Re: Kevin D. Clark, R.I.P.
On 09/04/2018 01:27 PM, Ben Scott wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 8:53 AM Ted Roche wrote: >> I'm sorry to report of the passing of Kevin D. Clark at the too-young age of >> 48... > > This is horrible. > > Oh my. > > Kevin has been a member of GNHLUG since just about forever. I > remember his astute comments on things far and wide. Perl certainly, > but any number of other things -- often seeing the big picture, or the > critical details, that others missed. And he was a genuinely nice guy > besides that. > > We are all diminished by this. I guess I'll see some of you guys at the memorial service tomorrow afternoon. I feels pretty awful to realize that the last few `LUG meetings' I've been to were memorial services. We have to start meeting under better circumstances In case anyone missed the info about the memorial service in the obituary, it's: There will be a celebration of life at the Huddleston Hall Ballroom on the UNH [Durham] campus, on Sunday, September 9, at 2 p.m. (it wasn't entirely clear, but Huddleston Hall is at the primary UNH campus--in Durham) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Kevin D. Clark, R.I.P.
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 8:53 AM Ted Roche wrote: > I'm sorry to report of the passing of Kevin D. Clark at the too-young age of > 48... This is horrible. Oh my. Kevin has been a member of GNHLUG since just about forever. I remember his astute comments on things far and wide. Perl certainly, but any number of other things -- often seeing the big picture, or the critical details, that others missed. And he was a genuinely nice guy besides that. We are all diminished by this. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Kevin D. Clark, R.I.P.
On 08/23/2018 02:15 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote: > On 08/22/2018 02:46 PM, Jim Sheldon wrote: >> I worked with Kevin for a short time about 10 years ago, this is very >> sad, he was a great person. > Seconded. > > The obituary for the more general audience doesn't necessarily do justice, > for people who actually knew him in more specific capacities; I guess that's > not > really what it's for, though. > > I remember him as someone who was at home in Perl, who edited in emacs, > who preferred feature-tests to platform-checks, whose response to being laid > off > was something to the effect of "on the up side, I'm done fighting with that > svn merge > a lot sooner than I thought I would be"; and who preferred butterfly yo-yos > because > they made string-tricks easier. > > I remember the first conversation I ever had with him, when I first met him, > I think I said "I... kind of like Python, actually. Does that mean > that we can't be friends?". He took a moment to think that over. > (though in reality I was actually writing mostly Perl code at that point, > myself...) > > And I remember when he later introduced me to Valgrind. > > But "how we _go about_ remembering people" is something that I personally feel > like I don't really have a good handle on; I think, maybe..., > if you'd like to spend some time remembering Kevin the way some of us knew > him, > it might make sense to visit these: > > * Kevin's github profile: https://github.com/kdc1024/ > * Kevin's blog: http://kdc-blog.blogspot.com/ > > Alas Kevin's tribute page for Elephant Memory Systems disappeared some time > ago, > and the wayback machine doesn't even have a copy. A bit ironic, that > I kept meaning to ask him if he still had a copy of it somewhere..., but > forgetting > to actually do so. > > I was trying to hire him last year. That I'll never get another chance at that > is... I don't know--"supremely frustrating". > > I've worked with Kevin for the last 4 years, up until a couple of days before he died (he was out sick for a couple of months and had come back part time and had seemed to be doing better when the complications caught up with him). I miss him tremendously, and not just because he would bring delicious baked goods on occasion (-: Always willing to go the extra mile to do something the right way so as to do right by our customers, patient and methodical even in a crisis, always happy to help, even with the nasty maintenance stuff I didn't want to do. He and I were a team (a very small team!) inside a very large company. He was my mentor when I was first transferred to work on this project, walking me through the crazy ins and outs of getting started, then as the team was transferred elsewhere to work on other projects and just the two of us were left to maintain and patch it, we made things better, slowly but surely. I had just finished a prototype of a tool to handle some drudgery for us in a way that I knew would suit his style, and was looking forward to showing it to him when he was back full-time. My chat window is empty. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Kevin D. Clark, R.I.P.
On 08/22/2018 02:46 PM, Jim Sheldon wrote: > I worked with Kevin for a short time about 10 years ago, this is very > sad, he was a great person. Seconded. The obituary for the more general audience doesn't necessarily do justice, for people who actually knew him in more specific capacities; I guess that's not really what it's for, though. I remember him as someone who was at home in Perl, who edited in emacs, who preferred feature-tests to platform-checks, whose response to being laid off was something to the effect of "on the up side, I'm done fighting with that svn merge a lot sooner than I thought I would be"; and who preferred butterfly yo-yos because they made string-tricks easier. I remember the first conversation I ever had with him, when I first met him, I think I said "I... kind of like Python, actually. Does that mean that we can't be friends?". He took a moment to think that over. (though in reality I was actually writing mostly Perl code at that point, myself...) And I remember when he later introduced me to Valgrind. But "how we _go about_ remembering people" is something that I personally feel like I don't really have a good handle on; I think, maybe..., if you'd like to spend some time remembering Kevin the way some of us knew him, it might make sense to visit these: * Kevin's github profile: https://github.com/kdc1024/ * Kevin's blog: http://kdc-blog.blogspot.com/ Alas Kevin's tribute page for Elephant Memory Systems disappeared some time ago, and the wayback machine doesn't even have a copy. A bit ironic, that I kept meaning to ask him if he still had a copy of it somewhere..., but forgetting to actually do so. I was trying to hire him last year. That I'll never get another chance at that is... I don't know--"supremely frustrating". > On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 8:53 AM Ted Roche wrote: >> >> I'm sorry to report of the passing of Kevin D. Clark at the too-young age of >> 48: >> >> http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fosters/obituary.aspx?pid=190018995 >> >> Kevin was an active member of GNHLUG, several of the satellite LUGs and a >> regular contributor to the mailing list. >> >> He will be missed. >> >> -- >> Ted Roche >> Ted Roche & Associates, LLC >> http://www.tedroche.com >> ___ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > -- "Don't be afraid to ask (λf.((λx.xx) (λr.f(rr." ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Kevin D. Clark, R.I.P.
I worked with Kevin for a short time about 10 years ago, this is very sad, he was a great person. On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 8:53 AM Ted Roche wrote: > > I'm sorry to report of the passing of Kevin D. Clark at the too-young age of > 48: > > http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fosters/obituary.aspx?pid=190018995 > > Kevin was an active member of GNHLUG, several of the satellite LUGs and a > regular contributor to the mailing list. > > He will be missed. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Kevin D. Clark, R.I.P.
Indeed he will be missed. I'm so sorry to hear the news. Kevin was a great guy! Carpe Diem. Greg Rundlett https://eQuality-Tech.com https://freephile.org On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > I'm sorry to report of the passing of Kevin D. Clark at the too-young age > of 48: > > http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/fosters/obituary.aspx?pid=190018995 > > Kevin was an active member of GNHLUG, several of the satellite LUGs and a > regular contributor to the mailing list. > > He will be missed. > > -- > Ted Roche > Ted Roche & Associates, LLC > http://www.tedroche.com > > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
