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Followup on H.R. 6320 - Subtitles in Internet Videos

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 [...]

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H.R. 6320 - Subtitles in Internet Videos

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 Century.
I’ll point out [...]

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The Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby in BSL

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.
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My early years

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 [...]

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Perfecting the art of being deaf

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.
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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 [...]

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Personal Attacks

I get fan mails. Yes I do! Here’s a really really beautifully written and ever-so-lovely one from Andy Arthur [/sarcasm]:
It’s nothing to do with your antics in the BBC and everything to do with the nasty message you posted in Deaf Wales you fucking piece of shit. That’s the first and last time you step [...]

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Holy Cows! Video Comments!

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 [...]

Coming Out

Edited to update the correct link for the video above - as explained by Charlie Swinbourne on his YouTube page for the above video: “Sorry to anyone who has been looking for this film, it was removed due to a techical errror and had to be reposted - it had 12,090 views on it’s previous [...]

LEAKED - unofficial PR from RNId Chair

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LEAKED!
Hello!
I’m Gerry. I’m the new Chair for the RNId!
Yes you have noticed that I do indeed have a condom on my ear. I will explain this later. As for my hair, it is an excellent wig - get it here
Deafness? I know nothing. Nothing! But that’s fine. My mission is simply three things for [...]

Oh noes! I’m using blogism AND vlogism!

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Some notes: Ni ni ni ni is in reference to the bloody fantastic Monty Python’s Knights of Ni
As already mentioned, this throwing around the word “audism” is so silly it’s beyond sheer idiocy that I think they live in a different universe from me. The video reflects that. By making the video above, it is [...]