That's awful. He was a great bloke, and I enjoyed our chats on #dancer. On 13 Aug 2014, at 10:23, David Precious <dav...@preshweb.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi all, > > (Posted this to dancer-users first; it was suggested that it be posted > to london-pm too as several mongers had met/knew James.) > > > 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") <dav...@preshweb.co.uk> > 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 > >