The Telephone
Hi
And we have in Signal Land
We have Rob T. Firefly
And Gila
Hang on, I have to bring you up
Good evening
Sorry about that
And we have Alex as well
You do, good evening
And this is a show we've been dreading
A show we've been anticipating in recent months
We have lost our friend Greg Newby
To pancreatic cancer
News came to us today
And we're still basically processing that
Over the past several days
Some of us had the opportunity to record some words
For a video that Greg wanted to see before the end
I believe he was rather in control of when that would be exactly
Which is something they have in Canada
And we're going to play that video
Of obviously just the audio part on the radio
Where many people who knew him
Basically got to say goodbye
And in fact Greg himself
Appears to say goodbye as well
But I wanted to just open it up here
For the couple of minutes we have
Before we start playing that
For anyone who wants to
To say any words
I'll hold off
Because you've heard enough of me
And plus we have overtime later
On YouTube
Check our main page for that
Or just go to Channel 2600
Anyone?
Go ahead Alex
Yeah I will say something
Because I think Greg meant a great deal to me
And I think he meant a great deal to everybody
In this community
And as I've said before
You know on this program
I think you know
Every conference that we have
Every HOPE conference
He's still going to be part of it
There's no doubt in my mind
That his spirit will endure
He left us with so much light
So much kindness
This is the type of thing
That will never leave us
We'll always be channeling Greg
I think in so many ways
At every conference
Every time I will get up and emcee
A new talk that is coming up
I will be really trying to channel Greg
And that spirit
And that professionalism
That he brought to the conference
Along with his kindness
And you know
We lost him too soon
And I will forever regret
Not being able to record a video message to him
I tried to do it over the weekend
I thought we had more time
And I'll forever regret that
That I didn't send him a message
So I hope that
That what I'm saying now
Resonates just as much
Because
I wish we had more time with him
You know
His days weren't long
But they were full of light
His kindness
His memory
It's going to linger with us forever
It's going to light the sky
For his family
I think
In the most glorious sense
But this is a guy
Who had extraordinary talent
Extraordinary intellectual capacity
But I think
Some of his
Greatest qualities
Lied really in his sincerity
And his humility
And his gentleness
And these are virtues
That I think really lie
In the greatest part of the heart
And I'm just so grateful
That he was with us for so long
And that he will have
This lasting impression on us
That's I think
Going to be a monument
To our community
All right
Well said Alex
And don't doubt for a minute
He knew you were there
He knew how you felt
And you meant a lot to him as well
We'll have a bit more time
For our own personal thoughts
But I do want to
Just play the tribute
The last communication with Greg
Where he got to hear from
So many of us
And we got to hear from him
And we'll be back after that
This will go about 40 minutes or so
Hey everyone
This is Alana
I just wanted to say
That we said goodbye to Greg today
On October 21st
At around 1pm
And I really
Really appreciate
All of you
Taking the time
To make a video for Greg
He got to watch them
And he
He really appreciated it
And he loves all of you
And
You'll be missed
Hi
Hi everyone
This is Greg
I'm not doing too well
I'm afraid
And will probably not be with you
Much longer
I really want to
Express my thanks
And appreciation
For
The work you did
On the
Videos
To put together
Sort of a farewell
Tour
That made a huge difference
Of my life
And really
Made me feel better
I love all you guys
All the friends
All the family
All of it
All of you
And thank you
For being part
Of my life
And thank you
For appreciating
Being part of my life
Hey Greg
I guess
What I really want to do
Is thank you
For
Making my life
So much better
Making so many
People's lives
So much
More fulfilling
And fun
And
I guess
The message
I want to send to you
Is
Don't be sad
Don't be sad
We're all going down
The same road
And
There's so much
We don't understand
So much
We don't know
And
In a weird way
That's comforting
Because
It just means
Anything is possible
And
You taught us that
Whenever there was
A challenge
You took it on
You made it work
And
I have no doubt
That spirit
Is going to continue
And
That is how
We are always
Going to remember you
And that is
Always what's
Going to guide us
In everything we do
So
We're all going
Down the road
And
You're just getting
There a little sooner
And I will remember
All the fun
And
All the adventures
And be inspired
To do more
Thank you
Hi Greg
I just wanted to
Thank you
For everything
You've done
I wanted to
Express
How much
Your leadership
Even in this moment
Has taught me
About accepting life
And
Embracing
What there is
For us
In it
And
Thanks for looking out
For us
So much
You always
Had our interests
Had something
That you were
Working on
To make sure
We were on
The right path
And I'm going to
Continue to
Share your story
And
And uplift
Your spirit
In my words
And in my actions
And I want to
Wish you
Comfort
And the
Utmost grace
In whatever
This is
And however
We
Turn out
And evolve
Please
Continue to
Guide us
We love you
Hey Greg
It's been a while
I think the last time
You and I
Spoke in person
Was probably
1981
1982
Back when
You and my
Brother and
Jason and
Some other
Guys were
Hanging out
At Jack's
House
Probably
Plotting to
Take over
The world
Or at least
Port Washington
I've enjoyed
Following you
Online
With your
Mushing adventures
Up in Alaska
And in Canada
And I just
Wanted to say
That I'm
So sorry
That this is
Happening
That you're
Going through
This
Cancer
Sucks
I don't
Know what
Else to
Say
This is
Hard to
Do
To say
Goodbye
To somebody
Like this
But
Goodbye
Hi
My name
Is Janice
Westland
And I've
Known
Greg and
Alana
For over
20 years
And they're
Both wonderful
People
My favorite
Memory of
Greg
Was I was
Looking at
Facebook a
Couple of
Years ago
And I saw
Photographs
From a
Race
And this
Was in
Whitehorse
Yukon
And Greg
And Alana
Participated in
Many many
Races
But this
Was a
Foot race
And most
People when
They're racing
They wear
High-tech
Athletic type
Clothing
Bright neon
You know
Very light
Performance wear
And then there
Was a photo
Of Greg
And he was
Wearing a
Flannel shirt
And I think
Corduroy jeans
Like work clothes
And I thought
Who does
That
But it was
The greatest
Thing that I
Ever saw
And I have
That picture
Here for you
If you can
See it
And I don't
Think that's
The first
Time that
Greg is
One in
Workwear
Or car
Hearts
Or things
Like that
So and
Greg actually
Came in
Second in
This race
So Greg
My friend
That was
The greatest
Thing I
Ever saw
It is a
Very fond
Memory
It's my
Favorite
Memory of
You
Great job
My friend
Hey Greg
This is
Frank
I want
To recognize
And celebrate
The many
Wonderful things
You've done
With your
Robust
Full life
Contributing
To so many
People
Thanks for
The memories
Hello Greg
Linda Cantoni
Here
Just wanted
To say
So long
And thanks
For all the
E-books
Hey Greg
Hey hey
I know we
Haven't
Known each
Other long
And I
Have already
Actually said
This to
You but
I just
Wanted to
Say thank
You for
The inspiration
Greg
Not only
With all
The extreme
Running
Events and
Stuff that
You've done
But just
The way
That you
Continue to
Do the
Next right
Thing
Even when
It's hard
Yeah it's
Just really
Inspiring to
Me
Continuing to
Do the
Next right
Thing
So thank
You for
That
And also
I love
The love
That you
Have for
Alana
So like
I've seen
You guys
Acknowledge each
Other before
You eat
Hold hands
On the way
To the
Doctors
Appointments
Call each
Call each
Other cute
Names
And I
Think you
Guys celebrated
33 years
Together while
I was
There
And to
Be honest
Like that
Is life
Goals for
Me
So
Thank you
For the
Inspiration
And
And also
I just
I just want
To say
I know
I'm running
Out of
Time
But the
The character
That you
Have
So I
Left the
Kettle
On and
Went out
And fed
The dogs
Or whatever
And came
Back and was
Like oh my
Gosh I
Left it on
But it
Was off
You didn't
Say anything
You didn't
Come down
And be
Like you
Know you
Could have
Lit the
House on
Fire
I had to
Come all
The way
Down and
Turn it
Off
Like what
Were you
Thinking
Because you
Knew that
I already
Knew
And it
Just shows
Such character
Like how
I don't
Even know
What the
Word is
But I
Thank you
For being
Kind to
Me
And also
I just
Want to share
With you
My favourite
Joke which
Is what
Do you
Call a
Deal with
No
Eyes
No
Idea
And what
Do you
Call a
Deal with
No
Eyes
And no
Legs
Still
No
Idea
Love
Yeah
Hi Greg
Roger
Here
I hope
You realise
What a
Difference
You made
In
Believing
In me
As
Your
Amateur
Math
Teacher
Programmer
You believed
I could
Do stuff
You made
Me
Believe
Believe
That I
Could
So now
I think
I've
Made a
Difference
With you
Your
Leadership
Of course
Your
Confidence
Really
Made all
The
Difference
I can't
Really say
Goodbye
Now
Greg
Because
You're
Always
Going to
Be
With me
And
And everything
I do
You made
Me
Not just
A better
Programmer
But a
Better
Person
So
Thank you
Greg
Thank you
And that
Really
Made me
Think a lot
About
You know
People's
Obligations
To one
Another
In a
Truly
Civilized
Society
And everything
I will
Carry that
With me
For the
Rest of
My
Days
I think
It's
Incumbent
On every
One of
Us
To do
Everything
We can
To
You know
Assure
The
Morality
And
I guess
The success
Of
The better
Part of
Human nature
I just
Want to say
That I love
You
You're
You're like
A big
Brother to
Me
You were
That day
That you
Saved me
From that
Stupid
Kid
And
You always
Will be
In my
Mind
You know
And I
Would say
That I
Really hope
I live
The rest
Of my
Days
Up to
A standard
That you
Would say
You know
What
Ev
You
You
You
You
You did
Okay
You know
I have
Incredibly
Fond
Memories
Of
We've been
Thinking a lot
About you
And Alana
Lately
And just
Wanted to
Send you
Some well
Wishes
We miss
You
Hey Greg
Hi Alana
Kim and
Richard here
Hello
We
Wanted to
Send you
Our love
Trying to
See if
This video
Worked
Maybe
We'll try
Again tomorrow
We'll see
How it
Goes
But
In case
It just
Shoots off
And we
Didn't know
What we
Were doing
I just
Wanted to
Say I
Love you
Dearly
It was
Such a
Blessing
How to
Get to
Know you
And share
Time with you
And Alana
And a couple
Of our visits
With the
Dogs
And
Just
Want to
Send you
All my
Love
Embracing you
In this
Journey
And
Bit of
A
Tough
Deck
But
But
You
Are
Beam of
Light
Returning
To the
Light
And we
Love you
Dearly
I send
You all
My
Love
Richard
No I
Fully
Agree
With Kim
We
Really
Enjoyed
Our
Time
And
Visits
In
Bancroft
And
When you
Came to
Visit
Our
House
And
It was
Always
Interesting
Talking to
You
Pretty
Amazing
Background
And
Wish I
Had more
Time
As
Others
Do
Share
In
Your
Stories
And
Adventures
Love
Love
And
Love
And
Warmth
And
Big
Hug
And
May
You
Fly
In
Your
Next
Journey
With
Peace
And
Brilliancy
I
Love
You
Hi
Greg
It's
Robin
Gila
And
We
Just
Wanted
To
Say
Hi
And
Let
You
Know
That
We
Love
You
And
We
Are
So
Grateful
To
Have
Known
You
I'll
Always
Remember
How
Much
You
Helped
Not
Just
Everyone
At
Hope
Not
Just
Every
Single
Breathing
Person
There
But
Me
Specifically
I
Mostly
Remember
Me
And
I
Am
Thrilled
That
That
I
Could
Have
Had
You
In
My
Life
And
I
Will
Never
Ever
Forget
You
You
You're
Always
Going
To
Be
There
In
Spirit
At
Hope
And
Just
When
I
Do
Other
Hackery
Things
And
Other
Artsy
Things
And
All
The
Geeky
That
You've
Always
Been
Encouraging
Toward
Me
And
I'll
Always
Think
On
You
With
Fond
Memories
And
A
Special
Place
In
My
Heart
And
I
Remember
When
I
Introduced
Gila
To
You
I
Walked
Into
Hope
The
First
Time
In
2016
And
I
Said
To
Rob
Who's
The
Guy
In
The
Blue
Zoot
Suit
Who
Knows
Everything
And
He
Said
Oh
That's
Greg
And
I
Said
I
Want
To
Meet
Greg
And
Then
I
Got
To
And
I'm
So
Grateful
That
I
Did
Yeah
Regarding
Everything
You've
Been
Going
Through
I'm
Not
In
The
Habit
Of
Making
Idle
Threats
But
There's
Going
To
Be
A
Strongly
Worded
Blog
Post
Directed
Toward
Whoever
Made
These
Decisions
And
We're
Just
Not
Going
To
Stand
For
It
But
You
Keep
On
Keeping
On
And
Best
Wishes
In
Whatever
Weird
Ass
Adventure
The
Future
May
Hold
For
You
And
You're
You're
You're
Never
Going
To
Be
Gone
Dude
Never
We love
You
Greg
Thank
You
For
Everything
Hey
Greg
Dave
Hardy
Hey
I
Didn't
Get a
Chance
To
Tell
You
This
When
We
Were
On
Our
Call
It
Was
Amazing
To
Be
Able
To
See
All
Those
Beautiful
Faces
Celebrating
The
Amazing
Human
Being
That
You
Are
And
I
Thought
You'd
Appreciate
That
One
Of
My
Best
Memories
Is
A
Living
Memory
That
I've
Got
All
Of
The
Led
Zeppelin
Catalog
Courtesy
Of
Greg
Newby
And
Every
Single
Time
That
I'm
Going
To
Be
Able
To
Listen
To
Some
Of
That
Led
Zeppelin
I'm
Going
To
Think
Of
You
I
Love
You
Man
Thank
You
For
Being
A
Part
Of
This
World
Making
It
Better
Making
My
Life
Better
Making
Other
Lives
Better
And
I'll
See
On
The
Other
I
Know
We
Only
Spent
Two
To
Three
Years
Together
In
Undergrad
And
Grad
At
SUNY
Albany
But
I
Have
To
Let
You
Know
That
You
Made
Always
Such
A
Positive
Impact
On
My
Life
I
Know
That
When
We
First
Met
And
We
Were
In
Classes
Together
If
You
Said
Something
Or
I
Said
Something
We
Both
Looked
At
One
Another
Like
The
Other
One
Was
Crazy
And
I
Are
Crazy
But
You
Made
Such
A
Wonderful
Seriously
Positive
Impact
In
My
Life
Because
You
Show
Me
How
Two
People
Who
Might
Not
Always
See
Eye
To
Eye
Could
Become
Best
Of
Friends
And
You
Were
Definitely
Like
That
For
Me
In
College
And
I
Also
Loved
How
You
Explained
A
Certain
Concept
I
Don't
Remember
Which
One
Anymore
But
You
Use
Whale
Blubber
And
Oreos
To
Explain
It
And
It
Was
Just
So
Creative
Love
You
And
Take
Care
Hi
Greg
I
Just
Wanted
To
Say
That
I
Think
That
You
Have
Done
A
Fantastic
Outstanding
Exceptional
Job
At
Being
A
Human
And
Everyone
Who
Knows
You
Is
Better
Off
For
It
And
I
Am
Yeah
Like
Thanks
For
Spending
Time
With
Us
And
Being
So
Non
Judgemental
And
You
Know
Being
A
Good
Model
For
Everybody
In
Terms
Of
How
To
Treat
People
And
Be
Curious
In
The
World
Yeah
I
Really
Appreciate
Having
Been
At
School
With
You
And
Knowing
You're
Out
There
Doing
Cool
Shit
And
I
Wish
You
Safe
Travels
Greg
I
Met
You
I'm
Going
To
Say
Around
25
30
Years
Ago
When
I
Was
On
A
Train
Trip
Across
The
United
States
Which
I
Thought
Was
A
Great
Idea
I
Thought
It
Was
A
Great
Way
To
Tour
The
States
And
It
Just
Ended
Up
Being
Really
Painful
After
The
First
Like
10
Hours
Or
So
But
You
Know
I
Was
In
My
20s
We
All
Have
Great
Ideas
In
Our
20s
Don't
We
Anyway
I
Stayed
Overnight
With
You
And
Alana
And
You
Were
Living
In
The
Midwest
Somewhere
I
Don't
Know
Chicago
Iowa
Somewhere
Somewhere
Somewhere
Around
There
I
Don't
Remember
Exactly
And
That
Was
The
First
Time
I
Met
You
I
I
Had
Known
Alana
For
Quite
A
While
And
I
Remember
That
You
Were
Calm
And
Gentle
And
Kind
Kind
Of
Stoic
And
What
Really
Struck
Me
Was
Just
How
Happy
Alana
Was
And
I
Didn't
See
You
Again
For
Many
Years
I
Finally
Saw
You
Again
A
Couple
Years
Ago
And
Alana
Was
Still
Happy
And
I
Think
That
Just
Attests
To
What
An
Amazing
Person
And
Husband
You
Are
And
I
Just
Wish
I
Think
If
I
Had
Any
To
Say
I
Have
Any
Regrets
It's
That
I
Didn't
Get
A
Chance
To
Know
You
Better
I
Really
Wish
I
Would
Have
Gotten
To
See
You
More
Often
And
Get
To
Know
You
Better
Because
You're
Such
A
Special
Person
And
You're
So
Beloved
And
That
Just
I
Know
That
Because
Of
How
Alana
Speaks
Of
You
And
How
Happy
She
Is
With
You
So
I
Love
You
Both
And
This
Is
My
Video
Hi
Greg
And
Alana
It's
Dave
Here
In
Ottawa
It's
A
Lovely
Fall
Day
I
Wanted
To
Say
It's
It's
A
Treat
Working
With
You
And
To
Know
You
As
Well
There's
Some
People
That
You
Think
About
That
They're
Just
Doing
It
Right
And
I
Would
Count
You
Among
Them
All
The
Best
Take
Care
Greg
Just
Wanted
To
Thank
You
For
Being
An
Amazing
Big
Brother
I
Love
You
A
Lot
I'll
Miss
You
A
Lot
I'll
Always
Remember
How
Helpful
And
Responsive
And
Kind
You
Have
Been
And
I'm
So
Glad
You
Came
When
The
Hurricane
Hit
And
I
Didn't
I
Know
I
Discourage
You
From
Coming
But
I'm
So
Glad
You
Came
Because
I
Have
So
Many
Fun
Memories
Of
You
Cleaning
The
Tree
Out of
Vince's
Driveway
You
Offered
To
Help
You
Helped
Me
With
The
Studio
Help
Move
The
Neighbor's
Fridge
Just
Some
Of
The
Things
You've
Done
I
Appreciate
All
You've
Done
Visiting
The
Family
Even
Though
You're
So
Far
Away
Calling
Mom
And
Dad
We'll
Miss
You
Being
The
Mediator
But
We
Love
You
Lots
And
I'm
Going
To
Miss
You
A
Lot
And
You've
Been
A
Great
Big
Brother
An
Amazing
Husband
And
Father
To
All
The
Dogs
And
That's
It
For
Now
Love
You
Hey
Greg
It's
Dorothy
Coming
To
You
From
Laurelhurst
Park
In
Portland
Just
Saying
Sending
This
Message
To
Say
How
Much
I
Care
About
You
And
Love
You
And
How
Much
Your
Humor
And
Your
Intelligence
And
Your
Open
Mindedness
Has
Meant
Over
The
Years
How
Much
I
Loved
Being
At
School
With
You
And
How
Glad
I
Am
To
Have
You
As
A
Friend
I'm
Spending
The
Weekend
Singing
With
100
Plus
Other
People
And
Singing
Lots
Of
Songs
About
Dying
And
Songs
About
Maybe
Seeing
Each
Other
Again
Someday
And
You
Are
On
A
List
Of
People
That
We
Are
Singing
For
This
Weekend
And
I
Wanted
You
To
Know
That
Love
You
A lot
Craig
Bye
Bye
Wanted
To
Say
I
Liked
Working
With
You
A
Lot
Over
The
Years
And
That
Distributed
Proofreaders
Has
Gained
A
Lot
By
The
Partnership
With
Project
Gutenberg
Under
Your
Leadership
Wanted
To
Share
One
Early
Memory
I
Have
Working
With
You
When
I
Was
An
Early
General
Manager
We
Had
A
Problem
With
An
Update
With
Our
Operating
System
And
When
It
Went
On
For
A
Few
Days
Finally
We
Finished
It
Got
It
All
Ready
And
It
Was
Late
Late
At
Night
And
I
Phoned
You
To
Put
The
Domain
Name
System
In
Place
And
Reached
You
You
Were
Out
With
Your
Dogs
Dog
Sledding
And
I
Had
To
Wait
Till
You
Got
Back
And
Fed
The
Dogs
And
Then
You
Reached
Me
And
Did
The
Code
Change
With
The
Domain
Name
For
Us
Which
Was
Lovely
But
It
Was
The
Most
Interesting
Reason
For
Me
Of
The
Many
Reasons
For
Late
Evenings
With
Code
And
Updates
On
Systems
It
Was
One
Of
The
Strangest
Changes
That
I
Have
Ever
Run
Into
Are
The
Reasons
For
Going
To
Bed
Late
And
It
Stayed
In
My
Memory
What
A
Nice
Thing
To
Be
Doing
Late
At
Night
Anyway
I'm
Glad
That
I
Can
Record
For
You
And
Thank
You
So
Much
For
The
Work
You've
Done
Hi
Greg
Ed
Coffey
Here
From
My
Backyard
In
Vermont
Sending
You
All
The
Best
And
Just
Having
So
Many
Happy
Memories
Of
You
And
I
Together
Best
Neighbor
Kid
Could
Have
All
Those
Countless
Cribbage
Hands
And
The
Hours
Monopoly
We
Used
To
Make
Making
Our
Own
Money
To
That
50
Mile
Hike
In
Chesterfield
And
Why
They
Let
Us
Do
That
By
Our
So
I'd
Never
Know
But
We
Did
We
Did
It
And
So
Many
Wonderful
Memories
My
Friend
Miss
You
And
Love
You
And
All
My
Best
And
Rest
Easy
My
Friend
All
Right
Take
Care
Hey
Greg
It's
Bill
Pollack
I
Just
Wanted
To
Say
How
Much
I
Enjoyed
Working
With
You
You
Were
Always
A
Calm
Presence
Amidst
The
Occasional
Storm
And
I
Knew
I
Could
Always
Rely
On
You
I
Wishing
You
Peace
And
Comfort
I'll
Be
Thinking
Of
You
Hi
Greg
Thank
You
So
Much
For
Being
A
Part
Of
My
Life
You
Were
Like
A
Family
To
Me
And
You
Guys
Helped
Me
So
Much
And
I
Hope
That
You
Had
Pleasant
Time
On
Earth
And
That
You
Did
Everything
You
Wanted
To
Do
And
Me
And
Sneaky
Are
Sending
You
Lots
Of
Love
Hey
Greg
I'm
Just
So
Grateful
To
Have
Worked
With
You
To
Help
Bring
The
Hope
To
A
World
We
Saw
With
Your
Own
Darker
I'm
Thankful
To
Have
Known
You
Rest
Well
Old
Trump
Hey
Greg
Just
Stopping
In
To
Tell
You
How
Much
I
Love
You
And
Appreciate
You
For
Everything
You
Have
Done
For
Me
I
Love
You
For
Today
You
together for those events so i feel very grateful that i was able to be a part of it um i was also
super happy to see you both at ibex during the dryland event it was such a beautiful day for you
to come out um and i also want to let you both know that alana you have my support okay with dogs
with life with anything you may need so just just know that and there is a community behind you as
well i'm not alone so feel free to reach out when you feel that uh you need that little extra help
or even just to sit quietly together um i really appreciate you both and i wish you greg a peaceful
journey we'll see you soon i'm sure
hey greg hello from alert bay and yeah i just wanted to say thank you to everything um you did
for us and um thank you for the trust that you gave us and everything you taught us about
mushing and living in a really remote place um yeah thanks a lot
yeah it's an experience that we'll treasure for our whole lives and i just wanted to say
thank you to you and alana because i think one thing that you guys taught me was
how important it is to be kind to each other it was so nice to witness your special bond while we
were there and remind myself when i'm feeling really grumpy at martin
to be kind to one another thanks so much
greg this is tark alazali i miss you very much i always remember how much of a friend and a
colleague you were you have been always very supportive and instrumental throughout my career
you have been also a very very good friend i recall when we got together always in alaska
when we went to china together when we mentored our students jointly many of whom by the way are
very very successful right now in very big companies thanks for your help and mentoring them i love you man
hi greg we are right now in japan in osaka and uh we are already again uh waiting for our next ship
and this time it will go uh from japan to um shanghai in china tomorrow so we wanted to make a short video
and uh we know you from the conversations uh we had personally while our stay in the yukon
but most of all we know you from the conversations we had um with ilana um who is full of love with you
during our walks with the stinkers she shared so many stories about you and um what i personally will
for example always remember is when she said that she is so much in love with your brain
and we clearly understand why she said that because um your sharp mind is also something that comes
first into our mind when we think about you even though we only had a short um time with you
um we will always remember you as a very um gentle kind and intelligent person
uh we feel very grateful for having had uh the chance uh to come uh to yours and ilana's home
um we feel very grateful for uh having had the opportunity of being part of your wonderful
dog family for a few weeks and uh yes we will always remember our times in the yukon
if it's okay for you we would like to write the story about you um polar steps this is our travel blog
um because we would like to share your story with our friends and family back home and we would like
to always remember you and keep you in our memories we are so sorry for everything you're going through
right now and for the time ahead we wish you calm strength and everything you need thank you so much
for the time we have and all the best for you
hey greg greetings from berlin syria i can't be there with you on your last days and um yeah you've
had a big impact on my life and um i appreciate it so so much and you know whatever it all means i wish
you the best and uh bye for now
hey greg this is uh aesthetics and uh it's always difficult to do these but um they're important
nonetheless taking a few notes so the first and most obvious is that you are absolutely critical to
the success of hope and past present and uh future even though you don't know it it's going to succeed
in the future because of you and um also 2600 as well and you've been there so many times when i
needed it i'm eternally grateful another thing i should note is that i'm not always the most kind
and i found that you are a very good counterpart because you have eternal kindness and you are have a
graceful way to handle situations and because of this i've learned so much from you and i'm just
very grateful that i've been able to know you and work with you and in general with all the things that
you have done and who you are i have a great admiration for your life that you have led and
to be quite blunt i think that you being around has made the world a better place
thank you for everything and we'll always remember you hey greg being part of your life this summer was
a mind-altering experience for the both of us seeing where you and your wonderful partner were in life
will remain forever impactful on the way we will lead ours it will provide us with gratitude
motivation and guidance we are certain that we are not the only ones having those thoughts when
thinking of you greg we were only able to grasp a glimpse of your intelligence and your genius
but good lord we were impressed by your ideas i especially appreciated the guidance of a fellow man
in which hierarchy didn't play a role and i was given a chance to try and grow
you're gonna have to teach me knots in another place and time and i'm really looking forward to
that in each direction present future and past your existence has coined us and will continue to do so
on a more profane note you'll be forever stuck in our memories by showing us how to fix the dimax
host with pepsi cans an anecdote we'll be sharing laughingly and proudly for the rest of our lives with our
friends and loved ones following your principle we are sure we'll find the best solutions for the
broken exhaust of our lives we are far away now but we will try to help keeping up the life you built
and support the beautiful partner who loves you so dearly so someday again in the deepest imaginable
gratitude yan and leo
hey greg i just wanted you to know from the bottom of my heart that uh my heart just goes out to you
and alana thinking about you a lot and um i just wanted to do this short video to thank you um i want to
say that i appreciate you i love you thank you for being a good brother to jody and being kind and
sweet in your spirit and to show an interest in in our kids that means a lot and i thank you for that
and um i appreciate you and i want to let you know that i'm available if you want to have a private
conversation just call me and we can talk together um i love you and um you know i'm just thinking
about you and i'm glad to do this video
hey greg and hey alana um sending so much love to both of you um in this very big and very brave
life transition you're embarking on um i was just reflecting back over channel rock i'm actually
wearing the fleece that i bought right before heading there um so many years ago and what a
journey it's been i know it's been years since we've really um connected but looking back over old
emails you know the zest for life the curiosity the kindness the enthusiasm you had for all of us in
our big life adventures um shines through and those are the big memories i'm going to be carrying
forward um so just sending so much love to both of you and um courage for this big life step you're
about to embark on so greetings greg and family i want to be here to tell you how important greg's
work has been with project gutenberg and in information science as a whole but largely
is continuous advocacy for free access to information and for being able to manage a very diverse
worldwide group of contributors in a very complex operation that is a great gift to the world
they're telling what would have happened if greg hadn't have stepped in
greg i really appreciate your work and you as the person that i got to know in chapel hill
at sills it's it's hard to say the many things and the complex things and the good things that you've
brought to make the world not just mind but overall a better place
hi greg you're a person that when i see your face i get this overwhelming feeling that things are in
place and that everything will be okay i would feel a surge of confidence to go forth with whatever
task was at hand you show such kindness and patience when sharing your knowledge about how to get things
done and your tutelage with me with the hope website was patient and clear and i like the way you showed
appreciation for my work knowing and working with you has elevated my sense of myself your confidence
is infectious you work with machines in order to help people i am a person and i personally have
experienced the love you have for your fellow humans i love you
say hey hey uncle greg we just wanted to send our love to you guys and um i just want to thank you
again for for being a part of my life and for loving me and loving my daughter and um we're gonna miss
you always say love you i love you hey greg there were a few people that really meant a lot to me in
grad school and you were one of those people i just can't tell you how much you seeing me and
appreciating me right where i was meant to me and and still follows me around and
i'm just sending you all the hugs um i'll send you a little heart peace to see you on your way
leave me
oh
Thank you.
Hi, Greg.
I just wanted to say thank you for the work that we've done together on Project Gutenberg over the past year and a half or so.
It's been fun, and even though it hasn't been that long, it's been really good, I think.
So certainly one of the best things that I've done to date.
So thank you for that, and I will keep working on Project Gutenberg, and I'm entirely sure that many others will too.
So we'll try our best to carry on the sort of work that you've done so much of, and yeah, we'll try our best to do that.
And yeah, thank you again.
Hey, Greg, this is Bob Say.
I just wanted to say thank you for everything I learned from you, both personal and technical, at Syracuse University and the University of Illinois.
Having someone who I was familiar with at the University of Illinois, such a big place, was super helpful for me in my graduate student years.
Thanks.
Hi, Greg.
I wanted to show you something that you may not have seen since you left Ontario, and that's the fall colors.
And to say how grateful I am that I got to visit in February and that you took me on a great dog sled run.
And I know you said it was the B team, but honestly, it was A-plus fun.
That's corny, I know.
But I just wanted you to know that it was great visiting with you guys, and that honestly, nobody rocks the blue Carhartt coveralls like Greg Newby.
Thanks.
Hi, Greg.
Though I have not known you for a very long time, I certainly felt right away the enormity of your kindness and your caring spirit.
You have been inspiring.
You are inspiring.
Through your love of running, your adventurous heart, and of course, the love of all the stinky dogs that made our paths cross.
I'm really grateful for the time that we did share, and more recently, even in that harder time.
Your warmth and compassion will always stay with me, and with everyone fortunate enough to know you.
Big hugs to you, and even bigger love to you, Yelena, and all your dogs.
And we've been listening to about 40 minutes of a video made by people who knew Greg Newby, our good friend who has passed away.
Greg was a super important part of everything having to do with our particular community, including the Hope Conference, 2600 Magazine, Off the Hook.
And as you can hear, he had so many other people who loved him and who were a part of his world.
And, you know, I got to say, listening to all that, it makes you wonder, how did he manage to do so very much?
I mean, he was, I heard Port Washington mention, of course, there was Whitehorse, Bancroft, Ontario, he'd spent time in Saudi Arabia, he lived in North Carolina, University of Illinois, Syracuse, the list goes on and on.
And in all of those places, he seemed to find more people who just realized how amazing he was and how inspirational he was.
And we won't see his like again, for sure, but we will always be stronger for having been a part of his world.
Um, Elana, his partner asks that, um, any donations people wish to make be made to Project Gutenberg, which was a passion of his, one of his many passions.
Uh, sled dogs was another passion, supercomputers, uh, the, the, the world of hacking, just, um, so many things.
Uh, but that's, um, Gutenberg.org, G-U-T-E-N-B-E-R-G.org.
Um, in the moments we have left, uh, I'd like to open it up to, um, uh, everyone here, uh, Kyle, Alex, Rob, Gila, uh, and of course, we will be going to overtime on YouTube at eight o'clock Eastern time.
Uh, and that is, uh, channel 2600 on YouTube or the link on the top of the 2600 page, which if you go to the 2600 page right now, you'll see a tribute to Greg, uh, that will last about 15 seconds before you land on the regular page.
And I think, uh, he, he would have been embarrassed by that, but, um, well, uh, he deserves that and, and, and so much more.
Rob, did you have something?
Yeah, I wanted to quickly relay a comment, uh, from Mastodon, from Esther Payne, who was a Hope speaker.
Uh, she spoke at Hope 2020 and, uh, she said, I remember he was very kind during Hope 2020 when I was giving my remote presentation.
He looked after us in the Matrix room.
I'm quite sad.
And I looked at this comment and I thought that so encapsulates everything he was at Hope and at his other endeavors and in the lives of everyone who knew him.
He was the very kind man who looked after us.
I'll say.
He certainly was.
And the fact that, uh, he was, um, looking after people on the digital connection as well as in person, uh, was simply, uh, incredible.
And of course, uh, this year he wasn't able to make it because of his illness, but that didn't stop him from helping remotely.
And, uh, that just, um, that's who he was.
That's who he was.
And hopefully that's who we will always be by extension.
Alex, go ahead.
Uh, I think we should also remember Greg was a fighter too.
He, he fought this cancer.
He fought for Project Gutenberg.
He fought so many ridiculous lawsuits that had to deal with access rights.
And, uh, and for that, I'll, I'll, I'll leave tonight's program by saying, um, as we, as, as Catullus said in farewell to his brother,
which means hail and farewell.
Well, if you have, um, uh, any memories you'd like to share, comments, observations, you can either join us, uh, at eight o'clock.
We'll be taking phone calls, uh, on overtime, or you can write to us, O-T-H at 2600.com.
Um, and another thing you can do, uh, is help support WBAI because this station, even though Greg was in the Yukon,
this station meant a lot to him as well because, uh, oftentimes he was a guest on our show, uh,
and was able to, um, uh, share what he was going through at the moment, whether, uh, it was the aftermath of a hurricane in North Carolina
or, uh, various, uh, lawsuits that he had to, uh, contend with involving Project Gutenberg
and, um, all kinds of other struggles and issues that we are all facing in the world of, um, of technology.
Um, one of a kind, one of a kind, but, um, you know, I want people to know that, um,
there is so much in this community, in this world that, uh, we choose to be a part of.
The world of high tech, the world of curiosity, the world of, uh, mischief.
Um, and there's a bit of Greg in all of us and he would want us to, to seek that out and to use it for all it's worth.
So let's, let Greg's memory be an inspiration to us and, um, something that we always look back on fondly.
Um, and speaking of looking back on things on hope.net, uh, his first conference was in 2000.
H2K was the conference.
Um, all of the talks that he gave as well as all of the intros that he gave to other talks are found there on our YouTube channel, channel 2600.
All right.
That's it for us here.
Uh, we'll be back next week, uh, with another broadcast program on WBAI again, OTH at 2600.com is our email address.
Uh, and, uh, we will be, um, we will be, uh, starting overtime in just a few minutes, eight o'clock on YouTube channel 2600.
Have a good night, everyone.
Thank you.
I'll be right back.


And welcome everybody to Off the Hook Overtime. Emmanuel over here, Kyle.
Yeah.
Okay, and now in Signal Land we've got Rob T. Firefly.
Good evening.
We've got Gila.
Hi there.
And we've got Alex.
Right here.
But we're not sure yet if we're actually on YouTube. We want to make sure that we make the transition okay? We did? Okay, wonderful.
We did.
Sorry for the delay. You know, there's kind of an irony here.
You know how when you have a whole bunch of tabs open in a browser and you're in the middle?
Let's not say you have 1,000 tabs open like I might.
Let's say you only have 100 and you're at like tab number 40 and you need to look something up quickly.
So you open a new tab and it opens up all the way over on the right.
You know, you're far away from where you started.
But as long as you don't open another tab, all you have to do is close that tab at the end and you'll go back to where you were in the middle.
Everybody with me so far?
Okay.
All of that is defeated when all of a sudden there's a pop-up window that opens up next to the one that you just went to.
And the irony is that that pop-up window came from Adblocker Plus boasting about how many ads its service has stopped from popping up.
And in so doing, screwing me up completely and making me delay everything and have to find the tab I started from.
So I'm sorry about that.
I don't know where our society is going, but it's just, it's crazy.
Greg would have loved that, I know.
This is going to be hard, folks.
This is one of the toughest shows I think we've ever done.
And Greg was one of the most incredible people we've ever known, ever will know.
And I know that's true from so many other people, too.
You know, hearing it, hearing all those memories and seeing all the emails that are coming in.
We do have some emails we'll read in a little bit as well.
But, you know, I know we didn't have much chance to actually talk ourselves during the past hour on the radio.
And for those of you who are tuning in on Overtime, have no idea what we're talking about.
Well, you can read the story that's on 2600.com.
But basically, our good friend and Hope coordinator, Greg Newby, has passed away.
And we are processing that, as we've only known about this for a few hours.
And it's just, it's a lot to handle.
It's a lot to, you know, to just take in.
You know, we've been prepared for this.
Greg first was diagnosed in late March.
And it was just such a shock then to hear, you know, pancreatic cancer just basically out of nowhere.
And it's something that I think affects everybody listening because, you know, it can happen to anybody virtually at any time.
And how do you live like that?
How do you live knowing that that, you know, that can just land on you or somebody you love at any moment?
You know, it was a year ago, just about a year ago, that we were so worried about Greg being in that hurricane in North Carolina.
We didn't know where he was.
Was that a year ago?
Was that two years ago?
I think it was a year ago.
So, and, yeah, and here we are a year later.
And, you know, our worst fears in a completely different way confirmed.
Anyway, I'll shut up.
Any other thoughts?
Please express yourself.
So, I have a couple of things.
One of the pieces that keeps coming through in what everyone is saying, what everyone is saying in that incredible recording that we got to listen to,
and just so much of what we're seeing online in this outpouring of grief,
is that people talk about how kind Greg was.
And given how smart he was and how many amazing things he did,
this is a guy who could have been a real asshole.
He would have had every right to be a huge asshole, and he just wasn't.
And I was thinking about Hope 2020,
which obviously had a lot of logistical moving parts,
and Greg was wrangling the MCs, as he so often did.
And I was scheduled for an MC shift,
and there was some confusion,
and I was in the wrong Matrix room,
and the YouTube, and the Zoom.
And I am, generally speaking,
a pretty calm person at this point in my life.
I don't get too worked up too easily,
but when I do, watch out.
And Greg had, like, stepped away from the conference
for, like, an hour to go for a run.
And everything just went to hell in this one hour
when Greg was out for a run.
And he, like, very calmly stopped his run,
fixed everything from the side of the road,
and managed to talk me down,
which is not an easy feat.
And
I do logistics, like, work.
And that's,
I've never known anyone who does it as well as Greg did.
And there are lessons that I learned from him
that I'm going to take with me
every day of my life going forward.
In my faith tradition, they say,
may his memory be a blessing.
And I know that it will be
because he was such a blessing
to so many of us in his life.
And I know that his memory
will continue to bless us going forward.
Hmm.
Yeah.
I was thinking today of, you know,
Greg's first,
I believe Greg's first hope that he went to,
I think, was Hope 2000,
Hope 2K.
And that was also my first hope.
And I remember his talk from there.
And I remember seeing him around the conference
and him being one of the people
that I bumped into and chatted with
in this amazing new environment
of a hacker conference,
which I had been experiencing for the first time.
And he was great.
And I came back at the following hope
and he was there.
And I came back at the hope after that
and he was there.
And the more he got involved
with the logistics
and the behind the scenes stuff
of the conference,
and then when I started getting involved with that
and just getting to collaborate with him
on that level,
he was such,
he was a glue
and he kept things together.
And he did that before the conference.
He did that during the conference.
He did that with cleaning up after the conference.
And he did so much more behind the scenes
than I think any one of us will ever know.
And I remember we spent this past hope
where he couldn't be there physically,
just having to do so much
and so much running around
to even come close to emulating
everything that he did
when he was physically there.
And he was sick behind the scenes of this hope.
We didn't say anything publicly
until the end of it in closing ceremonies.
But he was sick and he was in bed
and he was still wrangling everything
behind the scenes as he always did
in the planning stages
and in the stages that people don't see.
And he could have taken a freaking rest,
but he didn't.
If anyone earned a break,
it was him.
And he just kept going
for as long as he was able.
And it will always amaze and inspire me
just how amazing he was,
not only at Hope,
but just as a personal friend,
as a person to get to just talk with.
And he was always so supportive of me
and all the weird projects and things
that I wanted to start up and have going.
And he was just so kind and inspirational.
And yeah, I cannot say enough good things about him
and I will not find enough good words
in the dictionary for him.
You know, you mentioned all these things
and yeah, you know,
I've seen every single one of them at work
and it makes you just wonder
and even panic about the future.
How do we possibly survive?
You know, how do we match all the magic
that he was able to,
you know, to bring to us,
to bring to the community?
And I think, you know,
he would be the one to say
that we'll find a way.
You know, he always did say that.
He always did say that,
you know, this might appear impossible,
but we'll figure out a way to do it.
For instance, you know,
we had just been through COVID.
We were going to move from the hotel anyway.
Then the hotel didn't reopen
and the hotel was demolished
and we had no place to go.
I know some of these things are out of order,
but he's the one who found St. John's.
He's the one who said,
why don't we try this at a university?
Something we had never considered before.
And he's the reason we're there.
He's the reason we found an incredible space
that in many ways is much better
than where we were before.
Another crisis that we faced
was when Amazon decided
to stop paying for publications.
Yeah, they just said,
we don't care anymore.
Either you give us your publication
and we'll give you a fraction
of what we gave you before
or you're on your own.
And basically he completely by himself
was able to write an app
that was able to send digital editions
of 2600 to people
in order to get it onto their Kindle
to sideload it, as it were.
And the system works great.
The system is incredible.
It's a unique system,
something I've never seen before,
but it completely bypasses Amazon
and yet you're able to read the material
on your Kindle.
And best of all,
it doesn't expire
like it does if you get it from Amazon.
He did this.
He made all this happen.
And he never wanted a penny for his efforts.
It was just basically out of passion,
out of love for the technology,
for the knowledge,
for the community.
And, you know,
that kind of a spirit,
that is extremely motivating.
That made us want to try harder.
That made us want to do more things.
And I dare say it's going to make
many, many more people,
perhaps people who have never even met him,
feel that inspiration
and accomplish more.
And, you know,
the other aspect to all of this,
one that not everybody knows,
Kyle and I are so honored
to have been a part of the world
that wasn't the hacker world.
That was his magic of having 35 sled dogs
along with his partner, Alana.
They had this most incredible space.
You know,
one time we got to move them
from Alaska to Ontario,
a whole bunch of vehicles.
We drove the U-Haul
and we literally drove
all the way across Canada
with 35 sled dogs
to their new place
in Bancroft, Ontario.
And while we didn't move them
to their next space after that,
Bancroft, Ontario,
to Whitehorse in the Yukon,
we did visit them there
and see the magic
that they had brought to that place.
And that was incredibly inspirational as well.
And then Greg had this passion
for ultra-marathons.
You know,
you mentioned,
Gileth,
that he was doing a run
in the middle of the conference.
Well,
he would,
you know,
make it a point
to get exercise every single day.
I don't know anybody
who took care of themselves
better than Greg,
which is,
you know,
another reason why
this is so horribly ironic.
And he decided to enter
this race.
What was it called,
Kyle?
The Denali?
Denali 135.
135,
because it was 135 miles.
On the Denali Highway.
On the Denali Highway
in Alaska,
which isn't really a highway.
It's kind of just like a...
It goes throughout the park.
Yeah,
it's like a park road.
And it's the equivalent
of five marathons.
And this means
staying up
for several days.
You know,
we were driving the RV
as a support vehicle.
So what we do is
he started the race off
with everybody else.
And then we would drive
ahead of him,
wait for him to come by.
And then when he got there,
what,
we gave him tea
and various other refreshments?
Yeah,
we were the support crew.
And in all honesty,
it was a thrill.
And you're leaving out
so many fun details,
like just how we stayed up
and how fun it was
to be part of his team.
And the whole lead up,
like how we got the RV.
The RV wasn't fully working
when we started out.
So we spent a couple days
like cleaning it out.
We were borrowing an RV
from someone
that helped out
with the kennel.
And that machine
needed to be like
stocked and working
and tested
and like getting
the water pump working
and like all the rehab
that we did
just to get it
out there
was one thing.
And then we did
a bunch of car repairs
after the whole thing
because I think
we burned up
a couple spark plugs.
Well, this was all
you and Greg.
And yeah,
and throughout this,
the RV was running
worse and worse
when it got to the point
on the way back
where we had to
replace some spark plugs.
It just wasn't running
at all.
And we were in the middle
of Alaska
and we had to stop
in a place called
Tok, T-O-K.
And we actually,
we found,
I think it was a Napa
auto place
or it was down the road.
And they had like
just enough spark plugs
to fit.
We bought all the spark plugs
that would fit
that had left.
So it wasn't always easy.
You know,
sometimes it was fun.
Sometimes it was adventurous.
Sometimes it was sheer hell
because we didn't know
how the hell
we were going to get back
and this thing
was breaking down.
But it was,
you know,
with Greg,
it's never a reason
to, you know,
to panic
or to scream
to the heavens.
It's a reason
to figure it out
and get through.
And that's exactly
what we did.
Yeah,
you're not supposed
to work on your RV
in an RV park.
But we just...
Yeah,
we were in an RV park
and they wanted us
to leave
even though we couldn't.
Yeah,
we managed to contain
all of the work
within the cab
and got it working
well enough
to get back.
And there was lots
of breaks
for joint smoking
and relaxing
because it was
a long three days.
We were up
for four days,
I think.
Greg didn't do
the joint smoking,
by the way.
Well,
I definitely did.
But we,
we like made tea
and had this whole
rest stop.
Well,
we did more
than just tea.
We made food
sometimes,
right?
We would...
Yeah.
Yeah,
let's get back
to the race.
It was five,
well,
not five days,
five marathons.
Yeah.
It was like three days,
I think.
And we stayed up too
and that was a lot of work
for us to stay up
just sitting in an RV
but he was actually,
you know,
jogging or at times
walking down this,
this incredibly long road
and when we got to the end,
you know,
he could barely put one foot
in front of the other
but he made it
and at the end,
we have video this,
he just,
he just turned it on turbo
and just charged
through the finish line
and it was great.
It was like he had won
a marathon.
It was just such
an amazing thing
and then of course
he slept like a log
for the next couple of days.
We went to that crazy town
somewhere in Alaska
whose name escapes me.
They have a train station
and everybody just gathered there
the day after
and people were treating him
like a hero.
People were just seeing him there
and saying,
Greg,
you're amazing
and...
getting to know
that whole community,
just the awards,
the awards ceremony
and just the people
that are attracted
to these kinds of
big,
big challenges
and the way they
dealt with it
and helped out
with support
was so interesting
and our efforts,
I think,
paid off.
He was able to complete
and complete the race
really,
really strong
and it just,
we felt a sense
of accomplishment
doing that
and I never would have
been out there
doing as much
but I learned so much
in the process
of helping out
and thinking about
the kinds of things
I might want to do
out in the world
or the things
that we've done
in travel
just to coordinate
and be there
and be participating
at that level.
It just was
such an incredible thrill
and I mean,
we thought about,
he told us
we could sleep
but we were like
so into the race
and supporting him
that I think
we just wanted
to just experience
every part of it
and stay awake for it
and prepare everything.
In fairness,
I tried to sleep
but it's one of those RVs
that, you know,
the sleeping part
is above where
the driver is
and I just,
I couldn't do it.
I just couldn't.
I tried but just,
you know,
I said,
you know,
I'm just going to stay up.
It was a unique RV to,
what was it called?
It had some strange name.
Security.
So it looked like,
in fact,
you know,
we went up to a couple
of parks
just to get some scenery
during this whole marathon
and we pull up
in this big RV
that said security
and people who were there
left thinking
that they were in trouble
because security
had caught them
or something.
So yeah,
it was rather unique
in that sense.
But you know,
these worlds,
these magical worlds
of his,
whether it's moving
across a continent
or taking part
in an ultra marathon,
there is basically
dealing with 35 dogs
and how do you take care
of these dogs,
feeding them,
whole big ritual
every single day.
There's just so much
and we were so thrilled
to be a part
of his world
on that level.
Had nothing to do
with hacking,
had nothing to do
with technology.
It just had to do
with enthusiasm,
fun,
pushing yourself
and those are things
I always want
to be a part of.
Those are things
I always want
to be able to share
and it's just
incredibly sad
that Greg is not
going to be the one
that we share it with
in the future.
Yeah,
it's still so raw,
I think,
for everyone involved.
We're thinking
of his family,
his parents
and loved ones,
but this is going
to take a really long time,
I think,
for us to even really
process as prepared
as we've been,
as prepared as Greg was,
but the sorts
of shoes
to fill here
are just mammoth
and we're just
so thankful
for having
as much time
as we had.
It hasn't really
hit yet
and I just keep
hearing his voice
and how do you
tell yourself
you're not going
to hear that voice again?
I'm thinking a lot
about him guiding us
or just his wisdom,
what he would say
in any given situation
or in commiserating
over something.
Just,
he still is.
He still is with us
and it's just
gut-wrenching,
but it is
the occurring
and I think
we're all sort of
dealing with it
and fumbling around
trying to make sense
of it
and it's quite sad
but we're also
really heartened
by the outpouring
just like what
everybody has shared
in who he was
for them.
One thing that we got
to do fairly recently
was go up there
to Whitehorse
to see him
but inadvertently
we met his entire family.
I guess
everyone was up
at the same time.
We didn't realize that.
We got to meet his parents
and his siblings
and it was just
such a magical moment
because you realize
wow,
what amazing people
these all are
and how they really
recognize Greg
and how vital he is
and it wasn't,
I mean,
sure,
there was sadness
but it wasn't
just sadness.
There was a lot of laughing,
a lot of joy
and,
you know,
we got to spend
that time together.
We got to communicate
and see him
one last time
and,
you know,
trade stories
with others
so,
you know,
there's that.
There's some comfort there
and like I said
in the video,
there's comfort
in knowing
nobody knows
what the fuck
happens next.
You know,
nobody knows
so,
I like that.
I like the fact
that not even
the Pope
knows what happens
after we close
our eyes
for the last time.
Nobody has a clue
how to get
into outer space.
There are so many
mysteries ahead of us
and I just,
I think,
you know,
it's all part
of a much,
much bigger game
that,
you know,
is there.
It's always going
to be there
and will play a part
in some way
that we can't
possibly express
or conceive of
right now.
Gila,
you've had your hand
up for a while.
Sorry.
Yes.
No worries.
We just have a couple
of people
who have shared
their memories
of Greg
in the chat
and I wanted
to speak
those into
existence also.
Please.
At Mr. Crypt
says,
I didn't know
Greg very long
and we only
interacted through
HopeCon,
but his kindness,
confidence,
and patience
was something
that stuck.
He recognized
you as a person.
You felt like
you belonged.
And at TL Jordan
8275 says,
his kindness
won't be forgotten.
I interacted
with him only
a handful of times
and half of those
are virtual,
but he helped me
through a difficult
situation.
And if people
have more memories
of Greg
they want to put
in the chat,
we'd be happy
to see them.
Yeah.
There's always
more to say.
Well,
thanks to our
Hope Co-coordinator,
Liz.
We have some
other emails
that are coming in.
This one
from Stephanie.
Hi,
I'll always remember
Greg fondly
as a grad student.
I interviewed him
for a software
engineering institute
podcast
many years ago
and he was
so kind and wise
during the pandemic.
I messaged him
during the online
Hope Conference
and was pleasantly
surprised that he
remembered me
so many years later.
It's truly sad
to hear he's
passed away
and I will
donate to his
memory.
and yeah,
that's a great way
to pay tribute
to him
because I do
know Project
Gutenberg was
such a passion,
such a big part
of his life.
There were many
parts of his life
we didn't know
that much about
but he had just
been to so many
places.
we're sad
now but
we should be
happy that
he got to
do so much.
He got to go
to so many
places and be
a part of
so many
people's lives
and we should
all be so
lucky
and we should
all strive for
that and
Kyle, I think
you encapsulated
it really well
just by repeating
this to me many
times.
We've got to
live.
We've got to
live and that's
exactly what Greg
would be saying
right now.
You've got to
live and just
basically do as
much as you can,
be a part of as
much as you can
be a part of
and be a good
person.
One thing I
think that's
also just
extraordinary to
think about,
I mean, we've
been sharing all
these memories
about him and
about the many
facets of Greg's
life from being
a runner to part
of Project
Gutenberg, his
civic mindedness,
part of the
hacker community,
part of Hope,
2600,
supercomputing,
several different
universities,
dog side,
I mean,
he's a really
extraordinary guy.
What an
intellectual power
house.
He was and
yet he chose
to hang out
with us.
Right.
I mean,
that's what's
really amazing
to me.
I mean,
that's the real
miracle here,
right?
That this
extraordinary guy
thought that we
were worthy of
his time.
He brightened up
all of our lives
in so many ways
and just,
you know,
I think we have
to look fondly
back at the
fact that we
got to hang
out with such
a cool dude
for so long
and we're going
to miss him
forever.
I have another
letter here
going to the
Hope people.
While I did
not ever meet
Greg,
I've heard
awesome stories
about him.
This year was
my first in-person
Hope event
and I was hoping
to meet Greg
since Emanuel's
visit to his
hospice.
I've been wanting
to know how
he's doing.
It was great
to hear he
had many
people visit
him with
love and
kindness.
I want to
thank you.
Thank you for
sharing Greg's
death with
the Hope
community.
It makes me
sad,
very sad.
we hope
the world
as a whole
has lost
a great
person and
the world
has lost
a great
person.
But because
of his
greatness and
compassion,
I feel hope
will continue
in his
honor.
I'll continue
to follow
2600 and
hope and
try to
volunteer more
often in
his honor.
Peace and
love.
And this
is the
sentiment
that's
coming out
before we
even said
we should
do more,
we should
live more.
People are
already feeling
that and
it just
makes me
both sad
and happy
at the same
time.
Here's another
from Scott.
Rest in
peace,
Greg,
you were a
bright candle
that lit all
of our time
with you during
Hope and
beyond.
And if you
want to write
in to us,
OTH at
2600.com
with your
thoughts and
feelings,
we'd certainly
appreciate hearing
that.
Yeah,
I'd also like
to invite some
phone calls if
people want to
talk about
him.
1-802-321-4225.
But also,
you know,
you were saying
about how he
was the healthy
guy.
He was the
guy who was
exercising and
keeping an
awesome diet
and living a
clean life in
the biological
sense.
and one
thing he
had was a
sense of
humor and
a weird,
dark sense
of humor at
times.
And I
really think
that he,
you know,
as much pain
as he was
in and as
much as he
was going
through,
he might
have appreciated
that irony
just a bit,
that you can
do everything
right and
still end up
in the
situation he
was in.
But,
you know,
he always
enjoyed a
good laugh,
did Greg.
and I
would like
to believe
he's still
somewhere getting
a kick out
of it.
It's weird,
you know,
I woke up
today,
he actually
passed yesterday
right after
seeing the
video,
shortly after
seeing the
video that
he had asked
people to put
together,
he and Alana
had asked
for that.
I woke up
today feeling
just inspired
to do more
and I haven't
felt that way
in a while
actually because
I've been doing
some traveling
and just
dealing with
a bunch of
other crazy
ridiculous
challenges that
kind of drain
you.
And today I
just felt,
wow,
you know,
let's start
fresh,
let's do
more things.
And,
you know,
I'm not a
spiritual person
per se,
but I think
there was a
bit of Greg
in that.
I think there
really was.
Just his
spirit will
continue to
move us
in one way
or another.
Don't know
any more than
the Pope,
but I
know there's
all kinds
of things
we can't
ever explain.
Or maybe
one day we
will,
but not
the foreseeable
future.
Yes,
Rob?
Yeah,
I was just,
if you do
a search
on 2600.com
for the name
Greg Newby,
you know,
you'll see
he was on
off the hook,
off the wall
so many times
and of course
everything with
hope.
And I was
just looking
through the
descriptions
of some
of the
episodes
that come
up and
things happening
that I
remember like
when he was
running his
sled dogs
all around
and he
got bit
by a dog.
Not one
of his
dogs,
but here
he is
wrangling
a bunch
of really
powerful dogs
and some
other dog
bites him.
A different
dog,
yeah,
well that's
why you
have a team,
you know,
they're supposed
to protect
you from
that kind
of thing.
Yeah,
and of
course,
you know,
not to bring
back terrible
flashbacks for
you,
Kyle,
but there
was a time
you guys
were over
there giving
him a hand
and Kyle
injured his.
He broke
his hand,
this was
right after
we moved
from Alaska.
Yes,
I gave
my hand,
I gave
it willingly.
He fell
off the
back of
a truck
and it
was either
hit his
head or
hit his
hand,
he chose
for his
hand,
very quick
thinking there,
and we
got to learn
all about
the Canadian
health care
system,
which,
by the way,
you know,
they charged
him $25 to
ride in the
ambulance as
opposed to
thousands of
dollars here
in the
States,
and it's
just all
kind,
they were so
good to him,
even though
he was
an alien
from a
different
country,
and then
when we
got back
to this
country,
they tried
to take
advantage
and charge
$1,000 for
removing a
bandage,
you know,
bullshit like
that,
it taught us
some lessons,
it taught us
some really
good lessons.
Hey,
our phone line
is open,
just to reiterate,
802-3214-225,
any thoughts
that you have,
it's fine if
you don't,
I understand
if people
don't have
thoughts about
Greg,
and we can
just chat a
little bit
more,
we're not
really,
you know,
it's good to
talk to
everybody,
but as far
as putting
together an
informational
program right
now,
it's the last
thing on our
minds.
Yeah,
thinking about
how difficult
this has been
in the
months,
in the
intervening
months,
this is
weighed heavy
on a lot
of people,
so I just
think like,
yeah,
having a lot
of answers
or even
being able to
think about
the future
and stuff,
it's been
really hard,
and as
I said,
we're really
thinking of
his family
and loved
ones right
now.
Indeed.
I just
remember you
guys,
of course,
were over in
Canada and
I was here
in New York
hosting the
show and I
got to razz
him a little
bit for like,
I'm sending
you my
colleagues and
you go and
damage them.
Try not to
do that anymore,
I'm running
low.
You enjoyed
that,
but yes,
Alex?
I remember
a funny
memory of
when Hope
was moving
over to
St.
John's and
Greg had
found St.
John's and
we were all
over there.
I think you
were there
too,
Greg,
you might
have been
there,
Gila,
but you
and Manuel
and Kyle
were definitely
there and Greg
was there and
we're all
hanging out in
the bottom
area talking
about like,
we could use
this classroom
or this
space and
my oldest
son,
Sasha,
came with
us and I
was telling
him tonight
too that this
was going to
be a
sad show
because we
lost a
friend and
I said,
this is
somebody that
you met
over at
St.
John's and
I had this
memory flood
into my
head where
we sat
there and
we talked
for quite
a long
time.
I mean,
it was
hours about
the different
potential
possibilities of
how we
could use
the space
and Sasha
sat there
the whole
time very
patiently and
when we
left,
he said
to me,
God damn,
do those
guys ever
shut up?
Wow.
Yeah.
this was
also,
I think
this was
the first
time we
had all
seen each
other in
person since
COVID lockdown.
Yeah,
that's right.
That's true.
Yes,
it was the
first time.
It's so
weird to
think of
that.
Yeah.
God.
Well,
then we
we went
out for
pizza
and going
to a
random
pizza place
in Queens.
It wasn't
random.
It was
Regina's
across the
street from
St. John's.
There's nothing
random about
Regina's.
I'm sorry.
I just I
like Regina's.
No,
it's lovely,
but it was
the first time
we were there
in terms of
the hope
context.
And,
you know,
it's always
fun to
go out with
your friend
who's vegan
to a pizza
place.
And he
was just
totally chill
about it.
We did that
a number of
times.
He would
always get a
salad.
And,
you know,
it was it's
tough being a
vegan.
We get that,
especially,
you know,
there are
times in
Europe where,
you know,
they didn't
even know
what a
vegan was.
And we had
to kind of
explain it.
Always very
patient,
you know,
and it's
just,
you know,
part of the
challenge,
I suppose.
But he
led a very
unique life.
He really
did.
All right,
one more
time,
802-321-4225.
Again,
we're not
pressuring people
to call,
but it's
fine if you
do or you
don't.
Any other
thoughts,
memories,
things that you
want to share
with people?
I have
another letter
to read,
but you go
ahead first.
Okay,
just a couple
more things
from the
chat.
Sarah B4513
says,
I just tuned
in.
May he rest
in peace.
Sending
condolences to
all.
The world
has lost
a good
dude.
And Tim
in Connecticut
said,
it speaks
very well of
Greg by many
people he
touched with
kind words.
My condolences
to all.
this is from
our friends
over at
the Tesla
Science Center
at the
Tesla Museum.
This is
incredibly sad
news.
I read this
with a broken
heart.
The community
Greg built
is one that
stands behind
him,
reflecting the
strength and
generosity he
shared with
so many.
I'll make a
personal donation
to his page
on behalf of
Tesla Science
Center at
Wardenclyffe
for keeping
the legacy
of Nikola
Tesla and
championing
the community.
I would like
to provide
a brick to
be laid at
the site of
Tesla's last
laboratory where
people from
around the
world come
to honor his
work and
support the
building of
a museum and
Science Center
dedicated to
his legacy.
It is people
like Greg who
carry that
spirit forward
through selfless
work that
makes the
world better
for all of
us.
This is
truly
heartbreaking
news.
Please let
me know who
I should
coordinate with
to coordinate
this and we
will certainly
be in touch.
Thank you
Douglas for
those very
very kind
words.
And there
are so many
ways we can
pay tribute
to Greg.
That is one
beautiful way
of doing
that.
And I'm
sure we
will think
of many
many more.
For those
of you who
got the
latest issue
of 2600
you might
notice that we
do have a
date for the
next conference.
We have not
yet started
preparations for
that.
It's probably
going to be a
little while
before we do
because we're
just you know
we've kind of
had the air
knocked out of
us with all
this.
But we do
hope that
you'll be a
part of it
that you'll
help us move
forward and
that we make
this even better
you know for
Greg in his
memory through
his efforts
everything that
he has given
to us.
We're all so
lucky to have
had him in
our lives.
And I only
hope his
last days
were as
peaceful as
they could
possibly have
been.
I know there's
a lot of
pain involved
in something
like pancreatic
cancer and
it's just
you know I
wouldn't wish
this on my
worst enemy
this kind
of pain
this kind
of horror
it's just
you know
someone like
Greg especially
who has done
so much good
and has
tried so hard
to be as
good a person
as he could
possibly be
yeah he would
recognize the
irony I don't
know if he'd
laugh at the
irony but he
would certainly
recognize it
and it's a
damn shame
I you know
we need to
stop all the
crap and start
actually figuring
these things out
so that this
doesn't continue
to destroy
lives you
know there
are so many
diseases out
there we
don't seem to
be any further
along than
when I was a
kid you know
and and all
you hear are
these pleased
for us to
dig into our
pockets and
support them
well you know
it should be a
lot more than
that it should
be you know
every government
in the world
pouring as much
as they can
to to figure
this out it
shouldn't be
relying on
spare change
this should be
a priority more
than anything
else and
the fact that
it isn't
that speaks
volumes and
I think maybe
we need to
raise our voices
a bit to
ensure that
people in
charge know
what the
priorities are
because losing
people like
this is
unacceptable
it's so
unacceptable
and yeah
Rob got to
work on that
strongly worded
memo because
or blog post
all right
I think we're
done for
tonight
it's fine
it's fine
that we're
not getting
calls and I
understand why
but please
write to us
OTH at
2600.com
we'd like to
hear your
thoughts
next week
barring anything
else unforeseen
and tragic
and just
traumatizing
we will have
a normal
set of
shows
off the
hook on
WBAI
overtime
here on
YouTube
any last
words guys
and of
course if
folks want
to send
messages to
Greg's
family we
will continue
to forward
those along
and I'm
sure that
they will be
appreciated
that's that's
true yeah the
other thing I
didn't take into
account is we
haven't been
on overtime
in I think
over a month
and that's
sometimes that
that makes
people forget
that we
exist and
that's one of
the other
reasons why
we have less
people on
tonight so
okay no
problem we'll
we'll keep
doing this
until we
rebuild you
know the
audience and
that's we'll
have we'll
have more
chats in the
future well
and it was
you know good
to have many
of our regulars
with us this
evening we
oh we're
you know it
a little bit of
normalcy I think
is good and we
have missed doing
this over the
last month so
I'm glad we're
all back together
tonight and
fuck cancer
cancer man
yeah thanks
everyone for
joining us it
is also it
is for my
part good to
be back with
you speaking
and thanks
for everyone
for listening
and for
keeping Greg's
memory and
and his spirit
alive and
in your
recollections of
of him and
thanks for your
understanding right
now because it
really has been
a difficult
period for
for him for
his family and
loved ones and
extended family on
into everyone
here and
everyone who's
who's shared
their stories with
us so thanks
thanks very much
for keeping
every everything
front of mind
right now and
love deeply and
I think the
more more
people you
come into
contact with
the more
people you
love the
more you open
yourself up for
this kind of
vulnerability but
I think it's
it's it's healthy
to to sit with
it and and be
able to talk
about it yeah
it's tempting to
you know to to
be a little
colder so you
don't get affected
by things like
this but let me
tell you the pain
is worth the
joy you know
I'm sorry I
meant I said
that backwards
didn't I the
joy is worth the
pain I'm sorry
yeah because
no I'm not I'm
not yeah okay
whatever but it's
it's worth it to
feel emotion even
when the emotion
is heartbreaking
because you also
feel the joy and
you feel the love
it sounds like a
Beatles song I
know but it's
it's there's
truth there is
truth in that
Alex that's
exactly right
though that's
what I'm yeah
absolutely yes
yeah I think
it's also worth
mentioning that you
know this is the
first time we've
all been back
together and quite
a few weeks it's
a good night for
it I'm glad we're
all here tonight
that's exactly the
point here is that
you know we're
back together with
each other with our
listeners with the
community that's
that's been listening
to us for for so
long and I think
it's been really a
perfect send-off for
our dear friend
Greg we'll miss
you let's let's
let's commit to
getting together in
person in the
future because you
know want to hug
you all but if I
did that I'd break
some things that I'd
be I'd be grabbing
and yeah but you
know in person is
better and we're
not that far from
each other so we
should be able to
do this and yeah
all right everybody
thank you for
listening thank you
for being a part
thank you for your
kind words stay
connected we will see
you again next week
good night