ArnoldIT Loses Best Engineer
November 20, 2010
Short honk: Just a quick note about the death of Tyson (Kenliko Canadian Mist, 2003-2010), a former American Kennel Club show dog with a technical bent. He died as a result of an auto-immune disease on November 20, 2010.
Tyson’s parents hailed from Germany and the United States. In this photograph he is looking at one of the geese who winter in Harrod’s Creek. Chasing geese was one of his favorite activities after testing search algorithms.
Like our other computer-savvy engineers, Tyson contributed to numerous Google research projects, and he was particularly interested in new clients. His judgment was impeccable.
After many successful appearances in dog shows, he gave up the bright lights and female boxers to work on search and content processing in Harrod’s Creek, Kentucky.
Not long ago, we asked him, “What do you think about the next-generation of enterprise search and content processing solutions.” He replied, “Not happy.”
He added, “Why can’t these vendors focus on facts when describing their products?”
You can see from his expression that he had more to say about search and the mid tier consultants, former English majors reinvented as programmers, and the marketing fast dancers in this sector.
He was a great worker and a colleague of few words. Now it’s back to work at ArnoldIT.
Just lonely today in the server room, though.
Stephen E Arnold, November 20, 2010
No one paid me to write this.
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What a beautiful dog, I bet he had the most wonderful range of facial expressions. Tyson, may your spirit rock on.
Hey Steve,
I was just reading through your blog trying to learn stuff and saw this post. I am so sorry to hear about Tyson. I know he was a true campanion to you and the team. I can certainly understand how difficult it is to lose an animal. My thoughts are with you guys. Take care.
Steve,
So sorry. It’s funny how these little animals so subtly work their way into our lives.
Steve,
Having recently lost my boy Gomer, I know what you are facing. It’s amazing how lonely the loss of our dog companions can be. Am thinking of you and I will miss Tyson.
Sorry to hear that. Our lives are duller for losing our companion’s.
Love his expression in that photo, may his memory live on 🙂