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Unfortunately I never got to know him as he died when I was a baby, though I have a feeling we share a lot in common.
I also have his old Dragon 32 computer that he was using to learn programming in the 1980s, with reams of hand-written code that still works on the computer.
I only found this photo in recent years and have since learned that he was actually instrumental to the construction of the entire droid, particularly with working out how to machine the complex shapes like the dome and legs out of single sheets of aluminium.
He didn't just build one either, he ended up constructing a handful of the droids for various uses in the film.
I still have no idea how he did it, especially without modern software and computer-controlled machining.
This is my grandad, he built the original R2-D2 for the first Star Wars film…
Jack was a master sheet metal worker, and was roped into using his skills on an obscure project to turn the sketches for the droid into something that could be constructed out of aluminium sheets.
I always knew he'd helped make part of R2-D2. However…
#MayThe4th #MayTheFouthBeWithYou #StarWars
@paul Yeah same for me, it's always been the creativity and turning ideas into things that didn't exist before which appealed to me. It took me a long time to realise that though, I struggled to let go of the coding aspect up until the last year or so really.
Just realised I've been writing code in one way or another for nearly 30 years 🤯
I'd say today I'm much less in love with the coding part of code, though I still love the magical way it allows me to create things and make my ideas real.
How relentlessly vocal the anti-renewables crowd are is a great barometer for good news happening somewhere.
It's actually the way I find out about some of the positive industry events, I shit you not.
