Remembering Jonas
Keely has posted something on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of Jonas Klein's death. Jonas meant a lot to me, too. I think of him many Novembers (and many other times) even though I never met him in person.
I got to do some maintenance work on the graduation cap Keely mentions, which was a great honor despite the humiliation of damaging one of the transistors by overloading it, and it inspired me to decorate two other graduation caps with technology (mine from my high school graduation, which had spinning spokes on top, and my friend Michelle's from her first university graduation, which enhanced her papel picado dragon with glowing blue and gold eyes). If I should ever graduate from a university, I'm sure I'll take up the soldering iron once again and think of Jonas.
I've been planning for over six years to dedicate a book to Jonas, and, now that I have a contract with No Starch Press, I'll finally get that opportunity.
