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Archive for December, 2005

28 Dec, 2005

The sound of a bath

Posted by: Rob

Back due to popular demand, the sound of a bath:
tinkle, whiiiiizzzzzzzzzz, gulp, rustle, oomph, glug, whoosh, schpurfff-schlopp, glug, whoosh, oomph, bzzzzzz, silence
Translation:
tinkle – beginnings of water running
whiiiiizzzzzzzzzz – sound of water running
gulp – sound of tap stopping
rustle – sound of taking clothes off
oomph – getting in/out bath
glug – dunking self into water
whoosh – getting into [...]

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28 Dec, 2005

Testing VideoPop

Posted by: Rob

G has very kindly installed some nifty plugins for WP2 for me, and this is one of them, VideoPop. It now allows me to do this:
Test Video
Please note that it will bring up a pop-up window, and a blank canvas. You should let it load awhile (which could take a few minutes if [...]

28 Dec, 2005

The sound of a shower

Posted by: Rob

For no real reason:
oomph, whiiiiizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, gulp, oomph, bzzzzzzz, silence
Translation:
oomph – getting in/out shower
whiiiiiizzzzzzzz – sound of shower running
gulp – sound of shower stopping
bzzzzzzz – sound of drying self with towel
Erm, am I really Deaf?

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28 Dec, 2005

Oops – Blog Saga part 2

Posted by: Rob

I do feel sorry for you guys – having to change your RSS feeds constantly over the past few months. You are right, I’m an idiot.
What has happened? You’ve probably noticed that this blog (and robwilks.com) is no longer green. It has now reverted back to the blog layout that I had [...]

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25 Dec, 2005

Vlogging

Posted by: Rob

All you BSL users will be pleased to see that I have been vlogging a bit more of late. I am finding the whole process rather easy to do, mainly as a result of my new webcam. However, I do need your feedback to improve either the format or the quality of the [...]

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Why North of the Stupid Line? It's quite simple: to signify an individual of subnormal intelligence and general social ignorance. This blog belongs to Rob Wilks (never!) who can be summed up thus: Deaf, married, daddy, happy chappy, smiley, solicitor, Welshman, Cymru.