Keith Hoyle

Jan 1946 - 20 Mar 2006

This Website is devoted to the memory of Keith Hoyle, who left our company peacefully just over two weeks ago at the time of this writing. As someone said at his wake last Saturday (1 April - Keith would've liked that), "When a man like Keith dies, it's like watching a library burn."

For me, that says it all; but, like most academics, I can't resist embellishing. It helps me process the unacceptable fact of his absence.

I reckon I am not alone in this, and now that the wake is over, ongoing opportunities are scarce. So I have set up this site and the associated wiki (see below) where anyone with words or pictures or sound bytes or anything else that can fit onto a computer is welcome to add their contribution to this collection.

I'd also like to host an electronic photo album, if people are interested in sending me image files. Sadly, I have only a few of my own. Here's an example (click on the small "thumbnail" image to get a giant version):    

Keith's Wiki

Just click on the above heading to get there. So far there is only my first few words, but it will grow. If you are unfamiliar with the workings of wikis, just go to the mediawiki Main page and follow the link to "What's a wiki?" to learn more. A famous example is the WikipediA, probably the world's most encyclopædic encyclopædia, which was built entirely by people like us who came, saw, said, "Hmm, I could improve on that," and did. Unless it becomes necessary to protect some parts, everything on a wiki is open to adding, editing, revising or deleting by everyone who visits the wiki. Inappropriate changes can be reverted with relative ease, so "vandalism" is pointless. This combination has been proven miraculous, but it needs the impetus of a few initial enthusiasts to get started, for obvious reasons.

I ask only that you keep anonymous editing/posting to a minimum; you can easily register yourself and log in so that your immortal words will be properly attributed. But I won't require registration unless signs of abuse crop up.

Images and sound are also welcome, up to a few MB in size, but I don't know yet how gracefully the wiki accepts uploads. In a pinch (or if you'd like to add something to this page) you can send me an Email attachment or a physical CD and I will try to incorporate it to our mutual satisfaction. No Micro$oft-only media, please.

Webmaster: Jess H. Brewer
Last modified: Wed Aug 15 15:46:01 PDT 2012