I’d been wondering if this may have been the case for a while given that it suddenly stopped updating in December for what I thought was a holiday break but then never started up again, and today comes word that Broadcaster Magazine, which along with Milkman UnLimited and Radio Digest were the first places I …
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Dish, Now With Accessible Set-Top Boxes
Dish has jumped into the adding accessibility features to our boxes market and is now offering text to speech and other features on its Hopper 3, Hopper 2 and Wally receivers. Judging from the demo video up top, they did a pretty decent job for a first release. If Dish is available in your area …
Another Angle On The Katie Rich Thing
I said my piece on this earlier, but we’re going to talk about it again because this brings up a couple things I hadn’t considered. One is that Katie Rich may not have been mocking Barron Trump at all and that even if she was, SNL isn’t exactly in a position to claim any sort …
Comedy Writer Suspended From Comedy Writing Job For Writing Comedy
Katie Rich, a writer for “Saturday Night Live,” has been suspended from her position at that show following a widely criticized post she made Friday on her personal Twitter account in which she mocked Barron Trump, the 10-year-old son of President Donald J. Trump. She was suspended immediately after her tweet, and her suspension is …
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Christmas Memories On Acid
The thing I just posted about the fire that wasn’t got me thinking about a couple of seasonal things I maybe should have soundtracked it with. But since I didn’t use them there, I’ll just stick ’em here. First, this clip from an episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes. And this classic holiday ditty …
I Know It Gets Hot In Arizona, But…
I’m not sure what exactly went wrong with this fella’s weather map, but he handled it like a pro.
Verizon Fios, Now With Talking Set-Top Boxes For The Blind
I don’t know how new this development is or isn’t, but whenever more people get access to blind guy cable boxes it’s good news worth mentioning. Hello, Canadian companies. I’m still waiting over here. Verizon offers Text to Speech functionality for the Fios TV on-screen guide to enhance accessibility for visually impaired customers. The Text …
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TellMe TV: A Good Idea That Could Use A Selection To Match
New Streaming Service Offers Content for Visually Impaired Long story short, It’s called TellMe TV, it launched in November, it costs $6.99 per month after a seven day free trial and it aims to provide described video content through an interface 100 percent accessible to people using assistive technology. Right now the selection is pretty …
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Today In Things Too Dangerous For The Public: Drumming On Empty Bean Cans
Listen to me very carefully, children of the United Kingdom. Don’t you dare click this play button. If you click it, you’ll see people singing, having what looks to be a nice time and playing the drums on tin cans. When you see that, you’re going to want to do it yourself. And when you …
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Who’s Going To Represent Kicking Horse Pass Now?
I don’t know why, but the other day I started thinking about Dave Broadfoot. Was he still around? He’s got to be getting up there. When was the last time I really saw him do anything? I always liked him on Air Farce and those TV specials back in the day. I should see if …
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