My Tribute to Sigi Rindler

As part of my reflecting back on his countless contributions & service to our club, I did a quick search of the TPC website, and this was very revealing, as it only further confirmed Sigi's superstar status:

His interests and specialties (from the TPC member directory):

computing: Word crunching, On-line dictionaries, Various utilities, Building my own computer

interests: Classical music, Electronics and other gadgets

help with: No specialties, but I know a bit of everything... and I know somebody who knows! <g>

Sigi's officer positions:

- Membership Chair, 1993-1995

- Mr. Akihabara, 1995-2002

http://www.tokyopc.org/tpc/officers.html (also, a couple of photos of him on this page)

Akihabara tour reports/updates:

00/1/16 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/2000/02/index.html (p. 8 - nice photo of Sigi)

99/11/14 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1999/12/index.html (p. 8 - I love this color caricature of him!)

99/9/15 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1999/10/index.html (p. 3)

July 1999 Algorithmica Japonica (AJ) (p. 12. Also, p. 2 lists Sigi as Publicity Director):

http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1999/07/index.html

98/10/18 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1998/11/Aj9811c.pdf (p. 8)

97/10/12 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/11/aki9711.html

97/8/10 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/09/aki9709.html

97/5/11 & 97/5/18 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/06/akiupdate.html

97/3/16 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/04/aki9703.html

96/10/6 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1996/11/aki9611.html

Feb. 1996 AJ - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1996/02/akigoods.html

96/1/21 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1996/02/akitour.html

More misc. Algorithmica Japonica articles:

HP Printer Nightmares, June 1998 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1998/06/hpmares.html

Fax Away with "Faxaway," Feb. 1998 - http://news.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1998/02/faxaway.html

How to Get a State-of-the-Art Computer System for Free, Feb. 1998 - http://news.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1998/02/freecomp.html

Callback, Dec. 1997 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/12/callback.html

Browsing the Net, Oct. 1997 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/10/browsfun.html

Sharing Things, Oct. 1997 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/10/sharing.html

Virus Alert, Oct. 1997 - http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/10/viralert.html

Building My Own Computer, May 1997 -http://www.tokyopc.org/newsletter/1997/05/buildcom.html

Photo of "Doorman" Sigi helping out Treasurer Tony:

http://www.tokyopc.org/meetings/1999/04/

Another photo of Sigi enjoying a soft drink:

http://www.tokyopc.org/meetings/1997/12/

Rest in peace, Sigi. You were one awesome dude....

Gary Wolff
Program Director
Tokyo PC Users Group
June 15, 2008