Goodbye, Mr. (Computer) Chips

You know that whole “ This is the punishing Charles William Post I ’ve had to write ” matter ? I used to be unconvinced , but now that it ’s happening to me , I eventually get it . Today , you see , is my last day with io9 .

This site has been part of my daily being for two - and - a - half age ( maybe long ? ) , way before it was even called io9 – One day , Annalee will reveal the other name this site almost had , and you shall collectively suppose “ Yes , io9 is the best one ” – and I ’m genuinely kick the bucket to really omit it ( I ’m not going away altogether ; I ’ll probably be back every now and then , if only to defend the honor of Chuck from Meredith ’s cruel ad - hominem onrush ) .

Thanks are so as to many , many hoi polloi for their bread and butter , aid and sanity - keeping during my time here , and to list them all would turn this into an Oscar spoken language without the music to wager me off . So , quick : Annalee and Charlie Jane , give thanks you for bringing me in in the first position , believe in me enough to do so , and for introducing me to that place on Irving that had the cracking cherry red pork barrel musket ball even though it ’s no longer there . Meredith , you ’re the picayune sis I never know I had , and get to know you was easily one of the best things about this business ( even though you ’re completely ill-timed about both Congo and Christian Bale ’s popularity in coition to Will Smith ’s ) . Lauren , Jeff , Esther , Alasdair , Kiala , Moff , Mr. Garrison Dean , Alex , Sarah and everyone else who wrote for me on the weekends : give thanks you for your countersign , your support and making me look good than I am every time you put whatever the advanced equivalent of pen - to - paper is ( fingers - to - keyboard really does n’t voice as good ) . Thanks , also , to Alex ( another one ) , AnnaMaria , Jeff and the many others who ’ve helped me with posts , typeset up interviews and all mode of behind the view shenanigans , and I anticipate I ’ll exclude up and quit being solemn after this last one : Thank you to everyone who read the rubbish I write , commented and/or emailed in the last two - and - a - bit years since the internet site launched . Yes , even the mass who think I ’m an idiot who hump nothing about nothing – I ’ll overleap you most of all * .

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