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December 15, 2007
Saturday
 
 
A blogger and member of the Samizdata commentariat departs
Perry de Havilland (London)  Blogging & Bloggers

Triticale (real name Tom Arnold), a blogger and commenter on more than 250 Samizdata articles, has passed away.

God speed, Good Sir, you were a welcome guest.

Comments

Any man's death diminishes me.........


Posted by permanentexpat at December 15, 2007 11:26 PM

Bugger bugger bugger!
My condolences to family and friends.



Posted by RAB at December 15, 2007 11:58 PM

Perry,

Thanks for the comment at my blog.

Tom was a wonderful friend and a boon companion.

He was a hacker in the early days of the computer revolution ('75). So in some small sense we are here because of his efforts.

I will miss him.


Posted by M. Simon at December 16, 2007 01:12 AM

requiescat in pace


Posted by Joshua Holmes at December 16, 2007 07:15 AM

I remember that his comments were usually thoughtful and worth listening to, both here and at other sites.


Posted by HokiePundit at December 16, 2007 08:40 AM

I remember the same. Very sad news.


Posted by Alisa at December 16, 2007 11:36 AM

Agreed.


Posted by Paul Marks at December 17, 2007 12:57 AM
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