RIP Boofo

[DragonByte Tech]

I first spoke to Boofo quite a number of years ago, about code naturally, we were helping eachother with various mods - I was quite new to vB back then.

He also told me a little bit about his service in the military, and that conversation had a lot of impact on me as I had never spoken to a bona-fide veteran before.

Not too long after that I said something stupid and immature, something I'm too ashamed of to repeat here, that caused him to cut ties with me until he PM'ed us out of the blue on this account to discuss a mod conflict. We patched things up and got the conflict resolved, and chatted every now and then since then.

He was a top bloke, I'll always expect to randomly wake up to a message from him regarding some code snippet he's working on.

I'd like to share my favourite poem in his honour: Do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circling flight.
I am the soft star-shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.

R.I.P. good sir, you've earned it.


- Fillip