Robert H'obbes' Zakon
15 Random Facts

 

1. I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. I studied French for 5 years, Spanish for 3, Hebrew for 2, and am fluent in Portuguese and English
3. I have spent a night at New York's Port Authority and Grand Central station (when I was 14)
4. I developed the first web-based human language translation service
5. I had a birthday party attended by Pelé
6. I celebrated a New Year's Eve at Studio 54 (when I was 13)
7. I have made a circumnavigation of the Earth
8. I engineered the highest wi-fi link in the northeast US
9. I left home when I was 12
10. I was a camp counselor in Maine
11. I went to school at Colegio Andrews, Gordonstoun (Summer), and The Peddie School
12. I have developed and managed web sites receiving millions of daily hits
13. I have BS & MS degrees in Computer Engineering & Science with concentrations in Philosophy & Psychology (aka Cognitive Science)
14. I have been cited in hundreds of books
15. I have traveled to over 25 countries

16. I have been inside the Pentagon, CIA, NRO, NSA, NATO, and White House (Yongsan)