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Go Elf Yourself!

Jeff McCord — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:12:50 +0000

Go Elf Yourself by Moxie Mo @ Yahoo! Video

My Story

Jeff McCord — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:32:35 +0000

Have you ever heard a song and it grabs you immediately? Pulls you completely in? Well this happened to me. I love this song. Brandi Carlile sings it.

For some reason, I had a lot of creativity in me when I heard this song this morning. So five hours later, here it is. This is the story of my life since I’ve lived in Dallas. It’s only been 4 years, but I’ve had a lifetime happen in those 4 years.

This is my life these past 4 years, my struggles, my pain, my happiness and my joy. This is My Story.

My Story from Jeff McCord on Vimeo

Macy’s NYC Fireworks Finale

Jeff McCord — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:47:09 +0000

God Bless America! A gorgeous, amazing show!

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Expressing Yourself With Wordle

Jeff McCord — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:50:41 +0000

Web 2.0 is really awesome, if you ask me. One of hundreds of reasons why I love Web 2.0 is the creativity that websites are creating on a daily basis. Have you ever wanted to express yourself in a way that has never been done before? Well, I have the website for you. My friends, you must check out Wordle.

Wordle was created by Jonathan Feinberg. According to Wordle, Wordle is “a toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.” In other words, it’s a way of expressing yourself by something you write and then Wordle uses an algorithym to create an artistic piece of what you expressed in the words you wrote. I hope that makes sense.

So, the best way for me to show you (besides trying it out for yourself) is to show you my 2 Wordles that I created. I hope you enjoy them. The first wordle is about 3 paragraphs I wrote about who I am, what makes me the person I am and what describes me.

My second Wordle was created by taking every word in this blog post and creating a Wordle from the words in this post.

So there you go! How cool is this? Go to Wordle and try yours out and leave your HTML code in the comments or show us a link to yours once you save it.

Flipping Over The New Flip!

Jeff McCord — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:22:29 +0000

According to Gizmodo, Flip announced their new Flip Video recorder that will be released on June 5th, 2008! The pictures of the Flip Mino look impressive. This new video recorder is said to be much slimmer and smaller than the previous models. Take it from me, Flip Video products are moxtastic! I use mine (Flip Ultra) all the time and the resolution is actually pretty darn impressive.

The Flip Mino will arrive in stores this Friday and will retail for $179.99. The Mino will be 40% smaller than the Flip Ultra and also has touch-sensitive buttons on the back for the video controls. This Flip holds 2gb of flash memory allowing for a total of 60 minutes of VGA-quality footage. Software is installed in the Flip which allows anyone, including your grandma, to edit video. It plugs directly into your USB port in your computer and it’s super easy to use.

For a moxie review of the Flip, make sure you check out my post here (regarding the Flip Ultra). If you’re in the market for a new video camera that doesn’t break your bank, I would suggest buying the new Flip Mino! Enjoy video recording!

2008 National Spelling Bee Champion Is…

Jeff McCord — Sat, 31 May 2008 02:54:03 +0000

This is what happens when I have nothing to do on Friday… and before I get any hate comments, this is JUST FOR FUN! Enjoy my friends!

Readers, unfortunately Vimeo’s video-hosting is down, so I’ve removed this video for the time being…

Webcam Fun 2.0

Jeff McCord — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:43:30 +0000

Thanks to Lifehacker for this awesome recommendation, I’ve never had such fun with my webcam before! There’s a website that allows anyone with a working webcam or built-in iSight cam (for us Mac users) to use our webcam in ways you never thought possible.

Cameroid is a website that gives you free tools to change your website picture into something hysterical or even something more professional looking. It’s very similar to Mac users’ Photo Booth. I took a few minutes to play around with it and created this video for your entertainment:

Now, from my understanding, Cameroid lets you take snap photos of your webcam. In order to capture the video like I did above, you must use a screen capturing software tool like Snapz Pro X.

Feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you think about Cameroid!

iPhone Video Recorder Actually Works!

Jeff McCord — Fri, 23 May 2008 16:16:42 +0000

I’ve never been one who has had a lot of patience. I know that Apple will be releasing some major news in the next few weeks, but I decided a few weeks ago to go ahead and jailbreak my iPhone so that I could add more applications to it. One of the applications I installed is the iPhone Video Recorder. I was hesitant at first because I didn’t think the iPhone had the capability to capture good video. I’m pleased to say, I was surprised. There’s still much more to do in regards to development, but bravo to the team that made this great application.

The video below was recorded on my iPhone while I was outside taking Deco out (at work). Enjoy!

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The Moxie Dance

Jeff McCord — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:49:12 +0000

Whenever I get down, I love to do The Moxie Dance! Enjoy! And thanks to Moby for granting me permission to use his awesome song:

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What’s Your Favorite Thing About Summer?

Jeff McCord — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:20:46 +0000

For most people, there’s nothing more fun than the arrival of summer! I got a group of my coworkers to answer the age old question, “What’s your favorite thing about summer”? Here’s their response:

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Now, my readers, it’s YOUR turn. What’s YOUR favorite thing about summer? Do you take a family trip each summer? If so, where? Do you get time off from school, college, teaching, etc? What’s your favorite month of summer? All these questions MUST be answered below, if you want to stay moxie. Leave a comment in the notes below!