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 Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video – Approx 6:28 Minutes Long Grant was Netflix member for about three years. During the recent time when Netflix announced they will not offer captions on its streaming service for another couple year. Many people quit Netflix for good. It took him a while to make the final decisions to put Netflix account on [...]Thu, Dec 03 2009 WordCamp Dallas 2009 and Interpreter
Grant Laird Jr. ASL VIdeo – Approx 10 Minutes Long You also can watch and reply with video comment, please go to [link] Not too long ago, John Pozadzides posted “An Open-Source Look at the Cost of WordCamp Dallas” on July 13, 2009. It's about how much it takes to operate WordCamp Dallas including a list of expenses in setting it [...]Wed, Aug 12 2009 WordCamp Dallas 2009 and Interpreter
Grant Laird Jr. ASL VIdeo – Approx 10 Minutes Long You also can watch and reply with video comment, please go to [link] Not too long ago, John Pozadzides posted “An Open-Source Look at the Cost of WordCamp Dallas” on July 13, 2009. It's about how much it takes to operate WordCamp Dallas including a list of expenses in setting it [...]Fri, Aug 07 2009 Deafness: Is It a Disability?
 Grant Laird Jr. Note: My good friend Wade Engelsman wrote this as part of his English Final paper. We thought it's good way to share with everybody. Please feel free to make comment. He made A on this one! –gwlj Deafness: Is It a Disability? Wade Engelsman 4/23/2009 I am profoundly deaf. A rock could hear better than I. However, I am [...]Sun, May 10 2009 T-Mobile G1 Phone (Google)
Grant Laird Jr. Grant discussed about newest cell phone called T-Mobile "G1" Phone based on Android technology. Of course, every phone has its own pro and con including G1 phone. He feels that this phone is going get better and better over times. Gmail is awesome and easy to use. One negative about it — vibration is not strongest at [...]Mon, Mar 30 2009 Deaf Dog and DeafNetwork.com
Grant Laird Jr. Grant received this email last September 10, 2008 but he did not get chance to post till today. Enjoy! Note: DeafNetwork.com operated by Grant Laird Jr and Crazy Technologies LLC Hi Grant, I wanted to thank you for helping the rescues by posting the deaf and special needs animals in your website. I knew I [...]Wed, Jan 28 2009 Election 2008: Time to Balance
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 4:15 Minutes Long Grant discussed his opinion about upcoming Election 2008 and as well as video from Deaf Viewpoints: 2008 U.S. Presidental Elections. If you haven't check it out now, click here. (It will go to DeafNation.com) Share you thought with us - please leave text or video comment below. Grant Laird Jr. [link]Fri, Oct 24 2008 Parent and Deaf Children
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:38 Minutes Long Last weekend, Grant and his girlfriend went to 5th Annual Silent Night Deaf Ministry Scholarship Benefit at Lover Lane United Methodist Church (LLUMC) in Dallas. This is his 2nd time to attend – last time, he went there and watched World First Deaf Solo Rode Sailboat around the World presentation. It [...]Tue, Sep 23 2008 Home Depot Self-Service Checkout Dispute
Grant Laird Jr. Several weeks ago, Grant sold his selling item through craigslist.org for 300 dollars cash. Next day, Grant and his girlfriend went Home Depot and purchased a new air condition unit for 399 dollars which means he would pay the difference. It's no problem. When they approached cashier, he skipped self-service checkout because he doesn't want to deal [...]Tue, Aug 19 2008 No Game Screenshot Picture
Grant Laird Jr. Over years, Grant have been enjoyed playing video games from Atari 2600 to Nintendo to Xbox 360. Even he is not biggest player in the world, but he would try to buy few good games and play whenever he could with his busy schedule. He acknowledged that only several games that he would play like crazy. [...]Tue, Aug 19 2008 Cell Phone Scams
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:39 Minutes Long Not too long ago, Grant discovered hidden premium fee on T-Mobile (Sidekick II) thru monthly statement online. Same thing goes with his Sprint Treo 755p, unfortunately. Grant probably lost few hundred dollars because he’s not paying attention to statement carefully. He looked up Google and discovered that he’s not alone. [...]Mon, Jun 30 2008 Pin Number
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 4 Minutes Long Grant talked about pin number or password that you have one on your Sidekick, Blackberry, Palm and others. Often it is not default enabled, you need to set it up and use it ALL THE TIMES. It is for your own protection! He explained few reasons why it is so [...]Sun, Mar 23 2008 Scam in Deaf Community
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:03 Minutes Long Grant discussed about scam issues (all kinds) in Deaf Community. He said everyone need to be extra pay attention when it comes with a large sum of money from stranger or even good friends. It doesn't matter if they are from outside US or your neighbours. When in doubt, ask [...]Sun, Mar 23 2008 Assassin’s Creed – Lack of Subtitle
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:30 Minutes Long Not too long ago, Grant borrowed from his older daughter an Xbox 360 game called Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft Publisher) which recently released in November 2007. It has become one of the most popular games today. He managed to go thru first stage of game “How to play with controller” episode before [...]Sun, Jan 20 2008 What is Facebook?
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 6:00 Minutes Long Grant discussed briefly why Facebook.com is so popular these days. Deaf Community within Facebook is growing... Facebook vs. MySpace (similar but different) Why Facebook? (Brief Introduction) Investment in Facebook (Microsoft, etc.) Features within Facebook (Poke, The Wall, etc.) Others You can look up more information about ...Wed, Jan 16 2008 How to Make Good Vlog
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 7:00 Minutes Long Past couple of years, Grant received numbers of request how he create good vlog. (Or best vlog whichever fit you better.) Grant acknowledged that there’s many vlogger out there with success results. Basically, he wants to explain from his own experience and shared his tricks with you.This is for [...]Sun, Jan 06 2008 10th Anniversary: Little History About DeafNetwork.com
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 8:00 Minutes Long Grant talked how he originally started Deaf Network website 10 years ago. (November 1997 Present) Before he signed up new domain, he used free webpage service under local ISP. Also, he was lucky to learn some HTML codes (Using Notepad) from his friend at job. Of course things are [...]Thu, Dec 13 2007 Deaf Website & Dot-com History
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 5:00 Minutes Long Grant talked about DeafNetwork.com which recently celebrating 10th Anniversary. Its been rich experience for him over years. One thing he mentioned that theres few deaf-related website that still existing today after running for about 10 years? He remembers many deaf-related website that are no longer in business due to [...]Tue, Dec 11 2007 Did Jeep Dealer Misleading Us?
Grant Laird Jr. Click image to view full-scale image Did Jeep Dealer misleading us? Since I use Gmail (Google Email) frequently and I saw this Google advertising "ada OK Truck" - What the hell is that? I went ahead and click it to see for myself. It is nothing but Jeep advertising. Sigh. In case you didn't know how it [...]Mon, Dec 10 2007 Deaf Community vs. ASL Students
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 5:00 Minutes Long Several bloggers and vloggers discussed regarding ASL students whether they should attend different places such as Deaf Chat Coffee, DPHH, or Deaf Club. Grant acknowledged that its difficult to provide good places for students to learn ASL better in real environment. Same times, deaf and hard of hearing folks are trying to relax [....Wed, Nov 14 2007 YouTube Mobile
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 1:13 Minutes Long Grant discussed about YouTube.com Mobile — he was able to view it with his Palm Treo 755p with no problem. Right now, YouTube Mobile doesn't support all of its videos but hopefully near in future. Try it today! YouTube.com Mobile: [link] Does it work on Blackberry, Sidekick and another Treo models? Let [...]Tue, Nov 13 2007 911 Call: Updated
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 1:38 Minutes Long Grant discussed about 911 calls last month about not able to call 911 while you are on the road. He figures it is probably the next best thing is call police department´s front desk or non-emergency phone line. They can help you even it is not 911 calls. This list based in Dallas & Fort Worth, Texas Police Department Directory...Mon, Oct 15 2007 ASL Music: Is it for Real?
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:34 Minutes Long Grant saw several good topics about "ASL Music" at DeafRead.com past few days. He wanted to comment from his own experience. He never enjoyed music at all even at deaf-group choir (church) with sign language. But...now he enjoyed ASL storytelling and ASL poetry very much. You can find more about ASL storytelling and ASL poetry at D...Mon, Oct 15 2007 911 Call
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 4:28 Minutes Long Grant discussed about emergency 911 calls that he had bad experience from recent incident. He mentioned that last week, he saw "hit and run" a car accidents near my house. He was ready to make 911 calls, but he could not do it - he has no way to call 911. Lucky he and neighbor stopped by their house and found out they knew about [...]Fri, Sep 21 2007 Is Xbox 360 Deaf Friendly Machine?
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 2:57 Minutes Long Grant talked about Xbox 360 console game machine but is it deaf friendly machine? He would love to know if anybody have it, too. Apparently, most of the features are obviously deaf-friendly except few things. Read on. 1. Playing Xbox Live (online via Internet against other players) is probably one of the most disadvantages out [...]Wed, Sep 19 2007 Best Buy Store
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 2:32 Minutes Long Grant discussed about Best Buy Store (see announcement here and here) — he said that Best Buy Store contributing their employees to learn ASL in Washington DC area is a great idea! Hope other stores will copy the idea. However, he expressed his concern if this store hire enough deaf and hard of hearing people to work at a [...]Wed, Sep 05 2007 Deaf Voice
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:11 Minutes Long Grant talked about his own "deaf" voice — he acknowledged that he does make noise during the conversation from time to time. (Such as laughing, moody, upset, etc.) He usually don't care when he's chatting with friends at home, videophone, deaf club, conference, vlog, etc. but however he usually know [...]Sun, Sep 02 2007 Deaf & Hard of Hearing Business
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 4:09 Minutes Long Grant discussed about deaf and hard of hearing owned business. He remembers his father was in painting business for many years in Pittsburgh area back in 60´s and 70´s. Today many deaf businesses still exist today in construction, painting, and all that stuff. What´s more, more and more deaf and hard of hearing entered advanced [...]Mon, Aug 27 2007 What is Regional Specialist?
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 5:00 Minutes Long Grant discussed about Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (DHHS - It used to be called TCDHH) under Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) — they have several programs such as STAP, Interpreter Certification (BEI), referral program, much more! Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) program also work closely [...]Fri, Aug 17 2007 Politics of Hope
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 4:00 Minutes Long Grant talked about his friend name Tom Caiazzo who ran for congressman in Texas District #3 during year 2001. (in vlog, he said 2000 - it should be 2001) Tom approached him thru DeafNetwork.com website and invited Grant to be part of his Caiazzo for Congress campaign committee. In long run, Tom did not win election due to many [...]Mon, Aug 13 2007 So Loud During Landscape Duty
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:00 Minutes Long Grant discussed about his experience when he worked for landscape company. He didn't realized that it's annoying to other people (hearing co-workers) when he did edge/trim or weed-eating equipments because it was so loud. It also eat up blade or string so fast, they didn't like it — so they moved him back to [...]Tue, Aug 07 2007 Deaf Community: Local Issues
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - 2:41 Minutes Long Grant talked about deaf community local issues and encourage blogger and vlogger to discuss more about it other than FCC, VRS, technology issues. He truly believe that these area need more attention and find a way to help them to get better over times. For example: Program such as Domestic Abuse, Job Assistant Placement, literacy, and all [...]Thu, Jul 05 2007 DPN Protest with Tim Rarus
Grant Laird Jr. Click To Play ASL Presentation - Approx 35 Minutes Long Tim Rarus gave me permission to videotape entirely his presentation during Texas Association of the Deaf Conference on June 22, 2007 in Arlington, Texas. Some of the footage is little bit dark than others. This workshop is very educational and same time you get real idea what it is like to be in protest. He also [...]Thu, Jun 28 2007 Thank you, TAD!
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:06 Minutes Long He took pictures (over 500+) and some video during Texas Association of the Deaf Conference on June 21-23, 2007 in Arlington, Texas. He also talked about The Golden Hand Award by TAD and NAD. He expressed thank you to TAD/NAD and everyone! He was so speechless when he received the The Golden Award. He was so busy [...]Mon, Jun 25 2007 Pinky Show at Dallas Deaf Club
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - 2:58 Minutes Long Grant Laird Jr discussed about his trip to Dallas Deaf Club last weekend (6/9/07) and watched Pinky Comedy Show about Videophone and VRS. We all have good times. To learn more about Pinky Show - click here. Also, he talked about her last year on this blog site, check it out! Click here. Grant W Laird Jr. [link]Thu, Jun 14 2007 New Feature - My DeafRead
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 2:25 Minutes Long Grant Laird Jr talked about DeafRead.com's newest feature called Personalized DeafRead — also known as "My DeafRead". If you haven't try, try it out today — you don't have to set up anything. Try it out - go to [link] Tayler Mayer acknowledged there's couple bugs but it is [...]Wed, Jun 06 2007 Diversity Program at Workplace
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 7:00 Minutes Long Grant Laird Jr talked about his experience with diversity program at current job. Basically he explained that initiative program such as Deaf/Disabilities, Africian American, Latino American, Gay/Lesbian, Asian, Faith-based group, etc can make difference inside workplace especially top 500 Fortunate list. He's fortunate to [...]Sat, Jun 02 2007 Save Your Conversation
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 3:54 Minutes Long Grant Laird Jr talked about if you do save your conversation with your friends thru AOL Instant Messenger or do you save your conversation thru videophone with VRS or friends? Bascially he asked couple deaf lawyers about it few years ago and it raised some interesting discussion. Right now, there's really no law to prevent [...]Mon, May 28 2007 Relay Service Online
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 2:29 Minutes Long Grant Laird Jr discussed about relay service online (web-based & text-based online) - as far as he know there´s only eight different providers that offer it. Do you know any other that also offer relay service online? Also, not all providers have same service like AOL Instant Messenger-supported; some of them work with [...]Mon, May 28 2007 Order Foods at Thru Drive via Remote Call Center
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 2:33 Minutes Long Grant Laird Jr talked about typical thru drive. (current method) and future thru drive (future with remote ordering system) He wondered if it's going impact deaf community? According to article, its already started at few places. Read full article at USA Today - click here Grant W Laird Jr. [link]Tue, May 15 2007 Spider-Man 3 Released Same Day with Captioned
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - 3:29 Minutes Long Grant W Laird Jr talked about Spider-Man 3 movie which released last week - he was impressed that captioned available same day as Spider-man 3 movie released. He also talked about little about Insight Cinema (Open Captioned) and Rear Closed Captioning. In case you never check out Fomdi website, it is a must see for anybody who want to [...]Fri, May 11 2007 RSS in Plain English
Grant Laird Jr. I found this video with subtitle (thru DotSub technology) about RSS in Plain English. I figure some of you might find it useful information since many of Deaf and Hard of Hearing folks still struggle to understand how RSS Reader works. More helpful information can be found at DeafRead.com RSS Help. Enjoy! Grant W Laird Jr. [link]Tue, May 01 2007 Visual Alarm at Workplace
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 5:00 Minutes Long Grant W Laird Jr discussed about his experience with visual alarm (strobe alarm) at workplace. Basically he explained how much it evolved and improved over times with visual alarm at his workplace. Also, he talked about his pager which used as emergency message for drill or real one. Does anybody have similar one at your [...]Mon, Apr 30 2007 Treo 700wx - Use it as ISP
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 1:30 Minutes Long Note: ISP = Internet Service Provider such as cable or DSL provider (Comcast, AT&T, AOL, etc.) Someone asked if we can use Treo 700wx or another PDA-type device as ISP at home computer if you don't have internet access. The short answer is yes. Will it be fast enough to run such as videophone? No, not with this device [...]Mon, Apr 23 2007 Yes, I am part of grassroot
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 2:07 Minutes Based on Jay's Videoclip about grassroot, Grant Laird Jr. talked little about his own experience as part of grassroot in his community. Grant W Laird Jr. [link]Fri, Apr 20 2007 Child Oralism Abuse...Not!
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 2:43 Minutes Long Grant Laird Jr. shared his childhood with orals issues...not! Actually, he never took it because his father won't let him take it. Grant´s father grew at catholic school in Pittsburgh, PA that doesn´t allow sign language - oral only when he was young. (Image nun would use ruler to hit hand if they use sign language) He [...]Wed, Apr 18 2007 Treo 700wx - Hook up with your laptop
Grant Laird Jr. ASL Video - Approx 1:35 Minutes Long Grant Laird Jr. discussed about Sprint Palm Treo 700wx (Microsoft Mobile) and its mobile connection to laptop (Internet access) and as well as hook up with GPS device. Have you guys ever try it before? Well, you should try sometime! Grant W Laird Jr. [link]Tue, Apr 10 2007 |
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