More on Chris Portman

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/BDAStory/Deaths/20050308/92961907/birthsanddeaths
CHRISTOPHER JOHN PORTMAN January 26

CHRISTOPHER JOHN PORTMAN January 26, 1980 - February 25, 2005 Suddenly, Christopher passed away at his home in Pasadena, Califor nia at the young age of 25. He is sur vived by his parents Wendy and David, his sister Lesley, his Stepfather Douglas and his girlfriend Katherine Alevaraz. A Memorial ser vice honoring his life was held in Pasadena on March 1st, 2005. In keeping with Chris's wishes, he will be cremated and his ashes cast upon the ocean. Chris will forever be in the hearts of his family and friends. He will always be remembered for the joy, love and happiness that he gave to us all. A Celebration of Life for Christopher will be held at The Boulevard Club on Thursday March 10th, 2005 at 7 p.m. 1491 Lakeshore Blvd West. In lieu of flowers, his family that donations be made to Trillium Gif t of Life Network University Ave, Toronto M5H (416) 363 - 4438 asks the 155 3B7

and some more blogs about Chris

http://www.flop.org/cjp/
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sir5yko/310881.html
http://www.twentybelow.com/blog/archives/2005/03/so_long_chris_p.html
http://www.livejournal.com/users/ladyada/149736.html
http://www.livejournal.com/users/vixi/148244.html
http://cjp.avleen.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi
http://bradleymartin.blogspot.com/

Also a few extra pics
http://www.ishiboo.com/~nirva/Play/pics/pcon97/real/chris-alhambra.jpg
http://www.ishiboo.com/~nirva/Play/pics/pcon97/real/chris2.jpg
http://www.ishiboo.com/~nirva/Play/pics/pcon97/thumb/chrisalc.jpg

After all, I am still having difficulty dealing with the thought that Chris is gone, tonight I was talking on IM with one of his coworkers (about work) and the conversation quickly drifted towards our shared memories of him.

In Memoriam of Chris Portman -- Last Seen On Fri Feb 25 17:01:21 2005-03-14

Last Monday one of my coworkers “greeted” me in the morning with “did you hear what happened to Portman”. “No”, I replied. “He passed over the weekend”. I didn’t believe it; thought it’s some kind of a joke or just hearsay. Unfortunately it wasn’t. Chris Portman, aka cjp is no longer with us. The details of his death are not known, and probably not important. The important thing is that one of the brightest and amazing people I have ever met is no longer with us. I met Chris during my first days at Earthlink in September 2001; we worked on many projects together, put out many fires and spent a lot of late nights and early mornings at the office. We went to hell and back working on his “baby” – the Earthlink NNTP service, argued over data center architecture and enjoyed each other’s company. Chris was exceptional, smart does not even begin to describe how smart he really was; he used to think fast, talk fast and type fast. It was a pleasure to work and play with Chris, he was funny, easy going and an awesome friend, and I feel blessed to have known him. The Internet will never be the same without Chris, since he was “Last Seen On Fri Feb 25 17:01:21 2005-03-14”. The thought that the only thing left of him is just a memory and some digital ashes hasn’t settled with me yet, and probably is going to take a while until it does. RIP Chris.

[22:26] Chris Portman: hello sugarplum
[22:26] Chris Portman: plz restore the uunet oc3s
[22:26] Chris Portman: thnx!
[22:27] Chris Portman: btw did you ever pick up that ultra2?

[12:22] Chris Portman: heya
[12:22] Chris Portman: so what broke
[12:23] ivan2go: SLB
[12:23] Chris Portman: no shit
[12:23] Chris Portman: what about the slb :)
[12:23] Chris Portman: thanks for jumping on it btw
[12:23] ivan2go: dunno yet

[14:56] Chris Portman: princess
[14:56] *** Auto-response sent to Chris Portman: I am currently away from the computer.
[14:56] Chris Portman: no yer not away from anything
[14:56] Ivan: sup
[14:56] Chris Portman: question
[14:57] Chris Portman: a lot of evidence lately
[14:57] Ivan: abut what
[14:57] Chris Portman: suggests that we hvae something somewhere on our network capping tcp session throughput at 100k/s
[14:57] Chris Portman: accurate?
[14:57] Ivan: between where? toronto and ottawa
[14:57] Ivan: ?
[14:57] Chris Portman: :-P

The End of My Suburban Life

Finally my dream to live in the city has materialized. After several months of looking at properties in Los Angeles I closed escrow on a 1-bedroom condominium in the Bunker Hill Tower. All my possessions (with very few exceptions) are packed in brown “Public Storage” boxes and ready to be moved. I’ve heard it all - it is expensive, the dues are more than the average monthly wage in some (in fact, a lot of) countries, the crime rate is high, blah, blah, blah. Never mind. It is a way out of the suburban sea of abundance, single parenting, home schooling and enormous SUVs. Finally, I am relieved of the burden of being a slave to my dwelling. No more gardeners, pool men, bug spraying and trips to OSH, just so I can “be like the neighbors”.