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Followup on H.R. 6320 - Subtitles in Internet Videos
gwallgofi Here's a wee follow up on my previous post about the legalisation in USA - the HR 6320 bill. Here's one damned good reason why that bill's timing is vital for us... The Family Guy series will be online videos based - you're not going to get it on TV. You'll get it over the Internet. And [...]
Media Language Tech Wed, Jul 02 2008 hide this blog

H.R. 6320 - Subtitles in Internet Videos
gwallgofi There's a new legislation that have been introduced in USA which was introduced by Edward Markey and is called the (D-MA) “21st Century COmmunications and Video Accessibility Act of 2008″ H.R. 6320: To ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to emerging Internet Protocol-based communication and video programming technologies in the 21st...
Tech Fri, Jun 27 2008 hide this blog

The Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby in BSL
gwallgofi It's done by zombiecoterie who also have a blog called The Coterie of Zombies I love the Beatles and this song is actually one of my favourite Beatles song so it was good to see a BSL version, which made it all the better for me. A big thanks to zombiecoterie for doing it. zombiecoterie have done [...]
Art and Storytelling Thu, May 29 2008 hide this blog

My early years
gwallgofi My mum emailed me this recently and I thought I'll put it up. It was certainly interesting to read about my early life of which I have very very vague and unexplained memories - so this does answer some of the questions I've got with what I remember. Before you start, for those that did [...]
Education Tech Mon, May 12 2008 hide this blog

Perfecting the art of being deaf
gwallgofi Reading this The Sickness of Deaf Awareness Week: Imagine A World Without Sound at Grumpy Old Deafies...I started to comment...but it became a blog post and so is trackbacked to the site as a comment instead. ======== Imagine a world of silence? Wonderful! It's so peaceful and I don't have to listen to the wife's nagging anymore! Nor do [...]
Audism Thu, May 08 2008 hide this blog

Getting back into it…
gwallgofi Am aware that I don't blog very much lately. Vlogging take a lot out of me, and with very limited time I find I don't vlog that often these days now. Will I vlog again? Probably will yes, but not yet...lately I feel that I would prefer to do a vlog with a team of [...]
Tech Culture Wed, Feb 27 2008 hide this blog

Im hearing now!!
gwallgofi [See post to watch Flash video] summary: I asked a certain Cochlear implant company with gazillions of profit and whose aim is to ensure cochlear implants is kept at a very high rate regardless of whetever if it's the best thing or not - profit before human lives after all. They obiligated me with their latest invention, an [...]
Art and Storytelling Sat, Nov 10 2007 hide this blog

Holy Cows! Video Comments!
gwallgofi Yup! Video comments! Now I can say I've gotten what I was trying to get for a while - a proper BSL blog where people can response in BSL equally to English. Been looking around and I can't find any other blogs that does video comments in sign language either... So I'll like to announce that unless corrected - welcome to the world's first v...
Tech Culture Wed, Sep 26 2007 hide this blog

Coming Out
gwallgofi Taken from YouTube directly: Description: A son comes to his mother with a compelling secret. Will she understand? A quirky comedy written by Charlie Swinbourne and directed by Louis Neethling (who also directed BBC2's 'Switch'). The film was made for the London Deaf Film Festival and premiered in January 2007. It stars David Hay, Debbie Norman and I...
Language Art and Storytelling Education Culture Wed, Sep 26 2007 hide this blog

Gallaudet Protest - Irish TentCity
gwallgofi QT_WriteOBJECT_XHTML(' [link] '640', '495', '','autoplay', 'true', 'controller', 'true', 'loop', 'false'); summary Having read up about the protest I fully support the students taking part in the protest and I add my hand to theirs. Jane - it’s obvious that you have lost the support and respect of all the [...]
Tue, Oct 24 2006 hide this blog