[Tfug] Rob Levin died..

[Brian Masur]

I can't believe it.  I've chatted with lilo a few times on freenode a long 
time ago.  This is terrible news.  Freenode just won't be the same without 
lilo...  :'(  I always cringe when I find out about bicycle accidents.  My 
uncle died from a very similar circumstance.  I cycle a decent amount 
myself, and I'm always worried about being run over.  I seriously doubt a 
helmet will help me much in such an incident but it has to be better than 
nothing so I never ride without it.  It's just not fair, we're the better 
people in these times for not polluting and getting exercise, while some fat 
ass is driving an SUV.  I voted yes on issues 1 and 2 on May 16th because 
part of the plan is the add many miles of bike lanes, among other reasons.

>From: "Bowie J. Poag" <bpoag at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>Subject: [Tfug] Rob Levin died..
>Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:09:33 -0700
>
>
>Seen Slashdot tonight?
>
>One of the last pieces of the old-school altruistic Linux community is
>apparently gone.
>
>I didn't know him all that well, but Rob and I kept in touch over the
>years. Even helped him out a bit when things were tight. Anyway, seems
>Rob was in a hit-and-run on the 11th while riding his bicycle. Alot of
>you guys probably have never heard of him, but Rob Levin was probably
>one of the most sorely underappreciated behind-the-scenes guys in the
>Linux community. Anyone who has anything even remotely serious to do w/
>regard to OSS development meets on Freenode, and Freenode would have
>been anarchy without Rob. He never made a dime off of running it, and
>didn't want to.
>
>Saddest part is, practically no one knew him, and even fewer people cared.
>
>Cheers,
>Bowie
>
>
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