[DC LoCo] Deaf Linux Team InstallFest at Gallaudet, November 12...

Mackenzie Morgan macoafi at gmail.com
Mon Nov 21 15:39:40 UTC 2011


Kevin and I were talking about signed interpretations of songs on
YouTube after we left Gallaudet. He thought Bohemian Rhapsody would be
nearly impossible.... here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjln9OMOw-0

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Marjorie <marie.engineering at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://asl.ms/     is also a good one if you want to practice fingerspelling
> in different speeds.
> http://www.oicmovies.com/     another one that can help with general
> conversation.
> Also if you wanna practice you can sign songs or find them on youtube and
> practice them like that... ^_^
>
> All methods mentioned above are also free :-D
>
> Mars
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Handspeak.com is a handy ASL dictionary (and free)
>>
>> Maco
>>
>> On Nov 20, 2011 7:18 AM, "Dan Barry" <mr.danbarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> How about some links for the ASL challenged so we can brush up a bit.  I
>>> would probably just talk while typing ( to the projection screen) if I show
>>> up again. TWIMC they did have a total group portrait with 'signers and 'sign
>>> illiterates" also.. Thanks to our hosts for being very understanding to the
>>> guests!
>>>
>>> Dan Barry
>>> (ASL American Sign Language)
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 5:47 PM, <marie.engineering at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Haha nice ^_^ sounds like it went well :-) I needa practice my Asl ^_^
>>>> next month cool! I've been slacking :-P
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 17, 2011, at 3:04 PM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Marjorie
>>>> > <marie.engineering at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >> grr... I really wish I had gone to this >_<
>>>> >> any idea if this will happen again in the future?
>>>> >
>>>> > Next month there will be one in VA
>>>> >
>>>> >> How was it (btw)?
>>>> >
>>>> > I walked in while someone who'd worked on SuSE for years was speaking
>>>> > with Kevin interpreting. Then there was a surprisingly long
>>>> > presentation by the organizer about Linux. Finally, people got to play
>>>> > with 11.04 live cds and the organizer showed them around the interface
>>>> > a bit.  I kept facing the person who asked a question when answering,
>>>> > so then the asker had to re-sign whatever I answered so the people
>>>> > behind me could see what I'd said. Oops. Dan forgot all the sign
>>>> > language he learned a couple years ago.  At the end they wanted a pic
>>>> > of all the hearing people :P
>>>> >
>>>> > The organizer mentioned our release parties...which haven't happened
>>>> > in a while... and said it's always full of hearing people, so
>>>> > suggested there should be a Deaf release party for 12.04.
>>>> >
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>>>> >
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