Hi Guys, Miss Me Already?
RidorLIVE O-boy, don't you hate it when you cannot find one of three pages that you interviewed someone else for this very blog?  Yes, I found this particular paper.  Apparently, my concussion prompted me to throw one of them in the trash can.  At least, it is readable.  Whew! Vicious Comments:  I want to address something about [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

401: The Signing Family.
Deaf in the City 401: The Signing Family.Cool video. Click on the link. It's from the association formerly known as the BDA:?Signing Family' , produced by Deaf Association of Northern Ireland, is an information resource for parents of Deaf children, Deaf parents of hearing children and professionals. It is a multilingual information resource parented in British Sign Language (BSL) and [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

DeafRead replaces Yugo engine with Ferrari engine
DeafRead Team DeafRead will be moving to a new server this Sunday, March 19. Right now, DeafRead is running on shared hosting, which can create problems. We compare this hosting to a Yugo engine. The new server, which is called a dedicated server, is a Ferrari engine when compared to the Yugo. Clearly, this is an powerful and sophisticated system giving us much more capability beyond shared hosting.
Fri, Mar 16 2007

"A Permanent Grave" Movie Trailer
Mosdeux's Behind the Scenes We are proud to present the official trailer of “A Permanent Grave”, Mosdeux's latest film, which is sponsored by HOVRS. The first showing will be tomorrow, March 17, 2007, at the Deaf Expo in Orlando, Florida. The film, “A Permanent Grave”, is broken into six episodes, or parts. Each episode will be shown at a [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Oppose Requests for TV Programs without Closed Captions
via link submit In September 2006, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a new category of TV programs that did not need closed captions: (1) programs that were produced by a non-profit organization; (2) that paid to broadcast their TV program; and (3) the organization said the cost for closed captioning would result in reducing or stopping their TV program or other [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Deaf Kindergartener's ASL poetic expression of 1 to 5
Deaf Niches My daugher... kindergartener... starting ASLing the number 1 to 5 and then started making up sings as she went along :) It is always good to encourage deaf children to create songs with budding ASL signs, as part of helping building up the confidence as a bilingual deaf child.Enjoy! [link]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

The death penalty decision for the Deaf.
The Deaf Sherlock Howdy fans!Another murder case is gripping the entire deaf community these days. It was talked about it in dianrez's web page ( www.xanga.com/dianrez ) and it has now mushroomed from CNN.com to now presently ABCNEWS.com. Here's the link : [link] This case is generating debate across the nation. The implications [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

ASL Language Documentation Explained
Kalalau's Korner In this vlog, Carl Schroeder explains abstract for his dissertation, using vlogs by Mike Schmidt and Adain Mack as examples for language documentation: minimal pair/group of signs.
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Pro sign advert
MM's BLOGALOG Why let the system do them all ? OK this might be crap, but why not Deaf. deaf and HI do their own plugs ?
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Suicide: A Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem
DeafDC.com By Hilary Franklin Suicide. One death every 16 minutes in the U.S. Swallowing a bottle of pills. Mixing drugs with alcohol. Driving a car into a tree. One attempt approximately every minute. Hanging yourself from the ceiling. Putting a gun to your head. Cutting wrists with razors. More Americans have depression than coronary heart disease, cancer, and AIDS [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Me hold my gun? Let me show you my bullets.
Deaf Progressivism Barb DiGi is going to show you some brief clips of the film, "Preservation of Sign Language" from 1913 showing how ALL speakers who used the sign for DEAF. She did watch a series of two videotapes twice! Did she actually see DEAF-CLOSE sign even once in that film? You see for yourself. She is not interested about labeling whatsoever but she is more fascinated about [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Skype and Video Phone
Ed's Telecom Alert All.. This is intriguing article about VoIP provider (Skype) and its video phone service. Skype and VP I do not know if this VP is H.323 compatible or not (in other words, communicate with what most deafies now have - vp-100, d-link, vp-200 or h.323 video camera), but the underlying concept is neat. If any of you already tried [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Whoa! You were correct, Barb. Did Veditz actually...
My Weblog Whoa! You were correct, Barb. Did Veditz actually signed EAR-CLOSE? That is a good question. I took it for granted from reading the post by ASL Commnunity Joural on yesrterday morning, March 15 that Paticia said, Yes, Veditz signed DEAF-CLOSE....
Fri, Mar 16 2007

OAD's 8-Point Policy Forum - YouTube
via link submit Ontario Association of the Deaf releases YouTube videos of the forum which took place recently. Deaf Education is at Risk! Kudos for Deaf Ontarians for taking action. Are you, too?
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Commenters are important, why?
Welch's ASL Juice! Toby explains in his ASL vlog why commenters are important. All vloggers and bloggers are to learn how to build up their vlogs and blogs by commenters. It would become excellence vlogs and blogs.
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Marks of the True ASL
Welch's ASL Juice! In Toby's ASL vlog, he wants to explain Marks of the True ASL. He presents three points that ASL is a true ASL. The marks are valid to protect ASL.
Fri, Mar 16 2007

SpinVox: convert voice calls into text
via link submit SpinVox, when integrated with a cellphone or landline provider, can take your voicemail messages and automatically transcribe them into text that gets sent to your email or your phone as a text message.
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Greetings! My First Vlog!
A Course In Miracles TeleVision
Fri, Mar 16 2007

The death penalty
hedor I read RidorLIVE.com about Daphne Wright.The death penalty is an issue on Daphne Wright.I respect Ricky's opinion. I understand what he stands for. I rather Daphne rots the hell in the jail for good. I support that.I somewhat support the death penalty. That is my opinion because I do not want a murderer to kill again. I don't mind that a murderers stay in the jail [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

A KODA's Dream Home
Shel: A Deaf Canadian's Thoughts My 9-year-old son, Troy has an unique plan for his dream home that reflects his perspective of his world, and what he values the most! I hope you enjoy this!Shelley [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Introductory ASL vlog
Shel: A Deaf Canadian's Thoughts
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Je reviens
Der Sankt Speaks... Yes, I'm still alive... I've returned to make a few annoucements–yesterday, I was an extra on Law and Order:CI with a few other Deaf people for another L&O episode (more on that later). Anyhoos, I learned yesterday that the “Silencer” episode (the one with Deaf principal actors) will air April 3rd. April 3rd not March 20. There [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Deaf Mother's View of Mainstreamed Deaf Child
Deaf Niches Check out: [link] is my first attempt at vlog... huh, I'd need to dye my graying hair back to its glorious golden brown, need to work on improving my ASL signs, etc... it is very obvious that I am a heavy SimCom signer... gripes. I will work on getting better vlogs!Anyway, enjoy! I am talking about my experiences with [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Through Deaf Eyes
Deaf Pagan Crossroads While most people in the Deaf Community are already well aware of this upcoming PBS television program, I want to now bring it to the attention of the Pagan Community, my spiritual family, and my hearing friends. After all, an important role of Deaf Pagan Crossroads is to be a place where all of us - regardless [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007

Interpreter helps deaf student ‘hear' worship
via link submit POND BANK - Members of Pond Bank Mennonite Church want to spread the word about their new deaf ministry. For now, an interpreter is only available on the Sundays when a deaf student from Penn State Mont Alto attends services. “But we'll have it every Sunday if we have a need,” according to Marlin Ebersole, pastor of the Dufffield Road church. * [...]
Fri, Mar 16 2007