I Barely Knew Ye...
I barely knew him, but Iain Truskett (aka "Spoon") passed away December 29th. He was a year younger than me, and contributed to my second book, Spidering Hacks, along with a very healthy dose of other Perl related efforts. We were slowly getting to know each other, and I could easily see further collaboration. Iain, you'll be missed, my friend. I'm sorry to see you go.