I Enter a Contest

Eric (JoeHandsome99) got me started on Video Editing, I just got Magix video editing software so I am not officially competing. And I should probably just be using it right now, but I wanted to show how easy and fun video editing can be... even without fancy software! This little video was done for free using "Paint" (yeah that clunky free Microsoft software), and then created at http://animoto.com

Video Shows How To Use Google Voice to Put Free Audio on Blog

Testing Audio

Okay, okay, I'm interested every now and then to include audio.
Here are the steps:
1.) Record Audio using free software Audacity. Save as MP3 file.
2.) Get account and upload to edublogs.tv
3.) Copy and Paste the "Embed Code" available after uploading(change autostart=yes, to autostart=no)
4.) Enjoy!

OR...



And this way is even easier:
1.) Get a Google Voice Telephone Number.
2.) Call and leave yourself a Voice Mail Message.
3.) Find and copy the "Embed" code on your Voice Mail Page in Google Voice.
4.) Paste the code in your blog.

5.) Cool!

If You are Here, You can Call Me!

This is very cool. Thanks to Google we are able to make and receive calls at our own special phone number which is a number in the North Plains, Oregon area (none available in Forest Grove). Even though that in itself is nice, what I am able to do is have you go directly into my voicemail without ringing my cell phone. You think, "so what?, that seems fairly simple". Well, it gets better! Your voicemail to me is transcribed into text and immediately sent as a text message to my cell phone.

I have a pay as you go cell phone plan with Virgin Mobile, paying a dime or something like that for a text message, much less than what it would cost to speak live. So if you are anywhere in the USA and have reached this blog entry, you can say hi in a text message to me, just click the link!!!

C'mon, you gotta admit that is COOL! Click HERE if you want to see my little screencast about this.

(don't be afraid, you can click it and see how it works without risking anything.)