My condolences to you and your family. Your tribute to your dad is the best father's day gift any dad would give his right arm for. Engadget is really your dad's legacy. Keep up the great work, Peter.
Your father sounds like he was a very principled man who lived his life to the fullest. You should be proud to call him your dad. I don't have my father either, but when I was 32 years of age I married the second girl I ever fell in love with. You see, my dad was a brilliant piano player who really shone when playing jazz or Elvis. Seriously. He recorded a few albums, played Vegas - even showing up the band in the main room so much the other band had to stop playing - and loved football. I can happlliy say that my wife and I have a wonderful and playful son named Jude (notice the musical reference). My dad died the month before my son was born and while I wish he could have seen his grandson just once for me to witness, I know he saw him somewhere. My son has played the piano almost every day since his this past April. He is only 3. I guess what I am saying is that there are many people out here reading your views everyday and appreciate you humor and respect your ratings and opinions. I refer your website to as many people as I can, frequently even going online right then to show them an article of yours. Your father-inspired passion for gadgets makes me wish my father and I had the relationship you had with yours. So good luck with the website and maybe you can pass along your wisdom with your child. By passing along ALL of his loves of medicine, gadgets, music and more, your father couldn't chouse which one you took to. That is a difficult thing to deal with as a parent as more and more messages are put out there with marketing, movies, celebrity culture and the like. I hope to be able to pass along my love of life in a manner similar to the way your father passed his along to you. Hopefully, he will cherish his time with me and write something as beautiful and thoughtful as you have done here. Thank you for your courage to share this and keep up the excellent service you provide to people to enhance their knowledge of everything Engadget.
Pete, I was a patient and a friend of your fathers. He became very close to our family this year. We shared our triumphs and heartaches, excuse the pun, over heart surgeries. Beginning in August your father and I kept in touch by phone quite frequently. We would discuss the pros and cons of heart valve redo surgery. Around October and November our phone calls became more frequent as my husband's surgery was close at hand. The months of November, December, and Januuary seem like a blur. But, I do know that your dad was ever vigilant about checking in on us and likewise us with him. We last heard from your dad last month when he called here to see how my husband was doing and to say he had an article on the latest heart surgery research to send us. The clock stopped the day I received the phone call about your dad. I honestly can say I cried most the day. I am proud to say he was my doctor and my friend. I am glad he touched my life. I will miss him.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Elias @ Jun 17th 2007 1:06PM
You reflect him well, Pete. Thanks for sharing.
G-man @ Jun 17th 2007 5:30PM
My condolences to you and your family. Your tribute to your dad is the best father's day gift any dad would give his right arm for. Engadget is really your dad's legacy. Keep up the great work, Peter.
TMZisclassless @ Jun 17th 2007 10:37PM
Your father sounds like he was a very principled man who lived his life to the fullest. You should be proud to call him your dad. I don't have my father either, but when I was 32 years of age I married the second girl I ever fell in love with. You see, my dad was a brilliant piano player who really shone when playing jazz or Elvis. Seriously. He recorded a few albums, played Vegas - even showing up the band in the main room so much the other band had to stop playing - and loved football. I can happlliy say that my wife and I have a wonderful and playful son named Jude (notice the musical reference). My dad died the month before my son was born and while I wish he could have seen his grandson just once for me to witness, I know he saw him somewhere. My son has played the piano almost every day since his this past April. He is only 3. I guess what I am saying is that there are many people out here reading your views everyday and appreciate you humor and respect your ratings and opinions. I refer your website to as many people as I can, frequently even going online right then to show them an article of yours. Your father-inspired passion for gadgets makes me wish my father and I had the relationship you had with yours. So good luck with the website and maybe you can pass along your wisdom with your child. By passing along ALL of his loves of medicine, gadgets, music and more, your father couldn't chouse which one you took to. That is a difficult thing to deal with as a parent as more and more messages are put out there with marketing, movies, celebrity culture and the like. I hope to be able to pass along my love of life in a manner similar to the way your father passed his along to you. Hopefully, he will cherish his time with me and write something as beautiful and thoughtful as you have done here. Thank you for your courage to share this and keep up the excellent service you provide to people to enhance their knowledge of everything Engadget.
Benji @ Jun 18th 2007 3:24PM
Wow, Peter, that is the only Engadget post that I actually cried after reading.
I'm really sorry for your loss, your father seemed to be a great man. May he rest in peace.
Kathy Morehouse @ Jun 21st 2007 9:38PM
Pete,
I was a patient and a friend of your fathers. He became very close to our family this year. We shared our triumphs and heartaches, excuse the pun, over heart surgeries. Beginning in August your father and I kept in touch by phone quite frequently. We would discuss the pros and cons of heart valve redo surgery. Around October and November our phone calls became more frequent as my husband's surgery was close at hand. The months of November, December, and Januuary seem like a blur. But, I do know that your dad was ever vigilant about checking in on us and likewise us with him. We last heard from your dad last month when he called here to see how my husband was doing and to say he had an article on the latest heart surgery research to send us. The clock stopped the day I received the phone call about your dad. I honestly can say I cried most the day. I am proud to say he was my doctor and my friend. I am glad he touched my life. I will miss him.