http://grantlairdjr.com/wp Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:58:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ASL Video - Approx 3:39 Minutes Long Not too long ago, Grant discovered hidden premium fee on T-Mobile (Sidekick II) thru monthly statement online. Same thing goes with his Sprint Treo 755p, unfortunately. Grant probably lost few hundred dollars because he’s not paying attention to statement carefully. He looked up Google and ... http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/06/30/cell-phone-scams/ ASL Video - 11 Minutes Long Workshop at WordCamp 2008 - Dallas Credit: John Pozadzides - http://onemansblog.com/ How to improve your own wordpress website with many tips: Add printer plugins - this way it will print perfect post this way rather than print whole crappy with themes in it on your printout. Updated profile/picture - ... http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/04/11/how-to-improve-your-wordpress-blog-vlog/ ASL Video - Approx 4 Minutes Long Grant talked about pin number or password that you have one on your Sidekick, Blackberry, Palm and others. Often it is not default enabled, you need to set it up and use it ALL THE TIMES. It is for your own protection! He explained few ... http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/03/23/pin-number/ ASL Video - Approx 3:03 Minutes Long Grant discussed about scam issues (all kinds) in Deaf Community. He said everyone need to be extra pay attention when it comes with a large sum of money from stranger or even good friends. It doesn't matter if they are from outside US or ... http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/03/23/scam-in-deaf-community/   See you guys there! Grant Laird Jr. http://blog.grantlairdjr.com http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/03/19/wordcamp-in-dallas/ ASL Video - 3:19 Minutes Long Grant discussed about RSS Reader program – he wondered if anybody still uses it today. He still use faithfully with Bloglines.com – it serve him very well. Last time many DeafRead fans discussed in 2006, there’s small numbers of people actually use RSS Reader faithfully ... http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/02/17/rss-reader-updated/ ASL Video - Approx 5:00 Minutes Long Grant discussed tech news of the week – few things he mentioned in his vlog plus some of his personal comments… Yahoo! Company rejected Microsoft's $44 billion takeover. Microsoft is acquiring Danger, maker of the T-Mobile Sidekick for $500 million. Starbucks ended its Wi-Fi (Hotspot) partnership ... http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/02/16/tech-news-1/ ASL Video - Approx 3:30 Minutes Long Not too long ago, Grant borrowed from his older daughter an Xbox 360 game called Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft Publisher) which recently released in November 2007. It has become one of the most popular games today. He managed to go thru first stage of game “How to ... http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/01/20/assassin%e2%80%99s-creed-%e2%80%93-lack-of-subtitle/ ASL Video - Approx 6:00 Minutes Long Grant discussed briefly why Facebook.com is so popular these days. Deaf Community within Facebook is growing... Facebook vs. MySpace (similar but different) Why Facebook? (Brief Introduction) Investment in Facebook (Microsoft, etc.) Features within Facebook (Poke, The Wall, etc.) Others You can look up more information about Facebook @ Wikipedia Grant Laird Jr http://blog.grantlairdjr.com http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/01/16/what-is-facebook/ ASL Video - Approx 3:00 Minutes Long Grant talked about Dallas Cowboys. He promised that Dallas Cowboys will be back! Also, he talked about Super Bowl (present and past especially Dallas vs. Pittsburgh), and advertising with closed captioning on TV.  See Super Bowl Advertising with CC. Click here. Grant Laird Jr. http://blog.grantlairdjr.com http://grantlairdjr.com/wp/2008/01/14/dallas-cowboys-will-be-back/