Goodbye LugRadio
Last night we recorded my last LugRadio as a full-time member of the team.
The past three years have been amazing. What started as a silly idea at a Wolves LUG meeting has brought me many new friends, taken me to strange and exotic places – well, Limerick – and helped shape my career.
I love LugRadio and love spending time with the other gents. However, a couple of months ago it became obvious that I don’t have time for everything I want to do. I also realised that so as long as I’m doing LugRadio, I don’t have as much motivation to try new things because I’m already doing something pretty cool.
Last night was very sad and, because it hadn’t sunk in that it was my last show, I couldn’t quite express how I felt. LugRadio has been about friendship, learning and a having a lot of fun. It’s changed me for the better. I will miss being so closely involved but, in the light of morning, I think it’s right to have stepped down.
So, thanks to Ade, Aq and Jono for being good mates and for making LugRadio such an enjoyable experience. Thanks to all the listeners for your emails, your crazy community action and for being one of the nicest and funniest bunch of people around.
There was only one serious contender for my replacement. He has long been an unofficial member of the team, he’s a great bloke and he lives round the corner from Bacon: Adam Sweet. Adam’s going to bring a fresh perspective and new ideas to the show, which I think will help it get even better.
Of course, I’m not leaving LugRadio entirely. If one of the guys can’t make it, I’ll stand in and I’ll also be at LugRadio Live! These blokes are some of my best mates, so it’ll be difficult to keep me away entirely 
Wow, it’s sort of over.
But Matthew! You were my favourite one!
Best of luck in the doing of future cool stuff Mr. Revell, and I’ll see you at LRL.
As a regular listener, I think you always brought a very balanced view to the table, and a calming influence when the arguing got too crazy. Though I have no doubt the show will continue to rock, it will be pretty drastically changed. Sorry to hear about this, but all the best for the future.
Just wanted to give a listener’s view on your contribution to LUGradio, it was very much appreciated, thanks!
So long, Tiny Matt … you shall be missed
Now we need to think up a good name for Drinky 
But dude, you were the only one who knew what the word ‘marketing’ meant. Now they’ll be completely lost.
Shit….. it brings a tear to my eye. Lugradio will not be the same without you (although it will, of course, still be excellent).
Stay in touch, dude.
Good luck in your future endeavors though, hope things turn out well for you
Matt, we’ll all miss you! The shoes you leave to fill are so small but so hard to fill.
Your perspective will be missed.
“Thats not the end”
“BUT IT ISSS!”
Good luck with your future plans. You will be missed.
So long and thanks for all the fish…
As a fellow ex-Amiga user and now Linux/BSD user, I just had to say good luck!
Look forward to hearing from you when you fill in when one of the others is gone. (If you are the “reserve” as you describe, then you have effectively swapped places with Adam!)
Keep drinking it in the Congo.