Although eccentric in nature, Norman was a very smart person and well
versed in computers. He was with Chebucto Community Net in Halifax for
over a decade and freely volunteered his time with no thought of
compensation. He was a member of the HTML Writers' Guild and championed
web authoring that was text & handicapped friendly.
He shall be sadly missed.
For a time, Norman's website will remain accessible. It gives more
about his life and has some great protests against poor webpage
authoring, among many other topics.
http://www.chebucto.ca/~af380/
Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
"will ya still need me, will ya still feed me, when i'm 64.........
hooooo.!"
how many others have left this planet? just hope he knew more about
the reason for being here than what he did about comps, lest his life was
in vain.
> how many others have left this planet? just hope he knew more about
> the reason for being here than what he did about comps, lest his life was
> in vain.
*** Norman was generous beyond belief. He was on social assistance yet
was known to buy groceries to donate some of them to the food bank. He
also gave a lot of his time to volunteering, including to my very own
Chebucto Community Net.
Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
That is very sad news and a great loss, indeed. It is an inevitable
fact of life that as the net reaches maturity, such news will emerge
more frequently. People one most often only knows from the net will
reach the end of a very productive life.
( Followups narrowed to news:comp.os.msdos.misc )
All the best, Timo
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