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Title: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: XavierGr on December 14, 2006, 04:55:10 PM
    Michiel van der Kolk, also known as HCl on the rockbox IRC channel, died yesterday night at his apartment in the University Campus of Twente in Holland at the age of 23.
The cause of death seems to be "acute ulcer hemorrhage".

    HCl joined the rockbox project around 2004 in November when the iriver port started. His contribution to Rockbox was spread in many areas and among others he is responsible for the Rockboy emulator and the previous tag database system.

    Our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
The Rockbox Community will always remember HCl, rest in peace...

Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: keytotime on December 14, 2006, 09:41:11 PM
My Condolences to his family.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: AlexP on December 14, 2006, 09:57:52 PM
My sincere condolences also.  A loss to us all.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Arj on December 14, 2006, 10:05:51 PM
Rest in peace, Michiel.  My condolences to his family.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: adam917 on December 14, 2006, 10:15:44 PM
:-( My condolences go out to his family to friends. May he rest in peace...
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: gozirra on December 15, 2006, 01:00:37 AM
Oh wow.  It is sad to hear news like this.  Such a talented man he was.  He will be sorely missed here.  Rest in peace, Michiel.

Goz
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Noxneo on December 15, 2006, 03:22:23 AM
My condolences to his family and friend as well.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: moozooh on December 15, 2006, 07:50:14 AM
May the earth be soft as feathers for Michiel.

Btw, XavierGr, your avatar coupled with this message looks especially creepy. Not that it's anything bad… Just creepy.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: w1ll14m on December 15, 2006, 10:36:35 AM
My Condolences to his freinds, family and class mates.

It's verry sad news also a big loss for us all, as far as I know he's a good programmer, now there are even less programmers from the netherlands working in rockbox :(

I Think he deserved a special place in the Rockbox credits! But who am I to think that.

Dear Michiel,
Rest in peace!
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: jungti1234 on December 15, 2006, 12:35:17 PM
Rest In Peace.  :'(
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: senab on December 15, 2006, 02:22:26 PM
Rest In Peace  :'(
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Gnelik on December 15, 2006, 02:34:07 PM
Dear Michiel,
Rest in peace!
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Hangout on December 16, 2006, 09:01:48 AM
Rest in peace :(
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: WouteЯ on December 16, 2006, 10:46:46 AM
Michiel, Rust In Vrede, mijn Nederlandse vriend...

Michiel, Rest In Peace, my Dutch friend...
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Bger on December 17, 2006, 03:25:53 PM
All I can say is that I felt really horrible when read this on the front page  :'(
Rest in peace, Michiel...
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: travishayes89 on December 17, 2006, 05:07:45 PM
RIP Michiel, it's always sad when someone dies, but its even sadder when someone dies and their work is forgotten.

I say that RockBoy when finished to 100% be dedicated to him.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: NPswimdude500 on December 18, 2006, 04:00:32 PM
That's terrible news. My condolences as well...
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Hello on December 18, 2006, 04:17:47 PM
PS

If you all can tell us a little more about him, his work, programs etc, please
Because he alwas said to me,dad you don't understand this internet world...
Thats true.... so perhaps you know something nice about him.
I was always very proud of him

Bye...
 
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Tang on December 19, 2006, 02:56:24 PM
Deep condolences to the family, friends and the whole Rockbox community... Very bad news, just talked sometimes with HCl, Michiel was a talentuous programmer but also very nice man...
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Greenleaves on December 20, 2006, 08:25:12 AM
It's sad to hear the news.

I don't know Michiel in person but his work and passion in Rockbox has brought us so much fun and joy we all have enjoyed. His dedication and work is something to celebrate for a long time.

My condolences to his family and friend.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Shin on December 20, 2006, 08:51:44 AM
.....he was one of my best friends. I remember that on the 9th of december he wasn#t himself. Everyone thought he had a psychosis. Thank you for posting this, I told his other friends. He shall rest in peace .....
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Ahezhara on December 20, 2006, 09:47:25 AM
In memories.
I can't think right now, sorry.

If his dad reads this.  I can tell you a lot about him
I'm so glad this post was here so we could find out.

Dead... HCl...
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Bagder on December 20, 2006, 09:52:48 AM
Hello,

HCl appeared in the #rockbox IRC channel one day and was eager to help us advance the project. He grabbed issues he enjoyed, and in particular we will remember him for his tireless and speedy work on getting the Rockboy emulator to run on the iriver H100.

He also worked on improving the tag database system in Rockbox, and he added new capabilities that weren't previously possible like rating sounds and keep track of the number of times songs were played. He also wrote a java program for generating the database on host. (He built this upon the original database code/work written by Zagor and myself. In later days that whole subsystem was replaced by the current Tagcache/Database.)

HCl is still very much present in the stats for the IRC channel, as one of the top-10 talkers during the project's entire life-time.

He will be missed.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Crunchward on December 20, 2006, 10:58:59 AM
HCl Was a good friend of mines. I met him through Furcadia where he spread his programming knowledge to everyone and worked very hard in helping everyone there.
He made a website with a few things he made to help the people of Furcadia.
http://hecate.student.utwente.nl/furcadia/
He also has a lot of his work on www.heroinpuppy.com
Its not loading at the moment for me but I thought you might want to see more of the work he did. Rest in Peace, HCl. You'll be deeply missed by me and many others.
Loved in Life and loved equilly in the afterlife.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Ahezhara on December 20, 2006, 03:47:32 PM
His server is gone.

http://forums.furcadia.com/index.php?furcadia_session_id=11657

This is a link to more posts.  He was on the online community Furcadia a lot, had many friends whom he loved and who loved him.  He is a great loss to our community and we can't believe he's never logging on again...
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: SoulEata on December 21, 2006, 02:23:34 AM
This is tragic, I'm shocked. My condolences.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Hello on December 21, 2006, 02:51:10 PM
Thank you all for your warm feelings about our son Michiel....
He was very beloved by us .
For us it's hardly bearable, because last year our eldes daughter died too of another disease.....

Bye and thanks to you all..........
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: AlexP on December 21, 2006, 06:04:22 PM
I am so sorry for you.  No parent should live to bury their child.  Once is a tragedy, twice is unbearable
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Aproxima on December 22, 2006, 06:28:13 AM
I got here because of this topic about Michiel. He was a very good and dear friend of mine. I'll miss him.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: flo2005 on December 22, 2006, 09:45:36 AM
My deepest condolences, too !
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Crunchward on December 22, 2006, 04:36:23 PM
I took the following from my logfile in Furcadia.
There are many memorials there for HCl.
Another is being held tomorrow at 1 PM FST.


 
Telford: This is so hard to type..
 
Crutomic is like, crying.
 
Telford goes back to giving more of a speech.
 
Haze: this is making me really sad
 
Crutomic is crying. :'(
 
Shaun Dreclin feels oddly nausiated
 
Teki is also crying..
 

 
Shaun Dreclin is busy throwing up, but is still trying to follow along as closely as possible -_-;;
 

 
OOC Nash OOC: Thank you, Jen, First of all I wasn't Very close to HCl, He wasn't my best Friend ..we were simply friends who enjoyed each other company on occasion, we chatted over what seems close to 3-4 years, He was a Decent human being .. By that I mean, he was smart caring ...patient, and helpful and a huge Fricken asset to the Masons and Furcadia. He will be missed.
 
OOC Nash OOC: His death leaves me with guilt, and sorrow for not having gotten to know him Better. I do have some fond memories of him though and his extended Furcadia family to be there for in support. Everyone grieves differently. For some, gathering together for comfort some distancing themselves and trying to heal alone.
 
OOC Nash OOC: There has been talk of a petition ..to have a memorial in Naia, a very noble idea, indeed. But to be Purrrfectly hones..t I feel that would be rather selfish of us to hold one lost soul over others. .. we have lost more than a few furre here in the years Furcadia has grown. Farrette & Alexis, were key Beekins ..and that's not mentioning at least a dozen furre I knew through Role-play who have died over the years.
 
OOC Nash OOC: I think it's a good idea to honor those who have passed on, perhaps having a petition for a new small Permanent Dream Memorial in Naia would work ..  Ombra was thinking of organizing.. and trying to make such a thing, To honor all who we have lost. That's something HCl would have approved of .. holding him above others wouldn't have been ..
 
OOC Nash OOC: That's all I wanted to say.. I'm gonna head over to the statue and chill anyone's welcome to grab a copy of the iteme there.. For everyone who's hurting a Hug will be there for you.. Thank you for this service ..some of us need it to say goodbye.
 
OOC Nash OOC: I made a statue of him located here -' (URL: furc://snnashsn:hclmemorialstatue/) furc://snnashsn:hclmemorialstatue/ for those who wish to build small Private dream shrines to their friend.. you are all welcome to grab a copy of it as its unencrypted. A shrine will be made in  the Haven.. the Dream he called home. Another service is being held Saturday, 1:00 FST time
 
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Crunchward on December 23, 2006, 10:25:36 AM
Another memorial is being held today at 1 FST in Furcadia (An online community)
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Musicmad on December 23, 2006, 05:39:16 PM
This is so sad. My condolences.

I'm in tears...
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: Clubvibe on December 27, 2006, 08:43:08 AM
What a shock. what a poor loss to all of us. But most of all it's very sad to die such a young age.

Rust in vrede michiel... :'(

Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: 4etvegr on January 07, 2007, 01:02:00 PM
i'm a newby, but i want to say: r.i.p.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: toolej on January 08, 2007, 10:01:04 AM
This is awful. 23 is such a young age and when someone passes away before their time it is always tragic.
Title: Re: Michiel van der Kolk, a.k.a HCl, rest in peace!
Post by: zombieplasticclock on January 10, 2007, 02:54:52 PM
 Lets just be thankful for his help on rockbox before his shortcoming.

rest in peace michiel