Mathowie guest editor on LifeHacker

March 13, 2006 4:53 PM

mathowie has finally left us and moved on to greener pastures.
posted by eyeballkid to MetaFilter-Related at 4:53 PM (37 comments total)

Jesus, don't give me a heart attack like that!
posted by bonheur at 5:10 PM on March 13, 2006

How much do you think 1.24 million comments are worth, on the open market? That's a lot of pageviews..
posted by graventy at 5:35 PM on March 13, 2006

mathowie has finally left us and moved on to greener pastures.

Woooooo! Party! *gets naked, gets drunk, runs amok*

How much do you think 1.24 million comments are worth, on the open market? That's a lot of pageviews..

2 cents. Duh.
posted by loquacious at 5:38 PM on March 13, 2006

YOU HAD TO DO IT, DIDN'T YA? YOU JUST HAD TO DRIVE HIM AWAY.

(Woo-Hoo! *Pees on carpet*)
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:49 PM on March 13, 2006

This is my second stint filling in for someone there. It's just a part-time afternoon thing for the next few days. Mostly it's just reposting interesting things I find in my news feeds.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:54 PM on March 13, 2006

"Metafilter overlord". Heh. We won't let you live that down soon!
posted by nicwolff at 5:54 PM on March 13, 2006

Sweet god, who's watching Jru--
posted by boo_radley at 6:00 PM on March 13, 2006

They just have that one picture of him?
posted by puke & cry at 6:03 PM on March 13, 2006

Daddy drinks because you cry.
posted by scody at 6:04 PM on March 13, 2006

*sheepishly puts pants back on, puts furniture back right side up, hides giant bottle of dingle*
posted by loquacious at 6:04 PM on March 13, 2006

I wish people would start using this picture of mathowie instead.
posted by slogger at 7:02 PM on March 13, 2006

I for one welcome our Metafilter…

Ah, shit. I'm sick of it too.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:10 PM on March 13, 2006

I, for one pancake blue can't have our vibrating metafilter nice things I just don't know. Luck dragon camera portabella mushrooms? Pony hope me Lokken
posted by TwelveTwo at 7:21 PM on March 13, 2006

SCIENCE.
posted by Astro Zombie at 7:23 PM on March 13, 2006

twelvetwo, that really makes you think.
posted by todbot at 7:37 PM on March 13, 2006

I don't WANT to be exposed to TwelveTwo.

See, smartyboots; there's always at least one you miss.
posted by yhbc at 7:51 PM on March 13, 2006

Thanks to your nipples, we have cameras.
posted by puke & cry at 7:54 PM on March 13, 2006

I declare this week to be Goatse week on MeFi.
posted by homunculus at 8:00 PM on March 13, 2006

you know, I was expecting their pic of him to involve a recumbent bicycle.

when I say that, of course, i'm quoting SCIENCE!
posted by shmegegge at 8:32 PM on March 13, 2006

*searches for the pizza delivery Haughey photoshop, fails*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:34 PM on March 13, 2006

You fools! You blew it up! You fools!
posted by blue_beetle at 8:38 PM on March 13, 2006

Mostly it's just reposting interesting things I find in my news feeds.

It's true. 90% of the content on Gizmodo (when I was "there") was stuff I gleaned from my & Joel's OPML file. 5% reader tips, 5% complete and utter bullshit.

Mmm... Gawker.

I do heart Lifehacker, though. Need to get Gina's OPML hotness.
posted by disillusioned at 8:40 PM on March 13, 2006

For what it's worth, I discovered MeFi through Lifehacker's Ask Metafilter roundups.
posted by disillusioned at 8:45 PM on March 13, 2006

*searches for the pizza delivery Haughey photoshop, fails*

Here. / too bored to work
posted by dhruva at 8:46 PM on March 13, 2006

That pizza needs more squid. If only to match the maritime background.

(And, damn, I need to go visit SF again real soon now. I miss that bridge, and that beach. And everything else, even the fog and cold, clammy weather.)
posted by loquacious at 8:52 PM on March 13, 2006

When mathowie finally leaves us, we won't know about it until there's some downtime that starts same as it ever does, but just never ends.

What is the succession plan, Matt? Or does this joint really have a truck-number of 1?

Of course you're irreplaceable - I'm just wondering who we should skewer, in the months following your death, and with our usual collective supportiveness, for handling the whole affair wrong :D
posted by scarabic at 10:49 PM on March 13, 2006

I nominate quonsar for replacement Haughey. He looks like a trustworthy fella, after all.
posted by TwelveTwo at 10:53 PM on March 13, 2006

Well, given that 58% of Lifehacker's content comes from AskMeFi, at least this cuts out the middleman.
posted by holgate at 10:58 PM on March 13, 2006

Is it just me, or has Lifehacker jumped the shark?

Waitaminnit...
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:40 PM on March 13, 2006

When mathowie finally leaves us, we won't know about it until there's some downtime that starts same as it ever does, but just never ends.

It's going to be like the way The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress ends, won't it? (I weep on the inside)
posted by tweak at 12:26 AM on March 14, 2006

Damnit, tweak, now you got me sobbing.
posted by Plutor at 4:03 AM on March 14, 2006

But this always cheers me up:

posted by Plutor at 4:05 AM on March 14, 2006

I wish the daily show would do a piece on metafilter and have Ed Helms interview Matt. But in reality it would be Matt pretending to be Ed interview Ed pretending to be Matt. Ed (who is really Matt) would ask weirdly absurd questions about the filter and Matt (who is Ed) would give all sorts of insane and outrageous answers. It'd be great.
posted by Apoch at 7:19 AM on March 14, 2006

WHAT?
posted by scarabic at 8:33 AM on March 14, 2006

Scarabic: see here.
posted by Plutor at 8:40 AM on March 14, 2006

But this always cheers me up:

That picture is the key to my zen-like calm in the face of the daunting chaos that is MetaFilter. Whenever one of my half-baked or pitifully doubled posts is deleted I just imagine Matt making that face as he's deleting it, and all is well.
posted by loquacious at 9:10 AM on March 14, 2006

It's going to be like the way The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress ends, won't it? (I weep on the inside)
posted by tweak at 12:26 AM PST on March 14

Man... Man my only friend...... *sobs quietly*
posted by jokeefe at 1:21 PM on March 14, 2006