Such sad news, you will be missed John, thanks to all your efforts and help here and the smartsockets community.
On Tuesday, 9 August 2022 at 06:39:36 UTC+10 iavine wrote: > Ah! Sad news. > > Pinball time! > > On 8 Aug 2022, at 16:28, Instrument Resources of America < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > My sincerest condolences to Mr John Smouts' friends and family. Ira. > > > > > On 8/8/2022 5:26 AM, 'Bogdan Paduraru' via neonixie-l wrote: > > I am really sorry about such sad news / personal lost and, on the same > time, thank you that you shared his website in the community, he really > had some very interesting/spectacular ideas on watch design > > On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 10:47:33 AM UTC+3 Nick wrote: > >> [image: PXL_20220807_120126018.jpg] >> >> On Monday, 8 August 2022 at 08:46:18 UTC+1 neonixie-l wrote: >> >>> It's with a heavy heart that I have to report the passing of my friend >>> and one of our most creative and generous members, John Smout. John had >>> been seriously unwell for some time and already outlived his doctors' >>> predictions. >>> >>> John, apart from being a long-time moderator on this group (as "Nixcited >>> delighted") was a polymath with interests and contributions in many fields, >>> from ancient Greek underground temples to pinball machines, music and of >>> course, nixies. >>> >>> He was a graphics designer by profession, but was also a model maker and >>> creator, working for films such as Alien (the space suits) and major >>> organisations including the Science Museum in London. >>> >>> He was generous with his time, wit & expertise and possessed a fearsome >>> intellect - a quick look round our house revealed 5 of his clocks, not one >>> of which was "a block with 4 nixies sticking out of it" (he wasn't >>> impressed with the "ordinary"). His web site, https://www.clock-it.net/, >>> shows the level of his originality - nothing repeated, all original. He was >>> also one of the very earliest, if not the first, to come up with the idea >>> of an "approximate clock" using alphanumeric VFDs and was always interested >>> in the visually unexpected. >>> >>> All those that had the pleasure of knowing John will miss him greatly. >>> >>> Nick de Smith >>> >>> (please excuse the rather poor quality of the photos below - they were >>> taken quickly...) >>> >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9682ba92-36ff-4268-85e6-48dfe41f17c0n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9682ba92-36ff-4268-85e6-48dfe41f17c0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f53c75e9-2a25-bfbe-80e1-f0f6282fbf84%40HUGHES.NET > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f53c75e9-2a25-bfbe-80e1-f0f6282fbf84%40HUGHES.NET?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f44f84d9-431e-4ccd-9483-98d057d9a253n%40googlegroups.com.
