unrelated, but, David Tilbrook, an early Unix pioneer, passed away a week or so ago. due to COVID. https://leahneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2021/01/remembering-the-work-of-davi... --jim On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 04:59:27PM +0000, Mel Beckman wrote:
So often we report here on nanog the passing of major Internet contributors, it seems even more fitting that we support these contributors when they???re in need through no fault of their own. Thanks for posting this, Jim.
-mel
On Jan 25, 2021, at 8:40 AM, Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org> wrote:
??? unsure if this is allowed or not, but, here goes.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ed-hew-medical-expenses
some of you may remember ed.
some, maybe not.
but, as the uucp maps maintainer for canada, he was quite influential in the rise of email, and to some degree, the internet, in canada.
--jim
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" -- Hunter S. Thompson
-- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research jim@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633 Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!" -- Hunter S. Thompson