I'm really sorry to hear about John. He and I developed the approximate clock and the pinball time many years ago. He had a wonderfully creative mind and his passing is a great loss to all of us who knew him. My thoughts go out to his family and others who knew him. Andrew.
On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 8:47:33 AM UTC+1 Nick wrote: > [image: PXL_20220807_120126018.jpg][image: PXL_20220807_121645353.jpg][image: > PXL_20220807_121911441.jpg] > > On Monday, 8 August 2022 at 08:46:18 UTC+1 neonixie-l wrote: > >> It's with a heavy heart that I have to report the passing of my friend >> and one of our most creative and generous members, John Smout. John had >> been seriously unwell for some time and already outlived his doctors' >> predictions. >> >> John, apart from being a long-time moderator on this group (as "Nixcited >> delighted") was a polymath with interests and contributions in many fields, >> from ancient Greek underground temples to pinball machines, music and of >> course, nixies. >> >> He was a graphics designer by profession, but was also a model maker and >> creator, working for films such as Alien (the space suits) and major >> organisations including the Science Museum in London. >> >> He was generous with his time, wit & expertise and possessed a fearsome >> intellect - a quick look round our house revealed 5 of his clocks, not one >> of which was "a block with 4 nixies sticking out of it" (he wasn't >> impressed with the "ordinary"). His web site, https://www.clock-it.net/, >> shows the level of his originality - nothing repeated, all original. He was >> also one of the very earliest, if not the first, to come up with the idea >> of an "approximate clock" using alphanumeric VFDs and was always interested >> in the visually unexpected. >> >> All those that had the pleasure of knowing John will miss him greatly. >> >> Nick de Smith >> >> (please excuse the rather poor quality of the photos below - they were >> taken quickly...) >> >> [image: PXL_20220807_115931190.jpg][image: PXL_20220807_120112968.jpg] >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a6ca599d-6bf1-491d-8db3-64a770e00321n%40googlegroups.com.
