Well it’s been an interesting week for technology news and Google’s YouTube definitely topped the cake. YouTube, the world’s largest video sharing site, has officially gone HD.

According to Techcrunch, “After teasing us for a year with the option to watch “higher quality” videos that weren’t quite high-def, it appears that YouTube is making the switch to HD, at least for some videos that have been uploaded in that quality. Earlier this month, there were reports of YouTube testing this feature, but this morning it seems to be more widespread. (This comes after YouTube adopted a widescreen format for all of its videos last week).”

Bravo to YouTube for doing this. Some bloggers (just recently today) have even gone so far to say the quality of the 720p videos on YouTube look better than Vimeo’s HD service. Wow.

This just goes to show that Santa needs to bring me my new Flip Mino HD now!

We all have heard the news from the last several weeks and I must say, it really has brought me down. The world’s economy is falling apart, literally. Constant mud is being thrown from side to side in this intense political election year. America seems divided on some major issues which we all know what can happen to a nation divided… crime is constantly around us as is disease and death.

I came home this past Wednesday from work and I was a bit down in the dumps. A long week. James, my boyfriend, decided to take me and our dog, Deco, to a park and it literally opened my eyes to something so profound. We don’t have to step too far away from our own backyards to see that we do, in fact, live in a wonderful world.

http://www.vimeo.com/1929893

I was doing my weekend ritual of getting caught up on my podcasts and thankfully I found a fantastic new “web 2.0″ site that was discussed on Command-N. This is the “video twitter” of social networking and it’s called 12 Seconds.

Literally to its name, you only have 12 seconds to record a quick video that will then post on your profile/timeline. 12Seconds.tv is currently in private beta, so the first few people who leave a comment will get an invite code from me! Anyone can register, but if I invite you, you may get your code faster. 

As with Twitter and its 120 maximum character limit, 12 Seconds does the same by limiting one’s video message to only 12 seconds. So, everyone needs to get really creative because you technically only have 12 seconds to make yourself famous!

Check it out - I think this is a phenomenal and fun website. You can email video messages to your friends and family as well as allow 12Seconds.tv to post a “I just did a 12 Seconds video” message on Twitter. Done and done.

Watch Moxie Mo Show! on 12seconds.tv

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.

Here’s the latest from the National Hurricane Center on Hurricane Gustav which is forecasted to make landfall tomorrow morning/afternoon (although some coastal areas will have horrible weather starting tonight).

BULLETIN
HURRICANE GUSTAV ADVISORY NUMBER 29
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008
400 PM CDT SUN AUG 31 2008

…GUSTAV MOVING QUICKLY NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF
MEXICO…HURRICANE WARNING EXTENDED WESTWARD…

AT 4 PM CDT…2100 UTC…THE HURRICANE WARNING IS EXTENDED WESTWARD
ALONG THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS COASTS TO JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND
TEXAS. A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM JUST EAST OF HIGH
ISLAND EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER…INCLUDING THE CITY
OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS
THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND
PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

AT 400 PM CDT…2100Z…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH…LONGITUDE 87.3 WEST OR ABOUT 215 MILES…
350 KM…SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH…30 KM/HR. THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…
GUSTAV SHOULD MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTHERN GULF COAST ON MONDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH…185 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME RE-INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. FLUCTUATIONS
IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY THEREAFTER…BUT GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO
REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE UNTIL LANDFALL.

Whenever James comes home from work, he has to buzz in (which calls my cell phone) to get into the gate at our apartment. My dog, Deco, has literally become one smart lil’ puppy as he’s begun to associate the phone ring and my saying “Daddy’s home” with quite the cute, funny lil’ act.

I’ll leave it at that as I think the video says it all. Just keep in mind when you watch this… how would this not make your worst day so much better? I love dogs!