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-david-m-tilbrook-and-the-qed-editor.html --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 <j...@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 > > > > -- > > Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@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 -- Jim Mercer Reptilian Research j...@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
