Arthur C. Clarke passed away today, on his lovely island home in Sri Lanka, and I can't believe he's gone. I remember devouring his books as a child, watching him walk along that lovely beach in his TV series and being lucky enough to attend one of his lectures a lifetime ago. A mind that could contemplate space elevators, geostationary telecommunication arrays and Clarke's Laws, that could plumb the depths of the oceans with as much ease as it reached up to the stars is one that will be surely missed. The only consolation is the 100+ books he left behind and the fact his ideas and dreams changed the world in which we live, but I will miss him.