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Deaf’s Smart Guide: Know your Smartphone
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Don’t you love the smartphone that you can do something more than the simple text-message in old day? We do. As you know I own Palm Pre as I thought it’s good as I mention my one of blog some time ago. However, I saw the chart that there show the guide on compare for smartphones [...]
Tech Culture Wed, Jul 01 2009

Lorelle tried “podcast” with Deaf
Illustrator: Blog-alloon At WordCamp 2009 at Dallas, I brief meet Lorelle on early morning as she point at my shirt as she said something as I wore Seattle in bright orange. Either she loves that city or it could be where she comes from. With smile each other, we did. Until I learn that she is really into [...]
Media Language Tech Culture Mon, Jun 29 2009

Invent WordPress in sign language
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Media Language Tech Sun, Jun 28 2009

WordCamp with ASL in video stream
Illustrator: Blog-alloon I'm attend to WordCamp in Dallasto learn something interesting for today (June 27) and tomorrow (June 28). There is an interpreter in video where I'm sat next to them. Thank to the sponsor and the volunteer who work hard to bring for several deaf who attend there, also. [link] What's WordCamp? Check it out at WordCamp @ [...]
Tech Sat, Jun 27 2009

Southwest Airline offer videophone as customer svc
Illustrator: Blog-alloon I never thought I would ever seen the videophone to use as customer service than rather use yourself to VRS to company's custom service, that ought speed up on your solution or whatever you look for. Thank ddseattlewa! Sprint and Southwest Airlines have joined forces to offer toll-free TTY (teletypewriter) and video relay access, giving deaf and [...]
Media Language Tech Culture Wed, Jun 24 2009
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Review: Palm Pre
Illustrator: Blog-alloon It takes a quite time to get Palm Pre on my hand. During the difficult from Sprint Relay as they are suppose able to sell with Relay plan for deaf, but it was delay that been told by the reps saleperson who told that kind plan doesn’t compatible for Palm Pre. Man, I have been [...]
Tech Tue, Jun 23 2009

Travel to Puerto Rico
Illustrator: Blog-alloon As I mention early on my previous blog about billboard. That's my vacation I went there. So, I have uploaded some photos to put together in my Picasa Web that I took in Puerto Rico at San Juan from last weekend for my vacation. It was short weekend but lot of heck rush I made. Someday, [...]
Culture Tue, Jun 16 2009

The billboard in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Visited Puerto Rico in San Juan on the most terrible traffic. It was scary on highway. Otherwise, I had wonderful time in the island on food, vision and people. More like the most food, I'm crazy to try out. However, on highway I spotted the billboard that I don't see often. Well, not like one here [...]
Media Language Tech Culture Mon, Jun 15 2009

Palm Pre - eh…
Illustrator: Blog-alloon I'm so excite when Palm Pre release at Sprint store. I thought I would like to check it out and play around. I see is very nice as it could be iPhone with actual keyboard as if magic just arrive. Of course, you just slide down and see keyboard to typing. I find is comfortable [...]
Tech Mon, Jun 08 2009

In future: Me think VP will have Ads
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Millions deaf have videophone. Is that cool or what? Someday when videophone, as I told early, would become the giant corporate like at&t to switch from telephone to videophone as new mainstream communicate at home. Off subject, the advertisement are getting insane everyday... As you seen tattoo on forehead as ads as the individual had to [...]
Tech Fri, Jun 05 2009

150 movies with CC on iTunes
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Well, I thought I should celebrate on iTunes for hit 150 movies with Closed Caption. It been since over a year, iTunes have improve to make possible for only MP4 device for deaf to enjoy to watch movies on our boredom time. Here is the completed listing. Be warning, it's large image. Sorry, I cannot typing [...]
Media Language Tech Wed, May 27 2009

Review: House MD - “House Divided”
Illustrator: Blog-alloon If you miss that epsoide, you can check on hulu.com with Closed Caption in few days later after being air on last Monday. Hulu.com - House MD
Media Art and Storytelling Tech Culture Tue, Apr 28 2009

Marlee Matlin in Desperate Housewives (Subtitle)
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Thought I could show the one of my favorite scene that Marlee Matlin play in Desperate Housewives from the first season. I showed in subtitle that anyone would able to understand. It comes from Episode 17: There won't be Trumpets.
Media Art and Storytelling Mon, Apr 27 2009

Rants: Hearing knows deaf is Lip Reader. NO!
Illustrator: Blog-alloon When I thought of Desperate Housewives that used to be my favorite TV show. I chucked how neat when Marlee Matline plays as Alisa Stevens, bitching to Lynette. That was the funny I have seen deaf argue with hearing. That makes me look up on Desperate Housewives at Youtube to give a good ol' day [...]
Media Language Art and Storytelling Culture Mon, Apr 20 2009

iTunes with CC is back!
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Thank Kirk Staley!
Media Art and Storytelling Tech Tue, Mar 24 2009

iTunes with CC getting less
Illustrator: Blog-alloon On second previous, there was over 90 movies, then last previous, it appear to be over 30. Now today, I see only ONE movie. What's on Sam Hill is that?!?! I can tell that either their contract to place on iTunes has expired or studios become careless to place CC on iTunes. Of course, there [...]
Media Tech Fri, Mar 20 2009

Deaf Child Area
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Click the artwork for full size view. I have thought on the sign. It seem that I have seen on deviantART that people have been take the picture of the sign that said “Deaf Child Area”. They act like they have no idea what it mean. It pop my head as I imagine there going to [...]
Language Art and Storytelling Culture Thu, Mar 19 2009

Apple TV 2 with closed caption
Illustrator: Blog-alloon DeafDC Blog made a nice news when MacWorld (it would be last time, ever!) been announcement on new Apple TV with few features addition which one is add closed caption (CC). The first version doesn't come with it. Yet, if anyone wonders how we can identify it before purchase to watch movies. Here how it looks [...]
Media Language Tech Thu, Feb 12 2009

Obama Staffs whine and what???
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Well, it's no more W. Bush in office as Obama are take over the oval office. Here is an interest article that mention about computer issues in the White House. One member of the White House new-media team came to work on Tuesday, right after the swearing-in ceremony, only to discover that it was impossible [...]
Media Language Tech Legal Thu, Jan 22 2009

KAY Jewelers in ASL
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Just saw commercial ads last night during Biggest Loser. Have you? First, I thought it's great. Awww, look at them. Aren't they cute? BUT I find annoying to see the hearing men don't know sign language when have girlfriend who is deaf and oral. My friend is right, it's very sad. I guess we may not see [...]
Media Culture Wed, Nov 19 2008

Am I still use VCR?
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Just let anybody wonder if I'm use VCR. Answer is YES. I'm still VCR. The only useful that I could watch it if I ever miss it and isn't available to record through over-the-air (OTA). Or even on landline cable during the CW in digital channel is messy with digital closed caption (CC). Yes, I [...]
Media Language Tech Thu, Oct 23 2008

My iPod Touch (2G)
Illustrator: Blog-alloon I brought it right after iPod Touch 2G introduce from recently Apple Event. I really like it so much as I could make easy look up on website and check e-mail at home or anywhere with Wi-Fi available. I could watch movie with subtitle or closed caption (see demo) or play game whatever I'm bore. New [...]
Media Language Tech Thu, Oct 02 2008

That’s how the current HDMI works with HDTV
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Reference from Banjo's World on “Equal Access: HDMI is Inaccessible” that is about HDMI that we, deaf and hard of hearing, need to have it go through to HDTV. Subtitle can be the problem with anybody with poor visual. Built-in Closed Caption from media box isn't help that much, but useful with Sling anyway. Click image [...]
Language Tech Wed, Oct 01 2008

iPod Classic and Nano with Closed Caption
Illustrator: Blog-alloon If you're think about get iPod Classic or Nano instead iPod Touch or iPhone. But you're not sure about closed caption (CC) support. I'm show the proof that both lately iPod model that does support CC and does appear on the display. Text size is somewhere small but fair to read. Let saying it's not [...]
Media Language Tech Wed, Aug 27 2008

Original DPHH 2004 at Dallas/Fort Worth
Illustrator: Blog-alloon I was clean up my external HDD and make organize. Guess what? I found DPHH video I tape long time ago. It been a while. I thought I would like to share to see what Dallas/Fort Worth Deaf Professional Happy Hour is like. Enjoy. Let you know, there is no DPHH that been change a year [...]
Language Wed, Aug 13 2008

A difference between “actor” and “actress”
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Language Culture Fri, Aug 01 2008

Should had stenotype on TTY, but it’s too late…
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Some time ago, I was at the meeting for the deaf about education for the state. I notice about caption on screen from the projector. It was from an alternative interpreter for deaf without ASL skill where they can read what the speaker give the speech. So, I look up to see what kind equipment that [...]
Language Tech Culture Mon, Jul 28 2008

Confirm: HOVRS MVP with browser
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Boy, I'm wrong. HOVRS MVP does come with browser, powered by Opera. It's really nice and lightweight than VPAD. I have to saying it's impressive as wireless portable videophone.
Tech Tue, Jul 22 2008

Wireless Videophone Portable have a big CON. Why?
Illustrator: Blog-alloon Wireless Videophone portable has the huge negative I bring it up for everybody to understand the technology. First, I thought it's great that anyone could bring videophone portable at coffee cafe, hotel or airport terminal where they have Wi-Fi spot. Unfortunately, there is problem you cannot get it work. Why? Because almost every Wi-Fi spot are [...]
Tech Culture Wed, Jul 16 2008

Review: Krown Wireless VP Signaler
Illustrator: Blog-alloon You wonder how is my search on videophone signaler. Well, guess what? My search is over. I found an excellent videophone signaler that actual wireless device. I found out about Krown Manufacturing, Inc's KA1000RR Remote Receiver and KA1000TR Telephone Ringer (transmitter). Its cost almost hundred bucks total on both device. At bright side, it's 5 bucks [.....
Tech Tue, Jul 01 2008

Supergirl learn sign language from me
Illustrator: Blog-alloon I met Laura Vandervoort, who play as Kara or Supergirl from Smallville (television series), at Wizard World Expo at Arlington, TX from November 2007. She is awesome. By the way, I update the header from plain text into image. Hope you like it.
Media Language Fri, Jun 20 2008

Something is wrong with Sonic Alert’s diagram
Illustrator: Blog-alloon I thought of get signaler for my videophone. Since the most of time, I have always miss my call several time when I’m n other room. How irony! So, I decide and look up at Sonic Alert’s website. I start to realize something wrong with the diagram that show how to place the device connect with [...]
Tech Fri, Jun 13 2008

VPAD firmware update
Illustrator: Blog-alloon VPAD have new firmware update, I believe that it been announce like in a middle of May. After pluging Cat5 cable (Ethernet) to VPAD and turn it on, it automatically connect to Viable and force to update on firmware. It takes like 5 minutes and reboots itself. So far, what I find several improvements on [...]
Tech Wed, Jun 11 2008