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abhi
shelat, MIT
Laboratory for Computer Science, Theory of Computation -
Defined by his boundless curiosity, creativity,
and energy. Interested in cool algorithms, Shaker-style furniture
and glass blowing -
[abhi
vs. nature] - [at
the beach] - [w/allon
and furby] - [learning
back-handspring] -
[in
sf with munira] - |
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Adam
Nash, Graduate, HBS
| Product Manager, eBay - [homepage] -
Has had skits composed at HBS about
his creative hand movements, can talk for hours on end, likes gorillas,
and is recently married! Is supposed to take over the world, now
that he's done with business school -
[adam
and carolyn] - [adam
and carolyn2] - [apple
interns with woz, far left] - |
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Adam
Tow, Digital Nomad - [homepage]
-
"Oota toota, Solo?". One of my most consistent friends over the years, Adam is famous
for his work on handheld computers such as Newton and Palm. Can
be found dancing like a crazy man at local clubs and staging protests
at Apple Headquarters -
[portrait
at denny's] - |
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Amabelle
Sze, Teacher - [homepage]
-
Violist and assistant 2nd
grade teacher who likes to light her socks on fire. Hard-core rock climber. -
[posing]
- [at
davies symphony hall] - [in
car] |
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Allon
Rauer, Partner, Iggity, Reno &
Co.
Read Peter's
description of Allon. I don't think I could have written it
any better. :) -
[freak
at epny] - [epny
ipo day w/me, peter, and mehran] - [w/peter
and me, ocean beach] - |
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Andy Biggs, Safari Photographer - [homepage]
Andy is my daytime photo correspondence buddy. We geek out about camera gear and wildlife photography. Incidentally, he is also a technology guy and a musician! - |
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Andy Manson, Sun Microsystems -
I once stabbed Andy in the back with a sword, and we're still friends. Now that is loyalty. :) -
[with me in SF] - |
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Angel Puerta, CEO, Redwhale Software -
My research advisor at Stanford. Very perceptive, and one of the most caring people I've come across. Known as 'Mike' on the court; he plays a pretty mean game. -
[portrait] - |
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Angela Filose, Genetic Counselor -
Very sweet, bubbly, and has a laugh that is contagious. I don't get to see her nearly as often as I would like to. -
[at home in san diego]
- [with me] - - [snorkeling in maui] - |
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Angie
Tseng, Analyst, Forrester Research -
Smart, cute, and likes engineers.
What more could an engineer ask for? :) -
[w/computer]
- [w/sister@golden
gate park] - [portrait
w/sister] - [in
santa cruz] -
[in
new york] - |
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Barry
Shiffman, Violinist, St.
Lawrence String Quartet -
2nd violinist of the St. Lawrence String Quartet.
Amazing musician, very generous with his time and heart. Gotta
love the Canadian accent, too. -
[upstairs
in stanford music dept] - [reading
mozart quartets] - [empire
tap room] - |
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Benjamin
Chen, Violinist, Ph.D Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University -
Selfless, chirping,
talented, and funny. Has been described as a "stick",and
a "clotheshanger". I've played music with Benjamin for
years now. -
[quartet]
- [possessed]
- |
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Cynthia Yu, Sales Manager, Orbit Baby -
Fast talker & enjoys the finer things in life. She's a mad reef aquarist, and someone who is always up for hanging out with me, no matter how trivial the reason (which can involve driving over 40 miles, one way). -
[eating crepes] - |
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Craig Jones, File System Guy and Austin Eclectic -
One of the most generous people I know. No nonsense kind of guy, and a great underwater photographer and videographer. - |
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Dan
Peters, Tech Guru, U.T. Austin Distance
Learning - [homepage]
-
Idealistic, loyal, intelligent, and
heavy (hmmm... losing weight recently. i'll have to change this
description.) -
[leaving
for texas] - [danamie]
- [at
mandy's] - [uno]
- [indecent
exposure] - [madison]
-
[sunlit
glass] - [scheming]
- [mandy's
grad party] - [dan,
communicating] - [on
phone] - |
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Daphne Wang, Violinist - [homepage] -
Daphne asks questions like, "what's your favorite kind of [French] fry?" She loves food, is a wonderful violinist, and always makes me laugh. Daphne also has proven that you can be driving, yet now know where you are... - |
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David
Fleetham, Underwater Photographer
- [homepage]
-
Another one of my photo mentors, Dave lives
in a farm on Maui with a little pygmy donkey of some sort. It
sort
of freaks me out. Dave is an amazing photographer, and shot a beautiful
two-page spread of a flying fish in an old issue of Skin Diver
Magazine, which is how I first heard of him.
- |
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Elliot
Sather, Product Designer, IDEO -
Roommate and a
very good friend. Loves to eat rare meat and to throw away glass,
plastic,and aluminum. I'm joking, of course. :) - [homepage] -
[infrared]
- [at
the beach] - [crazy
cookie eater] - [graduation]
- [golden
gate bridge] -
[with
amanda g] - [at
mandy's place] - [with
me] - [getting
ass kicked] - [madison]
- [scheming]
- [taliesin]
- [in the foundry] - |
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Emile
Litvak, The Man -
Openly hostile, but sweet
inside. User of patented mental processing algorithm that scrambles
information while being interpreted. -
[at
work] - [roof-top fun] -
[mini-allon]
- [wading
with jeremy] - |
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Gabe
Trop, Kick-Ass Cellist, Ph.D Candidate, U.C. Berkeley -
Santa
Monica boy who routinely mixes potty humor with obscure German philosophy.
A fellow cellist. One blue eye and one brown eye. Called "spawn
of Satan" by a woman in a grocery store.
-
[genetic
mutant] - [hangin'
with cellists] -[korea
house] - [classic
gabe] - [april
5, 1998] [2006] - |
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Geoff
Nuttall, Violinist, St.
Lawrence String Quartet -
Loves
good food, fine liquor, and his Linn turntable and speakers. Shocked
Stanford white-haired audience with his own dyed hair. Has an enormous
LP collection, and lives just up the street from me. We play video games. -
[crashing
at my old place] - [reading
mozart quartets] -
[empire
tap room] - [out
at a bar] |
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Heidi Hau, Pianist -
Great pianist, food lover, and world traveller. I see Heidi whenever we overlap in the Bay Area, but it's starting to become more difficult, given our travel schedules! - |
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Heidi
Kim, Violinist and Lawyer -
Intense, sweet,
and caring. Currently playing in the San Jose Symphony, while attending
law school. -
[ice
skating] - |
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James Wiseman, Deep Water Engineer, INTEC - [homepage] -
The hairiest of the Wetpixel administrators, and a good friend. Lives in Houston, and has tried just about every consumer underwater photography rig on the market. - |
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Jenny Cohen, M.D. -
Jenny is cute and caring, and will make a fantastic doctor. I get to see her far too infrequently these days, and each time I see her, I miss her even more.
[in nyc, with me] - [nyc with allie, mandy, and victor] - |
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Jen
Shyu, Diva/Singer - [homepage]
-
An amazing and versatile singer, pianist,
and performer. I've adopted her as a little sister, because
she's so fun to pick on, and despite having grown up with an older
brother, she can't fight back effectively. :) -
[rubber
cheeks] - [ice
woman] - [in
my car] - [at
my old place] - [korea
house] -
[on
the computer] - |
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Jeremy
Henrickson, SF Socialite - [homepage]
-
Similar to me in many respects, except for
the huge fro he sometimes cultivates. We're both computer
people with a passion for creativity through artistic outlets. He's
a singer, a pianist, and an aspiring conductor. -
[stanford
job fair] - [korea
house] - |
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Jim
Abernethy, Jim
Abernethy's Scuba Adventures -
Jim is GREAT, and has become
a good friends in the last few years. I am often found on their boat
in the Bahamas, which always provides a fantastic time. His bird Zoe can say my name.
[jim,
at sugar wreck] - [jim,
pro videographer] - [jim,
with dolphins]
[anna,
with dolphin] - [in the flying boat] - |
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Jim
Watt, Underwater Photographer
- [homepage]
-
Jim was one of my original photography inspirations, and has taken me on
numerous trips to warm waters all over the world. I met him on a
boat in Kona in 2002, where he was my roommate for a week. -
[on
a boat in monterey] |
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Joechang,
NY Boy Racer -
[homepage]
-
Thinks forks are more efficient
that chopsticks, but... like I told him a few of years ago, the
secret of life is "versatility. like chopsticks."
Anything goes, with Joechang. - |
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Justin
Min, Code Bitch, Centerscore
-
A strange, strange boy. Korean born, Taiwanese
grown, and Japanese influenced. Sometimes speaks broken/special
English, but scored a 710 on the GRE Verbal section.
[at
centerscore, with justin] |
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Kenny
Liu, M.D., Evil Neurosurgeon
Resident,
Department of Neurological
Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University -
[homepage] - [ohsu
bio]
Plays electric guitar, cuts
open skulls, gives anal exams, and amazed USC Medical School with
his James Hetfield imitation at a talent show. He's one of
my best friends from high school. I give Kenny lots of stuff,
and floated around Palau with him in
April of 2001. We also roamed around
Hawaii. -
[evil
surgeon] - [evil
surgeon] - [in
pasadena] - [eating]
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Livia
Sohn, Concert Violinist - [artist
page] [home page] -
Amazing violinist! I see Livia almost every day.
She's a fantastic cook, and has performed a couple of time at my
house.
[10/11/02 Concert]
- [02/08/02 Concert]
- [02/09/03 Concert]
- [at my housewarming]
- [in my study] |
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Mandy
Knox, Jewelry Designer/Product Designer, Redstart Design -
Has the softest
hair in the world, of which I have a lock. She finished degrees
in art history and religious studies, plays ultimate frisby, and
studied metalsmithing, stone-setting, and other cool things in Florence.
She painted me a really cool picture of irises, on a large canvas.
I love it. -
[herring
phone] - [me
w/fab five] -[grad
party] - [madison]
- [in
madison] - [w/elliot]
- [in
italia] - [headpiece]
- [dinner]
- [w/elliot]
- [dan's
farewell] - [dressed
up] - [golden
gate bridge] - [marin
bunkers] - [my
birthday] - [graduation
ice cream] - [at
enrico's w/erin,danielle,me] - [w/danielle
and me] - [w/erin
and danielle, at broadway and kearny] -
[w/me,
at chevy's] - [taliesin]
- [w/erin
and me, on couch] - [in
florence] -
[cool clothing]
- [cool clothing (close)] |
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Marta Calosso, Crazy Italian Lobster -
I met Marta on Bimini, where we tagged sharks together for a month. She's very thoughtful, and is absolutely crazy, but that's why we all love her. -
[on miami beach] - [in plymouth w/me] - [in plymouth] - [in cornwall] - |
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Mike
Schroepfer, VP Engineering,
Mozilla Foundation -
Nice, smart guy. I don't get to see Mike very often these days, but I look forward to our every meeting. He's got really, really cute kitties. -
[interns
w/woz] - |
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Munira
Rahemtulla, Tajikistan Adventurer
-
My partner in crime at work (when I was
at E.piphany). Lived on my block in SF, until she took off for Tajikistan.
Munira likes to imitate me by ordering the same thing at 90% of
the restaurants we go to. -
[at
will's place] - [at
the beach] - [at
abhi's farewell] - [at
the beach] - [at
work] -
[in
sf with abhi] - |
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Norm
Hamson, "Always two semesters
from graduation" -
Very tall,
with a quick wit. A high school friend I keep in close contact with.
Also a software guy, likes fishies, and is married to the lovely
(and young!) Teri Sulpizio. -
[w/niece]
- [w/me, at his wedding] |
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Oliver
Miao, Lord Helmet, Centerscore
-
A friend from elementary school,
high school, and college. Became a social dance fiend in college,
and is a big hit with all the South Bay Chinese girls these days.
:)
[at
centerscore, with justin] - [kidnapping
justin ] |
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Pamina
Kim, Resident, UCSF Medical Center -
Took two years off to teach English in
Seoul, South Korea, and came back wearing all black, with dark lipstick
and a little black backpack. Played music with me during college
(violinist). -
[graduation
w/morgan] - [back
from seoul] - [w/me]
- [w/sarah
at sfp event] -
[w/me
and sarah at park chow] - [in
1998 at my place] - [senior
formal] - [senior formal2] |
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Pat
Suh, Technical Sales @ Microsoft
-
FINALLY no longer at Trilogy. Amazing,
huh? I roamed around Europe with Pat, and
wish we lived in the same city. I miss her. -
[at
my housewarming] - [swimming,
in corsica] - [in
sienna] |
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Peter
Kim, Quant, Deutsche Bank
| Patron, Avaron
- [homepage]
-
I met Peter in my CS106X section
first quarter, frosh year. He was my coding partner for the first
few years of college. Doesn't like to drink or gamble, because they're
both evil. Frequently says, "2 2 2 2 2" and "at
leeeeeeast!" He's like... weird and stuff. -
[graduation]
- [roof-top fun] - [at
beach] - [fighting
at work] -
[epny
ipo day w/me, allon, and mehran] - [w/allon
and me, ocean beach] -
[at
work, in spear tower] |
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Sarah
Pont -
Sarah's
cool. She reminds me that life doesn't revolve around a job in the
software industry, and gives me a good perspective in life. -
[w/me
and pamina at park chow] - [w/pamina
at sfp event] - [in
italy] - [at sarah's place]
-
[in my car]
- [pont farewell] |
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Sherry
Hsieh, Ph.D Student/Lab Rat, Jena,
Germany -
High school friend. Now
lives in Germany, after graduating from Berkeley. Sherry's
always been there for me to talk to in times of need. She
used to pinch people with her toes. -
[in
her garage, before deutschland] - [nov
15, 1997 - berkeley] - [with
sunflowers, italy] -
[papalote
jan 2002] - [w/friends,
dec 2000] - [w/me,
dec 2000] - [w/lori]
- [at wedding] |
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Sophie
Tseng, Analyst, Oracle
-
She's a lot of fun to hang out with, but
give her lots of room if you see her on the road. That was a driving
joke, if you didn't get it. :) -
[@golden
gate park] - [tseng
sisters] - [portrait]
- [at
sophie's place] - [spaghetti
queen] - [w/me
at oracle (photo: tow.com)]
- [at
oracle] |
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|
Tony Lu, Lawyer/Activist, Urban Justice Center - [homepage] -
Fort-building friend from childhood days. One of the few people I can successfully live with. -
[in my car] - [hangin' with joanne] - |
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Victor Wishna, Freelance Writer, NYC -
Clever boy. I don't get to see Victor much, but I really enjoy hanging out with him when we do happen to be in the same place. - |
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Vienna
Teng, Singer/Pianist/Songwriter
- [homepage]
-
Good friend, and amazingly talented
musician whose lips, fingers, and pen leave trails of beauty. Look
out for her in the coming years. :) -
[at
pho hoa] - [recital
@ my house] - [portraits: outside1, outside2, red1, red2] -
[recital2 @ my house]
- [recital3 @ my house]
- [recital4
@ my house] -
[on david letterman] - [cbs morning show]
- |
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Wendy
Cheng, Grad
Student, USC American Studies in Ethnicity - [homepage] -
My
sister! She's very strange sometimes, but she is all I could ask
for in a sister. - |
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