Trendhunter shows pictures of “Vibering,” a vibrating bracelet that comes with two stylish rings. The wearer must wear both rings, not just one, for the system to work. The system captures sounds and notifies the wearer of any sounds. The rings do the listening while the watch does the reporting of the identified sound. The …
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Meme: 4 Things About Me
In eight years of blogging, I don’t think I’ve participated in more than 10 memes. I could be wrong, but I’m not about to dig through thousands of entries to prove it. Bob at the Writing Journey asks if we meme. My response: I find meme postings interesting and insightful. I learn more about the …
Football Player Writes Autobiography
This autobiography isn’t just another one about my life as a deaf person… “After a head injury that ended his promising football career, and a painful divorce, Thunander downed much of a fifth of Jack Daniels, put a single bullet in a revolver, put the gun barrel to his head and pulled the trigger.” Corsicana …
meryl's notes blog 8th Birthday Celebration
My blog sister is celebrating her 8th birthday on June 1. I’m just a baby as I wasn’t born until 2003. If you subscribe to me, you get entries into a drawing for over $2000 in prizes!
Links: 01 May 2008
* Captioning Flash-based streaming video [pdf file] [Link, y3] * Sign Language Interpreters at High Ergonomic Risk * DEAF411, Inc. researches what makes a city deaf-friendly * AT&T finally offers data-only plan for deaf iPhone users: the plan is also good for other phones except Blackberry. More info at DeafDC Blog and at&t’s iPhone page …
More on DWTS and Sweet Nothing
Remember the 100th Episode celebration show on “Dancing With The Stars” is on Tuesday May 6. Marlee Matlin and other contestants are on “Dancing With The Stars” will appear on that show. Reader Tokumbo writes, “Go to Amy Efron Cohen’s website to check out the bittersweet story about the true story on movie ‘Sweet Nothing …
Sweet Nothing in My Ear TV Movie: After the Viewing
As expected, lots of conversations are happening surrounding last night’s TV movie debut. The New York Daily News Amazing Sounds Deaf Mom Robert Mason Freep.com CI Online Banjo’s World Countdown to the Revolution Deafness at About.com All the Young Dudes Surround Sound Pah Mine Jim’s Deep Thoughts DeafDC Blog My opinion? Haven’t finished it yet, …
Comedy Film for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired
From inrich.com “A hilarious sitcom about a dysfunctional deaf family.” Those are words guaranteed to stop traffic. But they’re not pulled from a skit on “Saturday Night Live,” nor are they meant to be offensive. What they describe is a short, family-friendly comedy film created specifically for the hard of hearing and deaf community. “The …
A Deaf Character and a Missing Mummy
Here is a nice interview with the Christine Harris, author of Mask of the Jackal. She explains the motivation of including a deaf character named Jordy into the story. The book isn’t about deafness, but rather just happens to includes a deaf person as a character. That’s the way life is… we just happen to …
Car Logos in Hand Signs
Fun post from UK site, B3ta. Using hand signs to represent car logos — some familiar and some impossible to get especially for us Americans who won’t be familiar with some of the cars. I’m impressed with the signer. While on a recent road trip, I attempted to create signs without remembering what this site …