Requiescat in pace, Lars Weitze

Tuesday, June 7. 2005

Requiescat in pace, Lars Weitze

I just read it at anorganic.org, and I'm really shocked about the fact that Lars Weitze is dead. I have to admit, I didn't know him to well, I only met him at the "usual events" like Linuxwochen Wien and Chaos Communication Congress, and had an occasional chat now and then. And the last time I saw him was at Linuxwochen, about two weeks ago. I always perceived Lars as a very creative hacker, not only because of the interesting ideas he came up with (the last thing I can remember was a packet replication mechanism to do some kind of "remote sniffing", unfortunately, he didn't elaborate more on this idea), but also because of the unusual workshops he held on the events I've been too. I can still remember him do the sword-fighting workshop at the Chaos Communication Camp 2003, or the massage workshop for men at 20C3.

Requiescat in pace, Lars Weitze.

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I did not know Lars for very long. But he was one of those people that you instantly felt at ease with. I have been sitting here after first learning of his death and remembering all the little, yet funny things that made him unique. I found him to be a complete gentleman, very kind and compassionate. He was a person of quiet wods, not loud and over the top. But when he did speak you knew that he meant what he said. He was there to share a laugh or two as well as a tear or two. He never put you down if you were upset over the littlest of things.

When I was in Vienna in January, I raced over to his place in the middle of a terrible snow storm and in the middle of the night. I could only spend about one hour at his place because I did not want to miss the last tram for the night. When I was there he asked my why I came over, if it was only for one hour. I am now very thankful that I did spend that hour with him because it was one hour more than if I hadn't.

I considered him to be a true friend and he will be very much missed. I know that I am on the other side of the world but that does not mean that I will miss him any less. I do not know what I will do without Lars. Thank you for spending time with me and I will always treasure them memories. Hugs.

#1 Ingrid on 2005-06-17 06:54 (Reply)

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