PostNuke Mourns Loss of Lead Developer

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Greg Allan a.k.a. Adam_Baum, the lead core developer and one of the four
founding members of the PostNuke CMS Development Project passed away from
injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. The accident occurred June 16,
2002 near his home in Meaford, Ontario in Canada.

Greg Allan was a humble and personable man who always downplayed his
considerable skills. He was a self-taught coder who contributed to every
aspect of development from cleaning up other people’s code to writing new and
innovative software.

Greg was an invaluable asset to the PostNuke development team, and a dear and
trusted friend and co-worker to people on every continent. Through this first
year of PostNuke’s existence, Greg’s personable and giving nature has been a
guiding light and inspiration to many people and projects that have shaped the
development landscape and social personality of the PostNuke project.

Surviving Greg are his parents, Bob and Leone Allan, his brother Brian, his
girlfriend Kim along with her two children Kristin and Kassandra, his dog
Chevy, and trusted friends Dean and Natasha.

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You have my sympathies and prayers.

S.U.V.’s: That’s S for Status, V for Vanity

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Great letter to the NYTimes on the pure egotisim that drives SUV ownership.

Let me throw in another charge – people who drive these monsters are unpatriotic. You increase our reliance on foreign oil.

You want to help this country and have an offroader – buy a Jeep Wrangler. You carting around kids? Buy a mini-van or 4-wheel drive wagon.

If you don’t need the friggin’ capacity – then don’t drive the things.

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