Robert Scoble, tech blogger/evangelist and video blogger for Fastcompany.com, sorta-kinda confirmed that Steve Jobs is healthy. Read and see what I mean in the excerpt from one of Mayfield's blog posts.
From Ross's blog - December 30, 2008
This afternoon I had an interview with Robert Scoble before he shot a video with me and Eugene Lee [Social Text CEO]. I mentioned that James Franco (actor, Spiderman's frenemy, and grew up in Palo Alto like me) was at Fraiche Yogurt yesterday. An employee mentioned that Steve Jobs was there recently. Robert asked if he seemed healthy, and the employee confirmed. Not just because the yogurt is healthy, I assume.
Talk about degrees of separation, right? O_o And of course Steve Jobs is healthy. :) Thanks Ross and Robert!
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I went to see the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and let me tell you that it was so very good. I enjoyed it considerably! I will venture to say that it is a motion picture adaptation of the original short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald (read the whole story), the writer of "The Great Gatsby," a book that I have read. And to follow that I have also read the original short story of Benjamin Button.
Without spoiling things, the movie follows the curious life of a man that is born around eighty years of age and begins to age backwards as time passes. Benjamin experiences so many things--adventures that this film treated with such breathtaking and miraculous care. It is visually beyond satisfying and the musical score is gorgeous to say the least. The score was written by Alexandre Desplat, a composer with a number of other recent and familiar film scores under his belt (i.e. The Golden Compass, Lust Caution, The Painted Veil, and the The Queen).
Suffice it to say that if you cannot already tell how enamored I am with this movie, then take another look at the lovely piece of work up top. hehe ;) It took approximately two and a half hours of typography research, Photoshop and Illustrator work. I think it's pretty good for a novice in graphic design.
Why did I make it, you ask? I like the movie (duh!), and I love my iPhone. But I have this little problem with my phone because no matter what update Apple puts out, it seems the problems that were supposedly fixed all come back. My iPhone is aging backwards I tell you! Before you know it I'll probably have a 1st Generation iPhone 2G. And then, "Poof!" it will disappear. *screaming* Just kidding. Let's just hope that doesn't happen. lol
For all you iPhone owners if you haven't read the story, you can download the The Curious Case of Benjamin Button application from the iTunes App Store. (I learned about this while searching for something else and stumbled upon magnetismstudios.com. They make t-shirts, web sites, and Mac apps.)
Anyway, here is the trailer for Benjamin Button if you haven't already seen it. Then hit up your local movie theater and enjoy it, as I don't think you'll be disappointed.
It's my last Saturday on holiday vacation before work on Monday, so
I'm livin' it up! ;)
Young people today don’t read blogs or even Twitter, their on YouTube. Who’s to say if Charles Dickens were alive today maybe he to would be making videos on YouTube.
--from Neuronspark in response to Keep Acting Like YouTube Is About Skateboarding Dogs
Removing the blogger nav bar was a complete mystery to me before I started learning CSS, and even then you don't need to know CSS if somehow just shows you step-by-step.
Guess what? That's exactly what I'm going to do right now.
Step 1First you will need to log into your blogger.com account. Once you're there you need to click on "Layout."
Then click on "Edit HTML."
Copy the following into your blogger template to the bottom of the "Variable definitions" section in the CSS, just before the "Header" section. (Just copy and paste this:
#navbar-iframe { height:0px; visibility:hidden; display:none; }
Click to enlargeFinally, click "Save Template." And voila, you're done!
When you view your blog, it should look like this--without the bar.
Click to enlargeGood luck! And you know the drill...
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Most twitterers are familiar with the infamous "Fail Whale" (shown below) but I'm confident that many of them don't know the fabulous person behind the creation of the whale. Allow me to introduce you to Yiying Lu. She is an absolutely wonderful graphic designer with a very distinct point of view. I personally love her work a lot.
Now this is where the Shorty Awards comes into play. The Shorty Awards are recognizing the world's top Twitterers. All you have to do is tweet your chosen nominee to @shortyawards with the @nomineesname and a #category, followed by why you think the person should win.
Example: @shortyawards I nominate @yiyinglu for a Shorty Award in #design because...her work is simply clean, well-done, and original!
Or you can go directly to shortyawards.com and type all of the same information into the form that they have prepared. @yiyingLu has been nominated a number of times so far, and I strongly recommend that you show some love and give her a nomination. Consider it a nice holiday gift. ;)
One more thing. You can vote for as many people as you'd like, but you cannot vote for any one person more than once. Sorry.
The main categories for nominees are as follows:Well, that's all. You know the drill....
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"Dona Nobis Pacem" is Latin for "Give Us Peace."
I have time now and decided to edit my first video in my new copy of Final Cut Express. I sang this simple round to remind us to keep the peace and have goodwill toward all people.
Happy Holidays!
-MacDavid
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It isn't perfectly synced and that's a technical issue. As I get more experienced, my music videos will become more polished. Thank you for your understanding in advance!
Just want to officially wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!
XO MacDavid
Hi! I'm David Moore (also known as MacDavid). This is my "techtorial" blog which consists of my tech and web oriented lifestyle in addition to a huge love for Apple technology. I'm a classical musician and music teacher, as well as a beginning web design student at the Art Institute. I gladly welcome feedback and suggestions on how I can enhance my abilities and expand my presence on the web.
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