I had an email from Shade's wife this morning. My friend has departed this AOE.

Shade and Milo were the driving forces in our operation. Shade help some of us reboot into a smaller org this year for which we could never thank or repay him. He's survived by his wife of 40 years, Johanna, four children, and a dozen grandkids.

I looked for and found his goodbye post on reddit this morning.
http://www.reddit.com/r/self/comment..._being_here_i/

We're gonna move along, too, I guess. I don't know who all of us was visiting to catch word of things, but officially, no more message drops.

You guys are all wonderful to us. Thanks!