I would like to join Alexis in his fine words. I have worked many times with James on his modules, on Dancer, and we talked frequently on the channel. He was always very kind and very helpful. He was a pleasure to converse with and to work through solutions with.
I'm very sad to hear these news. It is a great loss to us all. I'll be making a donation to his funeral as well. It's the least I can do. On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:40 PM, David Precious <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you - that's incredible of you! > > Humbled, and proud to be a part of such a generous project team (even > if I haven't had a chance to actually write much code lately!) > > > On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 11:51:49 +0200 > Alexis Sukrieh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi David, thanks for taking the time to share this bad news with the > > list. > > > > That's a very sad news. > > > > The paypal account recently received around 100 euros from a couple of > > donators. > > > > I'll give that money back for James' funeral, and will add a bit or > > two to the pot. > > > > I didn't know very well James but I remember a kind a pleasant person > > while we discussed about Dancer. I'm sad he passed away in such an > > unexpected and tragic way. > > > > May the peace be with his soul. > > > > > > > > 2014-08-13 10:45 GMT+02:00 David Precious <[email protected]>: > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Sadly, my friend and colleague James Aitken (LoonyPandora/JAITKEN), > > > who contributed to Dancer and wrote several Dancer plugins, died > > > unexpectedly last week. > > > > > > He was hit by a car back in June and suffered head injuries, but had > > > mostly recovered - but then took a sudden turn for the worse, and > > > passed away last week. Details as to exactly what happened are > > > still sketchy at this point. > > > > > > Due to how unexpected it all was and the fact he has no immediate > > > family / next of kin, he will receive a very very basic state-funded > > > "pauper's funeral" unless enough money is raised to cover the cost > > > of a proper funeral - so his ex-girlfriend set up a fundraising > > > page to accept donations towards the cost: > > > > > > http://gogetfunding.com/project/james-aitken-s-funeral > > > > > > If you used his code and found it useful, and have a couple of quid > > > to spare, any donations would be very much appreciated. If you > > > cannot, but he or his code made a difference to you, you can still > > > leave a comment there if you'd like. > > > > > > > > > Dave P > > > > > > > > > -- > > > David Precious ("bigpresh") <[email protected]> > > > http://www.preshweb.co.uk/ www.preshweb.co.uk/twitter > > > www.preshweb.co.uk/linkedin www.preshweb.co.uk/facebook > > > www.preshweb.co.uk/cpan www.preshweb.co.uk/github > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dancer-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.preshweb.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dancer-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > David Precious ("bigpresh") <[email protected]> > http://www.preshweb.co.uk/ www.preshweb.co.uk/twitter > www.preshweb.co.uk/linkedin www.preshweb.co.uk/facebook > www.preshweb.co.uk/cpan www.preshweb.co.uk/github > > > _______________________________________________ > dancer-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.preshweb.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dancer-users >
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