New App I helped develop now comes to market! If you need help with app let me know. Free for this week only.

For millennia man and animal have tolerantly coexisted, separated by language and the development of opposable thumbs. Today we can proudly say that we have overcome one of those hurtles. Presenting Google Translate for Animals, a new application available in Android Market.

his application allows you to record animal sounds and have the sounds analyzed and translated by Google Translate into any of the 52 supported languages. With animal translation you can finally understand why Spot keeps peeing in your closet or why Pickles keeps leaving dead mice in the tub. No longer must humanity struggle to comprehend when Lassie warns, “Hurry, Timmy’s fallen down the well!”

The technology isn’t perfect yet, so you may discover some translations that don’t make perfect sense. The algorithms are always improving however, thanks to the large corpus of cute cat videos that have been uploaded to YouTube.

We think that this is an exciting step in understanding and communicating with the world around us. Stay tuned for the addition of “old car” and “stomach” to the translation capabilities of the application this summer.

Posted by Woof Woofington, Product Barketing Manager via Google Translate for Animals


MOKUMANU RACE - Kaneohe Yacht Club Offshore Racing Fleet

We had a great time raceing on "Puanani" a Beneteau 39.3 monohull sailboat.
Skipper/Owner: Mark Logan
Crew: Rob, Zack, Paul, Jan, Jessica, Michael

DATE :March 26 2010    TIME : Warning Signal 09:50


COURSE : Start On a line 90 degrees from red channel marker  N 26 at Coconut isl.
Time count down on VHF  68 from Kaimiloa.
Proceed out Kaneohe Bay Main Ship Channel observing all aids to navigation except that buoy 'NKB' shall be left to starboard.
          : Round West most MCBH exclusion buoy to port
          : Proceed into Kaneohe Bay via the main ship channel leaving NKB To port.
          : Leave Channel marker N 26 to Starboard and proceed to KYC via The shortest route  
          : Finish Between the end of E pier and the bulkhead  finish reef Marker.   Take your own time 

Refer to www.kaneoheyachtclub.com Offshore Racing Fleet (KYC/ORF) Standard Sailing Instructions for additional information

Alfred Apaka’s 90th Anniversary of his Birthday with Musical Tribute

Tonight Lisa and I attended a lei-draping and blessing at Alfred Apaka Statue, followed by musical tribute to the “Golden Voice of Hawaii,” the late Alfred Apaka. We had a great time.

Jeff Apaka, Alfred Apaka son passes leis to Palakiko Yagodich, Coordinator of Interpret Hawai'i - Hospitality, Travel and Tourism, Kapi'olani Community College to place on the statue of Alfred Apaka.

Kanoe Miller a world class Hula dancer from the Halekulani and Former Miss Hawaii. Performs a graceful hula as wonderful trio plays unplugged.

Here is a small list of people that attended and performed:
Jeffrey Apaka, son of Alfred Apaka
Kaniela Akaka – ukulele/singer
Kaipo Asing – guitar
Pakala Fernandes - bass
Cathy Foy - singer
Ainsley Halemanu – ukulele/singer
Haumea (Mrs. Don) Ho
Kimo Kahoano - emcee
Danny Kaleikini - singer
Nina Kealiiwahamana – singer
George Kuo - guitar
Melveen Leed – singer
Aaron Mahi – bass/singer
Kenneth Makuakane – guitar/singer Kanoe Miller, dancer
Bev Noa - dancer
Casey Olsen - steel
Hiram Olsen – guitar singer
Kahu Kaleo Patterson
Joe Recca - singer
Boyce Rodrigues – singer
Mihana Souza – guitar/singer
Bryan Tolentino
Doug Tolentino - ukulele

MORE: Before Don Ho there was Alfred Apaka, The Golden Voice of Hawai‘i. During the 1940s and 1950s, Apaka was Hawaii’s most famous entertainer and his show was a “must see” for all visitors. Apaka was indeed the most influential local performer of his time, setting the standard for all modern Hawaiian music. His voice, masculine good looks and personality truly helped put Henry Kaiser’s Hawaiian Village Hotel on the map. George Kanahele, a critical observer of Hawaiian music later wrote, “Alfred Apaka possessed one of the most remarkable voices to ever come out of Hawai‘i.”


Apaka was best known for his lavish shows in the Hawaiian Village’s Tapa Room and later in the property’s enormous gold aluminum geodesic dome constructed by Kaiser to accommodate Apaka’s large crowds. As his fame grew, he became a well-known recording artist, spreading the appreciation of Hawaiian music to the world. Apaka was planning his own national television special at the time of his unexpected heart attack and death at the age of 40 in 1960. He was buried with a microphone placed in his hands before his casket was closed. In 1997, Alfred Apaka was honored by a prestigious Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award and in 1999 with an album, Lost Recordings of Hawai‘i’s Golden Voice.