On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 21:33, Joe Hamelin <joe@nethead.com> wrote:

Joe Wood passed in his sleep Friday morning.  The only man I knew that had Juniper and Cisco logos tattooed on his forearms.  A true Internet Rockstar who started at a legacy ISP in Seattle, moved to Flying Crocodile, and then to design a fair chunk of Google's network.

He not only designed at Google: implemented, supported, and upgraded as well, everything from optical systems to MPLS TE to routing protocols. He was a famous night owl, and a huge help all those wee AMs when I was oncall and needed more hands, because he was always willing to pitch in.

He was well on his way to starting his own CLEC when his young body gave out on him. He was one of the most honest and loving friends that I've had in my life and the most brilliant IP engineer I have known.

Please drink a toast to him with vendor supplied beer.

I intend to have more than one toast to Joe, tomorrow in Denver. He will be missed. -Scott