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Able2Know.org

2007-09-22T04:06:10Z

Robert Gentel:

Able2Know is a community where you can ask questions.

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==External Links==
*[http://www.able2know.org Able2Know - Ask an Expert]

GOOOOG

2007-08-23T02:26:02Z

Robert Gentel:

"GOOOOG" is a [[string]] that shows up as a Google when certain steps in Google Desktop are taken.

In some versions of Google Desktop, if you go to the "Index Status" page then click an online search like "Web" it takes you to Google.com and puts GOOOOG in the input box ([http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=gd&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2006-39,GGLD:en&hl=en&oe=UTF-8&q=GOOOOG&ie=UTF-8&tab=xw like this]).

This trivial occurence has, of course, fueled rampant speculation by small parts of the [[SEO]] community as to what its "meaning" is.

[[Category:SEO]]

Quotes I Like

2007-08-04T01:48:56Z

Robert Gentel:

==Abraham Lincoln Quotes==

*"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."

==Oscar Wilde Quotes==

* “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever…”

==Winston Churchill Quotes==

*"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."

==Others==

* “I’ve just learned about his illness. Let’s hope it’s nothing trivial.” –
Irvin S. Cobb
* “He had delusions of adequacy.” –
Walter Kerr
* “His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” –
Mae West
* “He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts… for support rather than illumination. ” –
Andrew Lang
* “He has Van Gogh’s ear for music.” –
Billy Wilder

Cidade de Deus

2007-07-30T11:08:42Z

Robert Gentel:

The cliché "gritty" comes to mind when I think about Cidade de Deus, or "City of God" as it's known in English.

The realism of this film is spectacular, with the violence always seeming life-like and its portrayal of the culture of the Brazilian slums is engaging.

Never before has a movie portrayed such an alien world to me with such credibility. This film required no suspension of disbelief and comes with my highest recommendation.

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[[Category:Movies]]
[[Category:Brazil]]

Where to eat in Costa Rica

2007-07-30T10:53:54Z

Robert Gentel:

*Fogo do Brasil, [[San Jose]]
*La Cantina, [[Escazu]]

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[[Category:Costa Rica]]

Costa Rica

2007-07-30T10:24:16Z

Robert Gentel: /* Impressions of Costa Rica */

*[[Where to eat in Costa Rica]]

==Impressions of Costa Rica==

*The roads are horrible
*There aren't any addresses, people use directions to indicate locations (e.g. "300 meters east of where the old oak tree used to be").
*The people are friendly
*The food is bland but healthy
*The people are well-educated

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[[Category:Costa Rica]]

Bob Dylan

2007-07-23T11:16:06Z

Robert Gentel: /* Favorite Bob Dylan Songs */

I was probably the last person on earth to discover Bob Dylan but I am glad I did as his music blows me away. His lyrics are interesting and his voice is haunting, easily ranking high on my list of favorite musicians.

==Favorite Bob Dylan Songs==

*[[Forever Young]]
*[[Mr. Tambourine]]
*[[Like a Rolling Stone]]
*[[All Along the Watchtower]]

[[Category:Music]]

50 First Dates

2007-07-23T10:41:41Z

Robert Gentel:

I thought this film was awful, but still easily the best [[Adam Sandler]] film I have seen.

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[[Category:Movies]]

Man on Fire

2007-07-23T10:37:00Z

Robert Gentel:

I'm usually not a fan of "revenge flicks", or rather movies that rely on the audience's appreciation for revenge as the core to the plot. But this one was a bit different, I think the component of the protagonist's growing affection for a young girl took some of the edge off the vengeful aspects of the plot.

[[Category:Movies]]

Elf

2007-07-23T10:28:06Z

Robert Gentel:

I like [[Will Ferrell]] a lot, he's one of my favorite [[SNL]] actors. But it's a pity that with one more of his movies under my belt I still haven't found one that is funny all the way through.

[[Category:Movies]]

2007

2007-07-20T14:09:35Z

Robert Gentel:

*February - Started playing [[Poker]] professionally.
*June - Traveled to [[Las Vegas]] to play poker. Played a [[WSOP]] event.

[[2006]] - 2007 - [[2008]]

[[Category:Timeline]]

2006

2007-07-20T14:08:08Z

Robert Gentel:

October - Moved from [[San Diego]] to [[Costa Rica]]

[[2005]] - 2006 - [[2007]]

[[Category:Timeline]]

Life of Brian

2007-07-20T14:07:06Z

Robert Gentel:

"Master says we should think for ourselves!"

I absolutely adore this movie. Its take on religion amuses me to no end.

[[Category:Movies]]

Braveheart

2007-07-20T14:05:52Z

Robert Gentel:

I just can't get past [[Mel Gibson|Mel Gibson's]] penchant for placing himself in torture roles here. The scene where he screams "Freeeedom" just makes me laugh at his odd obsession with torture.

I loved when [[South Park]] [http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/player.jhtml?ml_video=72437 lampooned him for this] but just couldn't get past all the Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

[[Category:Movies]]

Jaws

2007-07-20T14:03:21Z

Robert Gentel:

I can't, for the life of me, get what the fascination with this film was.

[[Category:Movies]]

A Clockwork Orange

2007-07-20T14:02:05Z

Robert Gentel:

The film I hold to be the most artistic of all films I have seen. It's use of color, soundtrack and imagery are powerful. I blame this film for associating some of [[Beethoven|Beethoven's]] more aggressive music with violence in my mind.

It features [[Stanley Kubrick|Stanley Kubrick's]] obsession with sex, as per his usual, but the plot incorporates it well and the scenes tend to be powerful.

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[[Category:Movies]]

Corobici Casino

2007-07-20T13:59:30Z

Robert Gentel:

The Corobici Casino is one of the nicer hotel/casinos in [[Costa Rica]] and has a pretty strong poker game.

The game starts at 6PM and usually features two tables of 1/2 [[Texas Holdem]]. The game is very soft and easily beatable but the house runs it very slowly with no chip runners so the game plays out at an excruciating pace. Every buy in stops the game and the box reset takes a few minutes.

Since they do not have a card shuffler in the table or the extra human shuffler like some other Costa Rica cardrooms like the [[Horseshoe Casino]] do the slow play makes the game less profitable for both the house and the poker players.

They run in a "must move" format and when you enter the game you usually start on the second table, which usually has less money on the table than the main table. As players leave the main table players are moved from the second table in the order they entered the game. The main table tends to be where most of the money in the room is at.

[[Category:Poker]]
[[Category:Costa Rica]]

Self Portrait

2007-07-19T10:33:51Z

Robert Gentel:

[[Image:Drawing-of-me.jpg]]

[[Category:Art]]

My Favorite Songs

2007-07-19T10:14:15Z

Robert Gentel:

Ranked in order of preference as best as I can remember/determine at whatever moment I am editing this page.

#''''Round Midnight''', [[Thelonius Monk]]
#'''Aguas de Marco''', [[Stan Getz]] and [[João Gilberto]]
#'''Winter - Allegro non Molto from The Four Seasons''', [[Vivaldi]]
#'''We Hide and Seek''', [[Alison Krauss]] & [[Union Station]]
#'''Today''', the [[Smashing Pumpkins]]
#'''Forever Young''', [[Bob Dylan]]
#'''Elanor Rigby''', [[The Beatles]]
#'''Dream On''', [[Aerosmith]]
#'''Mr. Tambourine''', [[Bob Dylan]]
#'''Like a Rolling Stone''', [[Bob Dylan]]
#'''All Along the Watchtower''', [[Jimi Hendrix]]
#'''Sweet Home Alabama''', [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]
#'''Smells Like Teen Spirit''', [[Nirvana]]
#'''Everlong''', the [[Foo Fighters]]
#'''Mr. Jones''', [[Counting Crows]]
#'''With or Without You''', [[U2]]
#'''While My Guitar Gently Weeps''', [[The Beatles]]
#'''Bohemian Rhapsody''', [[Queen]]
#'''Fortunate Son''', [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]]
#'''Walking on the Sun''', [[Smashmouth]]
#'''Given to Fly''', [[Pearl Jam]]
#'''One''', [[U2]]
#'''[[Hurt]]''', [[Johnny Cash]]
#'''Fake Plastic Trees''', [[Radiohead]]
#'''Better Man''', [[Pearl Jam]]
#'''Blowin' in the Wind''', [[Bob Dylan]]
#'''Girl From Ipanema''', [[Stan Getz]] and [[João Gilberto]]
#'''Lose Yourself''', [[Eminem]]
#'''Wish You Were Here''', [[Pink Floyd]]
#'''Girl Boy Song''', [[Aphex Twin]]
#'''What it Takes''', [[Areosmith]]
#'''The Thrill Is Gone''', [[B.B. King]]
#'''Redemption Song''', [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]]
#'''Hotel California''', [[The Eagles]]
#'''Hey Jude''', [[The Beatles]]
#'''Hey Ya!''', [[Outkast]]
#'''No Woman, No Cry''', [[Bob Marley and the Wailers]]
#'''Hey Joe''', [[Jimi Hendrix]]
#'''Stan''', [[Eminem]] featuring [[Dido]]
#'''Piano Man''', [[Billy Joel]]
#'''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road''', [[Elton John]]
#'''Unchained Melody''', [[The Righteous Brothers]]
#'''Losing My Religion''', [[R.E.M.]]
#'''Light My Fire''', [[The Doors]]
#'''The Times They Are A-Changin'''', [[Bob Dylan]]
#'''Should I Stay or Should I Go''', [[The Clash]]
#'''Bitter Sweet Symphony''', [[The Verve]]
#'''You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'''', [[The Righteous Brothers]]
#'''Hand in my Pocket''', [[Alanis Morisette]]
#'''Down to the River to Pray''', [[Alison Krauss]] & [[Union Station]]
#'''One More Time''', [[Daft Punk]]

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[[Category:Music]]

Green Lamp

2007-07-19T10:06:43Z

Robert Gentel:

If you pay attention you will see a certain green "bankers" lamp in a surprising number of films and TV shows.

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[[Category:Movies]]

Hurt

2007-07-19T08:32:51Z

Robert Gentel:

Hurt is originally a Nine Inch Nails song written by Trent Reznor, but it is the cover by [[Johnny Cash]] that I like (I actually haven't heard NIN's version). A friend sent me the music video for the Cash cover and it sent me reeling.

It's a powerful music video and Reznor himself didn't fully appreciate the cover until he had seen the video saying, "I pop the video in, and wow… Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps… Wow. I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isn't mine anymore. … It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. [Somehow] that winds up reinterpreted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaning—different, but every bit as pure."

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go Watch Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt on YouTube]

[[Category:Music]]

Pearl Jam

2007-07-18T19:34:17Z

Robert Gentel:

My favorite band when I was 18. I was impressed by the fact that all the songs on their album "Ten" were fantastic and by the number of other songs of theirs that I liked.

==My Favorite Pearl Jam Songs==

*[[Better Man]]
*[[Black]]
*[[Daughter]]
*[[Release Me]]
*[[Given to Fly]]

[[Category:Music]]

Poker in Costa Rica

2007-07-18T19:24:16Z

Robert Gentel:

I helped prop and run games at the [[Horseshoe Casino]] and the [[Paradiso Casino]] in [[Costa Rica]].

Poker can be found at the following casinos in Costa Rica:

*[[Horseshoe Casino]]
*[[Corobici Casino]]
*[[White House]]
*[[Paradiso Casino]]

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[[Category:Poker]]
[[Category:Costa Rica]]

Las Vegas

2007-07-18T19:20:47Z

Robert Gentel:

I spent June of [[2007]] in Las Vegas playing poker. I played a [[WSOP]] tournament and cashed.

Webdesign I like

2007-07-18T19:14:35Z

Robert Gentel:

*[http://www.apple.com apple.com] - Always very graphical and strong design.
*[http://www.digg.com digg.com] - Simple unique design.
*[http://www.accessnurses.com accessnurses.com] - A site by designer [[Mutsumi Liu]] who worked with [[Nick Ashley]] and myself to produce this clean design. It resulted in a tripling of the conversion rate for registrations.

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[[Category:Web Design]]

The Raven

2007-07-18T19:11:46Z

Robert Gentel:

For many years I held this to be the greatest work of art of all time in all mediums while knowing that such a title is an impossible exaggeration. However my high opinion of this poem still stands and was what turned me on to [[Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe's]] genius.

The internal rhyme and infernal rhythm of Poe's alliterative poem combined with his effective use of imagery and superb use of language make this dark poem my favorite.

[[Category:Poetry]]

Alone

2007-07-18T19:02:23Z

Robert Gentel:

This poem, by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] is the poem that as a youth I wished I had written.

<pre>
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were — I have not seen
As others saw — I could not bring
My passions from a common spring —
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow — I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone —
And all I lov'd — I lov'd alone —
Then — in my childhood — in the dawn
Of a most stormy life — was drawn
From ev'ry depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still —
From the torrent, or the fountain —
From the red cliff of the mountain —
From the sun that 'round me roll'd
In its autumn tint of gold —
From the lightning in the sky
As it pass'd me flying by —
From the thunder, and the storm —
And the cloud that took the form
(When the rest of Heaven was blue)
Of a demon in my view —

Edgar Allan Poe
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[[Category:Poetry]]

Infant Sorrow

2007-07-18T19:01:03Z

Robert Gentel:

<pre>
My mother groand! my father wept.
Into the dangerous world I leapt:
Helpless, naked, piping loud;
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
Struggling in my fathers hands:
Striving against the swaddling bands:
Bound and weary I thought best
To sulk upon my mother's breast.
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- WILLIAM BLAKE

[[Category:Poetry]]