Death Notice - Ultrapurple  - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2022, 02:28:52 pm
content: It is with great sadness that I must inform the Forum that member “Ultrapurple” passed away on Friday 18th March after a short period of illness. Ultrapurple’s true name was Giles and I considered him a friend. We met several times in person as he lived not far from my home. As an active member of this forum he will be known by many here. My thoughts are with his Wife and family.Fraser

author: DaJMasta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2022, 06:18:27 pm
content: Sorry to hear, he was a regular this section and a helpful wealth of information. RIP

author: bap2703
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2022, 07:11:26 pm
content: Sad news, he was an important contributor here.Rest in peace fellow infrared enthusiast.

author: Vipitis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2022, 09:08:33 pm
content: That's an awful message to hear. I shared some interesting discussions with him over the time. My best memory is getting a private message and hearing how great my idea of printing one of those panoramas was.The many experiments published on flickr are still a reference I look at and link others to. It saddens me to miss the opportunity to send my thermal zine which I have post ponded too many years.I also know that Giles was active on other forums, for example one about ultravioletphotography. They will be missed by a lot of people, may they rest in a better place.

author: cynfab
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2022, 09:37:34 pm
content: Sad news indeed, he will be missed by us all.Condolences to the family.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2022, 10:01:17 pm
content: Aw man.RIP

author: IR_Geek
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2022, 12:46:31 am
content: Very sad news. My condolences to the family

author: Cerebus
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2022, 02:51:48 am
content: Well, that's sad to hear. Ultrapurple always seemed to have something useful to add and will be missed.Whenever you've got as many people gathered together in one place as we have here it's a statistical inevitability that you'll see a certain rate of people dying. If anything I'm a little surprised not to have heard more in the seven odd years that I've been reading the forum.Fraser, if you get the chance, please pass on our collective condolences to his family.

author: _Wim_
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2022, 06:35:55 am
content: Very sorry to hear that. Condolences to the family.@Fraser, thanks for letting us know.

author: firehopper
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2022, 02:56:22 pm
content: I didnt know him, but I enjoyed reading the information he posted, I enjoy yours too fraiser

author: tonykids
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2022, 03:51:32 pm
content: Sorry to hear thatRIP

author: Bill W
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2022, 10:02:17 pm
content: Sorry to hear that Fraser, was hoping we'd three meet up sometime this year.RIP Gileshttps://rsgb.org/main/blog/category/front-page-news/Bill

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2022, 02:34:18 am
content: Gile helped me get more interested in optics science/engineering because of his responses and has supplied me with some thought provoking information in a field parallel to my focus of research. His posts will be missed. I hope to get deeper into this field of study with thanks to people like Gile. I thought his experiments brought very useful insight into the ideas behind "hyperspectral" imaging.R.I.P.

author: ivaylo
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2022, 05:04:41 am
content: Very, sad… I did exchange messages and objects with him. He was very generous with his time and knowledge. Asked me for a favor once which unfortunately I couldn’t do, now I regret itThanks for letting us know, Fraser (on a side note - it will be a while until we figure out how our online personalities can communicate that the human behind them passed)…

author: stevenrs11
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 21, 2022, 07:54:25 am
content: I only briefly spoke with him a few times on a discord server but he immediately stuck me as friendly, knowledgeable, and more than willing to help a rote amature (me) with something that was over my head. Not too many people like that around and the world will be a little less without out him.

author: Lambda
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2022, 08:56:09 am
content: Sad to read that..As a recent newcomer here, i appreciated immediately his diverse posts full of informations, teaching.A loss for the forum, and even if i did not know him personally, a loss for the community generally speaking, i am sure.All of my condolences to his family and relatives.R.I.P.

author: ArsenioDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2022, 04:32:30 pm
content: This is an incredibly painful loss, always enjoyed his postings of wonderful technical details and he seemed like an all around great guy.He will be missed greatly by everyone here. Raise a pint in his memory

author: katzenhai2
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2022, 12:35:51 am
content: It's interesting how striking he was with his IR photography. I also noticed him with his photos and his friendly, open and helpful manner. Even though I've only been looking around here for a few days.That goes for you too, by the way, Fraser! I hope you stay with us for a longer time.

author: Platonas
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2022, 06:09:03 pm
content: I am really sorry to hear this. RIP Ultrapurple. My condolences to his family.

author: Hydron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2022, 11:36:53 pm
content: Very sad to hear this newsI'd exchanged a few messages with him and he seemed like a very decent guy.

author: therwp
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 24, 2022, 01:34:03 pm
content: Aw, man. Giles will be missed by many.

author: svgurus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 26, 2022, 10:16:15 pm
content: Sad news. His panoramas on flickr were one of things that inspired me to invest in better equipment

author: IwuzBornanerd
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2022, 10:28:25 pm
content: Yes, sad to hear. My sympathies to the family.He once told me he wrote for a technical hobby journal (RadCom?), so he will be missed by many in the traditional media as well as in various on-line forums.Thanks to @Bill W for the link; the RSGB now has a more complete memorial at:https://rsgb.org/main/blog/news/silent-keys/2022/03/25/giles-read-g1mfg-18-march-2022/I thought I saw a comment somewhere that he had an "aggressive cancer", but I don't see that now.