Alexx's Journal

So, I was in a Jonathan Coulton Youtube-browsing mood today, and stumbled on a really neat series of fan videos. A fellow called CaptainValor has posted a bunch of videos of himself doing ASL captions to songs -- and not just JoCo, though he does do several of those. He isn't just 'transcribing', either, but emoting and performing quite well.

I especially commend his interpretation of "Re: Your Brains". He made a zombie-office-worker costume with ripped and bloody shirt, some simple zombie makeup, and performs with most excellent shambling.

Since I know I have a few blind readers who will be interested, I include his back-translation of the ASL here:( Read more... )

Here's a great e-mail written by Bill Gates five years ago. I observe that much of what he complained about has yet to be fixed.

...using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated.

Link from thnidu.