This is just too cool!

Has the Star Trek Universal Translator arrived? Kristin Precoda, a speech translation researcher at SRI International demos a new translation system. Originally designed for the military to mediate a conversation between English and Iraqi Arabic, the translator is being developed for civilian use in the fields of medicine and general conversation.

The Guild Video

Petitioning your help

Lena and I had a fun day yesterday. We traveled down to Temple Square and took some pictures.

In an effort to be more active and keep my creativity flowing I am going to paint a picture of the Salt Lake Temple. It will be a gift and most likley hung in there house. So I need some help on which picture to paint tell me what you think I will keep you updated on the progress of the painting.

Please comment. I need all the input I can get. To get a good feel on what people like or would like to hang in there home! Keep in mind it is a painting that will be done...

New Video! Love it....I am on a opera kick lately!

Rejected Cartoons

I laugh so hard every time I watch this. It is awesome.

Warning Some may find it offensive

Kempo

Well I started taking Kempo. I thought it would be great and go nicely with my black belt in Tae Kwon Do! When I was a young lad my parents were nice enough to put me in Tae Kwon Do classes when I was about 8 or so...I really can not remember when I started. I took from a man named Mark P. He was awesome! He was a big guy he had to weigh 300+ and stood at least 6 ft tall. He had the dojo in a shed behind his house. I took it for about 8 or so years.

It is funny to see the simalarities in the styles I have only taken one classes but some of the terms are different kicks...I am going to have to get used to that. It feels good to be using those muscles again. Even if I am really sore.

Now I am taking from my Bro in Law Gearold! I am in the class with Noah, Kersten, Spencer, Nina, Josh and I think Kristin is taking too but I am not sure. Also Gearolds kids help him with teaching I am glad to learn from them.

I will admit I am looking forward to sparing again.

I only have one picture of me when I was a young brown belt. So I will post that! ;) We will have to get Lena to take some in the new black Gi :) That is a little strange too because I have always had a white Gi :)

Everyone is talking about House....

On house last week Dr Kutner was found dead and it was assumed as a suicide. This sparked a lot of conversation as to why they would kill his Character. He was a fan favorite and a great part of the show.

WELL I FOUND OUT WHY!!!



The Obama administration has hired actor Kal Penn as a liaison between President Obama's administration and arts groups.

White House spokesman Shin Inouye said Tuesday that the actor who had a recurring role on Fox's TV show House would join the staff as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison.

Penn's political role will be to connect Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, as well as arts and entertainment groups.

In addition to his exposure on House, Penn is also known to many younger moviegoers as the wise-cracking, marijuana-smoking Kumar in Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle and Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Penn backed Obama during the campaign. The White House says a start date for Penn hasn't been set.


AWESOME!