Recently, many people in the signing community have pushed hard for more captioning on internet video — from Netflix to YouTube, Amazon to Hulu; and I want to share with you a success story! When a friend tipped me off to a Kickstarter campaign for a web series of shows about a fantastical arcade where video games are discussed, reviewed, and occasionally poked fun at, I immediately went to the campaign [...]

  Deaf Youth USA- Bay Area chapter released a public letter and petition to the California School for the Deaf, Fremont and wider Bay Area Deaf communities following an announcement about three new brands that CSD superintendent, Sean Virnig developed in collaboration with Convo Relay.  The three brands were modeled after a statue that is placed at the front of the school’s campus, “The Bear Hunt,” created by Douglas Tilden, [...]

  Seattle, WA- GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE SEATTLE DEAF FILM FESTIVAL!     Eleven different, exciting, and inspiring programs, including five feature-length films, will be shown at the Seattle Deaf Film Festival, beginning Friday, March 30th, and ending Sunday, April 1st, 2012, at Kane Hall 120 on the University of Washington campus. It is the first film festival of its kind in the Pacific Northwest. Films are accessible to [...]

  Oren Kaplan’s “The Hammer” will make its next showing in theaters in the Bay Area on November 2nd, 2011! The movie is about Deaf Wrestler Matt Hamill and how he persevered to become the first Deaf NCAA champion in wrestling. The movie is in English and ASL and is completely open-captioned so that Deaf and hearing audiences can enjoy it together in the theater! The movie stars Deaf actors [...]

In one minute at San Francisco gay pride, I saw… Studly men Cigarettes Cat mustache Glow in the dark jewelry Swaying hips Pink furred boots Penis Thump thump balls Black Porta-potties Glasses Camera flashes Beautiful girls Warm jackets White Hot dogs Drunk Shamble Skateboarding Blue hair Naked Plaque “When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.” ~Epitaph [...]

I went to MacWorld last week! As a Mac user and a newly-minted resident of San Francisco, it was my holy and solemn duty to go. I made especially sure to go the day after Steve Jobs’ keynote so I could see new Apple machines on display. While my hopes for a MacBook Pro update was dashed, I was intrigued by the updated Apple TV and the MacBook Air. First, [...]

DeafHope, a non-profit organization founded and run by Deaf women, will be featured on CNN on Tuesday, November 27 and again on Thursday, December 6. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, DeafHope’s mission is “to end domestic and sexual violence against Deaf women and children through empowerment, education and services.” Currently, DeafHope provides peer counseling, advocacy, support group, children’s art therapy, youth violence prevention and awareness, community education, technical [...]

BART Station Originally uploaded by iteratix. Well folks, I’ve had a chance to try a brand-spanking new Metro system — the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) in San Francisco. To those familar with my Metro blog postings in the past, I like to write about public transportation. TOP 5 REASONS WHY DC METRO IS BETTER Architecture vs 60s Gov-Corporate. People don’t stare at you as much as they did [...]

Ok. I am sufficiently fed up enough with relay services to write Yet Another Deaf Rant About the Relay. Let me paint a picture for you. MacWorld, San Francisco (a conference I’m currently attending). Hunger. Dinner time. The buzzing city all around me. Ah! Round Table Pizza (The Last Honest Pizza)– a delectable treat for one long used to the floppy New York style pizza commonly found in the East. [...]