I didn't know him personally, but had talked to him in forums, and was a member of his forum for a while. I don't like to tie myself down to one forum though.
As you may already know this forum was set up as a temporary site while Alchemy forums.com was being Updated. If you haven't been there I would suggest you give it a visit as it has a large and experienced community and it went back online today
I have heard of and seen that site before, but have never got round to registering on to it, I shall have to go check it out when I have a spare minute.