[Dprglist] Barry Jordan
David P. Anderson
davida at smu.edu
Sun Jun 20 16:31:47 PDT 2021
Sad news. So, did we not ever take any pictures at the RBNOs at
Barry's? I remember running SR04 in his living room. He usually fed
us. And had a great garage/workroom.
I guess back in the pre-smartphone days we didn't take as many
pictures. Maybe Eric? Or Steve Rainwater?
David
On 6/20/21 4:52 PM, Eric Yundt via DPRGlist wrote:
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> DPRG,
>
> Wow! That is terrible news about Barry... The only foto I found of
> Barry in the DPRG archives was this one from 1999:
>
> *Barry Jordan*
> https://www.dprg.org/history/gallery/rr1999b/0003.html
> <https://www.dprg.org/history/gallery/rr1999b/0003.html>
>
>
> Too bad that Dallas Observer article online didn't preserve the
> fotos. There were some neat ones that the reporter took when she
> visited Barry's garage (a couple times) while working on that
> article. Back then we were having a blast working on that home-built
> CNC machine, cutting out Bot Bones for the little Robot Kit Barry and
> I were selling online at the time. When I moved down to Costa Rica I
> brought a couple copies of that Dallas Observer issue and the award
> certificates we won with that 2 legged walking bot called Toddler
> which only used 2 servo motors to walk and dance, etc. Of course I
> can't find any of that stuff now although that Li'l Toddler bot still
> sits on a shelf in my office. jejeje.
>
> R.I.P Barry. It was an honor to know you.
>
> Eric Yundt
> DPRG President (a few years in the mid-'90s when we met at the Infomart)
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 2:24 PM Jeff Koenig via DPRGlist
> <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
>
> Terribly sad news. I don't think I have any photographs of Barry,
> but I do have plenty of great memories of him and the RBNOs he
> hosted.
>
> He was always very positive and would generously share his time,
> talent, and tools with anyone who expressed an interest.
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 2:41 PM Doug Paradis via DPRGlist
> <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
>
> Kipton,
> I never was introduced to Barry. DPRG has attempted to
> retain as much of its history as possible. Please go to
> https://www.dprg.org/gallery/ <https://www.dprg.org/gallery/>
> and look at the pictures from the 2001 - 2002 time period and
> see if there are pictures of Barry. If you find one please let
> me know which picture he is in. I will place a link to the
> Dallas Observer Article in the club web archives.
>
> Regards,
> Doug P.
>
> On Sun, Jun 20, 2021 at 10:36 AM Kipton Moravec via DPRGlist
> <dprglist at lists.dprg.org <mailto:dprglist at lists.dprg.org>> wrote:
>
> I found the Dallas Observer Article
>
> https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/machinations-6391275
> <https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/machinations-6391275>
>
> Kip
>
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