MacDavid

From Blogger to Awesome (Wordpress)!

2009-01-17T21:35:00.004-05:00

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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Facebook Fever - Hilarious, Must watch! Click click click!!!

2009-01-16T20:00:00.007-05:00

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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In Honor of Steve Jobs

2009-01-15T09:15:00.004-05:00

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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At the mall on my MBP. Yaay!

2009-01-13T16:33:00.006-05:00

Happy!

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.

Okay, that's it.

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Crunchies Live Tonight!

2009-01-09T20:47:00.005-05:00

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. :)

That's all.

Let's chat

Video clips at Ustream

Wrong in ways I can't begin to explain

2009-01-09T14:35:00.003-05:00

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Oh my!

It's not that bad!

CrackHeads..er I mean MacHeads: The Movie

2009-01-09T00:43:00.006-05:00

So 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."

Steve Jobs Is Healthy

2009-01-06T00:14:00.008-05:00

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.

Map of Fraiche Yogurt

Talk about degrees of separation, right? O_o And of course Steve Jobs is healthy. :) Thanks Ross and Robert!

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2009-01-04T01:27:00.010-05:00

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.

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At the beach

2009-01-03T14:09:00.001-05:00

At the beach, originally uploaded by MacDavid Pro.

It's my last Saturday on holiday vacation before work on Monday, so
I'm livin' it up! ;)

Quote: On YouTube

2008-12-28T11:42:00.005-05:00

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

Easy Steps To Remove the Blogger Nav Bar

2008-12-27T13:05:00.012-05:00

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 1

First you will need to log into your blogger.com account. Once you're there you need to click on "Layout."

Step 2

Then click on "Edit HTML."

Step 3

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 enlarge Step 4

Finally, click "Save Template." And voila, you're done!

When you view your blog, it should look like this--without the bar.

Click to enlarge

Good luck! And you know the drill...

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Yiying Lu: Nominate "Fail Whale" creator for Short Awards

2008-12-26T22:01:00.008-05:00

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:

#advertising
#apps
#brand
#business
#design
#education
#entertainment
#finance
#food
#green
#health
#humor
#music
#news
#nonprofits
#personal
#photography
#politics
#science
#socialmedia
#sports
#startups
#tech
#travel
#videogames
#weird

Well, that's all. You know the drill....

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SongToday: Dona Nobis Pacem

2008-12-25T19:34:00.004-05:00

"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

P.S.

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!

From my blog to yours...

2008-12-25T14:56:00.006-05:00

Just want to officially wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

XO MacDavid

Merry Sync-mas

2008-12-25T02:52:00.003-05:00

Merry Sync-mas, originally uploaded by MacDavid Pro.

Totally jazzed up my iPhone for the holidays! ;)

K g'night....wait, I hear sleigh bells!

I better feign sleep before Santa doesn't give me that Asus EEE PC
laptop that I want. Ooooh, I want it so bad. Anyway...

Merry Chtistmas to all and to all a good night!

Passed my classes!

2008-12-22T10:40:00.004-05:00

This quarter at the Art Institute for me was among the most rigorous experiences that I've had since going back to school (have a Bachelor of Choral Music Education from the University of Florida). In terms of time management, project management and overall difficulty of the assignments themselves, it was all very taxing but enriching. I am so happy to have finished and so I'm greatly enjoying my two weeks off from work as well.

Oh yeah, I work a full-time teaching job at the same time and I teach a boychoir once a week as well, not to mention after school rehearsal with my music students in chorus. While handling all of this is crazy, I somehow managed to succeed with all of it. oh, happy day!! :)

Well, that's it.

Later!

Christmas in Fort Lauderdale

2008-12-21T22:25:00.004-05:00

As some of you may or may not know, I live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and basically it doesn't snow nor hardly get cold here, comparatively speaking. So I decided to share a little poem that a co-worker gave to the staff where I work. I hope you like it. Enjoy!

Christmas in Fort Lauderdale

'Twas the night before Christmas and all thru our town, no noses were frozen, no snow fluttered down.

No children in flannels were tucked into bed, they all wore shorty pajamas instead.

To find wreaths of holly was not very hard, for holly trees sprouted in the back yard.

In front of the houses were Daddies and Moms, admiring the bushes and coconut palms.

The slumbering kiddies were dreaming in glee in hopes they'd find water skis under the tree.

They all knew that Santa was well on his way, in a Corvette instead of a sleigh.

And soon he arrived and started to work He hadn't a second to linger or shirk.

He whizzed o'er the highways and zoomed up the roads, in his shiny sports car delivering his loads.

The tropical moon gave the city a glow and lighted the way for Santa below.

As he jumped from the auto he gave a wee chuckle, he was dressed in Bermudas and Ivy League buckle.

There weren't chimneys but that caused no gloom, for Santa came in thru the Florida room.

He stopped at each house and stayed but a minute and emptied his sack of the goodies within it.

Before he departed he treated himself, to the Pina Colada left up on the shelf.

Then he turned with a jerk and bounced to his car remembering he still had to go very far.

He stepped on the gas and put it in gear, and drove thru our tunnel singing with cheer.

And I heard him exclaim as he went on his way "Merry Christmas, Fort Lauderdale, I wish I could stay."

Happy Holidays!

-MacDavid

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Running errands. Come watch?

2008-12-19T17:20:00.003-05:00

Just happy that my two week break has begun and so I decided to lifecast a little bit while I'm out and about, running errands. Come watch?

My Christmas Wishlist 2008

2008-12-18T21:49:00.004-05:00

I don't really have a long wishlist at all, to tell you the truth. All I want is an ultra-portable MSI, Acer, or ASUS mini laptop with an Intel Atom processor. And yes, I know this sounds absolutely blasphemous for such a huge iFanboy, but what can I say. I just have a desire for one, ok!! ;) *whispering* I'll explain later.

But enough about me 'cause this post is about this awesome kid in the video!

Apple iPeople for life!!!! W00t!!

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At the Apple Store

2008-12-13T17:41:00.002-05:00

One thing I forgot to mention in the video is that my work laptop is up the creek too. So I've been hit with a double wammy! And here's what I mean, I'm at the Apple Store because my MBP is slooooooowing dooown and I'm not happy about it. Turns out my harddrive is too full. Duh! I should have known that was the problem. Anyway. That's all! Ho hum! See ya and stay synced!

The Bloody Olive

2008-12-13T09:33:00.003-05:00

This was very cool! I don't want to spoil anything, but will say to just stick with it. Besides, it's hardly long at all.

Iron Man iPhone Game

2008-12-12T20:58:00.004-05:00

Update 12/13/08

Below are the screen shots from the App Store for Iron Man: Aerial Assault for the iPhone. And thus far it as received two nice reviews.

It's not well known just yet, but I think it will change very soon.

Also, here is link directly to the game in iTunes for $7.99.

Have fun!

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Yesterday 12/12/08

Iron Man iPhone Game, originally uploaded by MacDavid Pro.

I just received this message from Paramount that Iron Man is on the iPhone. I'll update this post when I get back to my laptop. 'Til then...Stay synced!

Playing w/Camera Bag again

2008-12-08T16:14:00.003-05:00

I got stuck at work in the parking lot because the gate remains locked at certain times and basically wound up photographing myself.

Just a narcissistic boy and his iPhone.

......what??? Don't you look at me in that tone of voice! Just kidding...later! ;)

MacDavid

I feel it

2008-12-08T02:32:00.005-05:00

I just want to share by saying that there are many things about this time of year that make me absolutely happy. Tonight I feel the spirit of Christmas has arrived.

Again, that's all I want and have to say. :)

MacDavid