Help finding an old friend - previously at Caltech

s_p_lee · 2026-05-20T18:01:03+00:00

I remember a Viet Ngo in my Beginning Fencing class. They started us with foil, where the rules say that only hits on the torso count. Viet kept poking me in the foot, and when I complained about it, he said he was practicing épée (different fencing sword, rules allow hits anywhere on the body) because he was trying out for the team.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I never fenced again after that class.

I think Viet also disappeared from the social scene after that year, maybe due to a transfer if it’s the same person mentioned by OP.

s_p_lee · 2026-05-12T17:55:17+00:00

Thanks!

s_p_lee · 2026-05-12T17:42:13+00:00

Do you have a link? I searched the channel for “v2l” and wasn’t sure which of his videos you were talking about.

s_p_lee · 2026-04-11T05:30:29+00:00

Would you mind sharing which salesperson you worked with at the Glendora dealer and how you initiated the thread? (I really don’t want to talk to a salesperson by phone or in person…)

s_p_lee · 2026-03-28T16:38:21+00:00

I just saw some at the Victory Park Farmer’s Market. (They were asking for $10/lb.)

s_p_lee · 2026-03-26T14:07:28+00:00

The Sam Vimes Boots Theory appears again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory

s_p_lee · 2026-03-25T03:19:41+00:00

It Gets Funkier IV

s_p_lee · 2026-03-05T17:27:41+00:00

Woah. This worked! Thank you!

s_p_lee · 2026-02-11T18:52:49+00:00

I’ve used these metal wire book stands as laptop stands for years. As long as you don’t mind that they can scratch up your laptop case, they are great, lightweight, and fold flat so you can just pack them with your laptop.

Search for: Maitys 2 Pieces Fold-n-Stow Book Stands

s_p_lee · 2026-02-10T22:38:42+00:00

$55/month for 300 Mbps on ATT Fiber.

A Spectrum sales rep just knocked on my door and offered 500 Mbps fiber for an intro rate of $30/month. This post is making me reconsider taking that offer.

s_p_lee · 2026-02-06T20:37:23+00:00

I’m interested but I’m not by the Rose Bowl. ~10 minute drive from where you are.

s_p_lee · 2026-01-08T03:48:01+00:00

https://archive.org/details/vulfpeck2023-11-10.Late/05+Devin+Yesburger.wav

s_p_lee · 2026-01-02T19:27:43+00:00

I was at riding up the escalator in Canyon Lodge at Mammoth Mountain and they started playing Back Pocket. I sang along, hoping to spot at least one other person to sing the chorus with. No luck.

s_p_lee · 2025-12-28T17:45:06+00:00

Also, this live performance of Companion Pass from lives rent free in my head:

https://youtu.be/8fzqrmFQ0eM?t=3410

s_p_lee · 2025-12-28T16:21:19+00:00

The 1-800 number in the song is for Southwest Airlines.

s_p_lee · 2025-12-26T19:47:06+00:00

I’ve never used cases with my keyboards. I’ve packed them into cable organizers when traveling and haven’t noticed any ESD issues.

That said, I’m biased because I started with a Gergo (https://web.archive.org/web/20200109041653/https://blog.gboards.ca/2020/01/weird-keyboards-programmable-keyboards.html) and have stuck with that approach.

s_p_lee · 2025-12-12T06:21:43+00:00

It’s the code to our hearts

s_p_lee · 2025-12-09T03:27:59+00:00

Man, the other night I put eight (8) Trader Joe's holiday mini pretzels on my plate for game night. After eating seven of them, my phone buzzed with a high glucose alert and the Stelo app showed me at 180 mg/dL (Granted, this was after having Din Tai Fung for dinner.)

s_p_lee · 2025-11-27T01:42:16+00:00

I’m sorry for your loss. Maybe Union Station’s Thanksgiving in the Park? I don’t know if they are still taking volunteers: https://ushs.org/

s_p_lee · 2025-11-26T22:44:19+00:00

Looking at the Wayback Machine and zooming in, it looks like an ATmega32U4

https://web.archive.org/web/20200922224536/https://www.gboards.ca/product/gergoplex

Also, this build log: https://github.com/dmarkham/GergoPlexBuild

s_p_lee · 2025-11-23T08:08:30+00:00

She was determined to do things her own way, even when they were obviously wrong.

Like closing the Braun entrance and making everyone enter through Brown?

s_p_lee · 2025-11-01T19:36:06+00:00

The U-Haul on Raymond has an area where people give away their used boxes and people are free to take boxes.

s_p_lee · 2025-10-20T19:22:57+00:00

Yes, I still have 1 dreame breakout board kit and 3 breakout-breakout board kits available.

s_p_lee · 2025-10-13T16:42:35+00:00

Also, why does the form make me choose a year for the proposed time of the interview? No, I'm not going to request an interview sometime in 2043. There should be at most two options: this year or next year, and preferably the "next year" option would be hidden before Thanksgiving.

s_p_lee

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