On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 21:33, Joe Hamelin <j...@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