________  ________  ________   
   2024-03-16                                   /        \/        \/    /   \  
                                               /       __/         /_       _/ 
   the hacker  and the mechanic  are kindred  /        _/         /         / 
spirits  on  parallel  trajectories.  seeing  \_______/_\___/____/\___/____/_
through  problems   with   a   clarity   and    /        \/        \/    /   \
unrelenting  curiosity,   testing,   trying,   /        _/         /_       _/
trialing,  sharing  knowledge  and  learning  /-        /        _/         /
from others.                                  \________/\________/\___/____/

   We both  collect  simple  parts  into  magnificent,  powerful machines.  We
breathe life into metal and tend to it.

   I lost my friend to cancer and it's unfair that life carries on without him
but the inheritance  he left me will see me through.  I asked for  nothing but
what he left me is valuable  beyond  measure; a strong,  kind,  proud wife,  a
network of people he called friend that now call  me friend in kind and a mind
to carry on his work.

   I'll miss you  Mike but in the  moments I need  you I'll  know you're still
there for me in those gifts you left behind.



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