KansasFest 2006
KFest kommences.
The Knoblocks, the new guys (Stavros and Jon)... and Geoff.
Carl is thrilled with his meal!!... and it scares me.
James, the other new guy, and Bruce.
Matt and Austin: deer in headlights.
Geoff explains what Spectrum is, and how it does everything, to Jon.
Preparing to be Charlie Brown for Halloween.
One of these tablecloths is not like the other!
Geoff asks the Apple to pull his finger.
Stavros's stylin' sleepware. Coming soon!
The first (and, for many night owls, last) breakfast.
Tony plays the classic Dragon's Lair laserdisc game on his cracked Xbox.
Mike captures the KFest Kookout. (Sadly, this is a posed, not candid, shot.)
The Kook gets a kollaborator.
The resemblance is uncanny!!
Geoff prepares to pounce.
After a long day's kookout, Kirk katches a katnap.
Preparing to tape the first session.
The resemblance is uncanny!!
Mark Percival prepares to kickoff KansasFest with the first session.
Mark compares the 8- and 16-bit versions of DiskMaker.
Sheppy unveils Sweet16 for Mac OS X.
"Dude, what does mine say?!"
"Sweet! What does mine say?!"
Even Wolf3D will run on Sweet16.
Macheads look on in interest.
Until Jeri showed up, Ms. Pac-Man was the only solace many of us could seek.
Let's do the timewarp again!
Howard basks in the rays of the sunny room; Ed catches a wave.
In the end... is another beginning.
The Magnificent Seven. Plus whoever's behind Michael. Plus Dain, who saw a duck.
PizzaFest! Brought to thee by Juiced.GS.
Geoff plans a nosedive into cheesy heaven.
Howard contemplates how much he hates vegetables.
Geoff pokes the pepperoni... yup, it's dead.
Dain looks on at the popular kids, wishing he had the nerve to join the crowd.
A flattering picture, no?
Combine with the previous picture for the complete set!
Ryan stares at my pillow. I didn't sleep well that night.
Latecomer Paul. Glad to have you back!
The Greek Geek.
Andy Molloy shows his DVD of the movie "Hackers", reviewed in Juiced.GS V11I2.
Too bad the lighting in this room sucked rotten eggs.
Bruce demonstrates Silvern Castle.
Our party extraordinaire - including Tony Diaz, the ASS HOB.
Austin's session on virtual machines was unreal.
Sheppy's Intel Tips & Tricks. Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of a MacBook?
It looks like a Mac...
Darth Weiss.
Ryan doesn't suck. I slept better that night.
Ryan demonstrates the Don Ho songs he'll sing for the Apple II podcast.
What's a KFest without new Syndicomm products?
No mo Don Ho!
Funny - he doesn't look Druish.
Mark tells his son Ben that he's picked him up a very special souvenir: GS+ Volume 2!
My roommate, Andy, and his many computers.
Someone's been sitting in my chair!
Geoff's roommate.
I feel bad for the woman in the background. She obviously had no idea what she was getting herself into.
Ken and Sheppy wonder which one dealt it.
A happy Juiced.GS staff.
Don't mess with the best.
I didn't sleep well this night, either.
We don't know where we're going - but we know where we've been.
That night at Denny's, I was inspired to order a Moon Over My Hammy.
The Juiced.GS staff.
Grr. Woof.
Have no fear - Ken is here!
What a c(r)ock.
Dain's jokes fell a bit flat this evening. He's not the sharpest guy in town.
Now that's old-school!
Sheppiquin.
"You want some?? Bring it on!!" *who's saying that: Geoff, Mark, or Austin?)
"It's headed right for us!" (proper response: "That's what she said!")
Mmm... Doughnuts.
It's mine! No, it's mine!
I can't tell where Andy's teeth end and the glaze begins!
Don't jump, Paul! There are more donuts!!
Doctor huh?
A Daincam perspective on a Mac running Windows. Blasphemer!
Between all the pizza, barbecue, and donuts, Kirk's heart could only take so much.
What's Andy got to be so smug about?
This is how Ryan stays so trim. It takes a lot of muscles to lift that bottle!
Howard shows off the Stephen King short, "Gotham Cafe", which features a cameo by Stephen Wozniak.
Ken, Matt, and Dain play with their monkeys.
Monkeys in balls. Does life get any better?
I'm totally in the zone.
This is proof that I wear the shirt my brother gave me for my birthday. Happy, Dan?
Three heads are better than one. Except when they're these.
Mark is fascinated by monkey balls.
Tony's Xbox, Dain's GameCube - either way, it's hip to be a square.
The Schedulemeister takes notes.
The connection between Sally and A2 Unplugged remains tenuous at best.
Hey, Hey, 16K!
Sith Lord Sheppy shows off his MacSaber.
Sean's Apple IIe, with which he'll demonstrate the SVD.
Latecomer Loren. Glad you could make it, man!
Sean demonstrates the Semi-Virtual Disk.
One disk to rule them all...
Austin's session on RAID. Disks check in - they don't check out.
Austin RAIDs his audience's attention.
Andy prepares his session.
Mark's attention is briefly torn from his Cheet-Ohs. That's no small feat!
Kirk keeps an eye on Loren.
Andy demonstrates Skype's usefulness in calling people who are five feet away.
Andy Skypes me from across the room. Geek.
Jeri-a-go-go!
A hungry lineup for this evening's roast.
KansasFest: where we celebrate the Snapple II.
More hungry KFesters.
The last thing I saw as Paul expressed his frustration at Juiced.GS production moving from the IIgs to the Mac.
Geoff's Bow Tie. GET IT?!
Who you callin' yeller?!
I'm not sure what that means in sign language - but considering the source, perhaps it's best I not know.
"Sir, I'm picking up strange readings..."
Howard. What a mug.
A digital camera at a computer convention? Whoda thunk.
Jeri prepares her spinning jump kick.
"Waitress! Come back! You forgot... uh... something... just come back!"
Ameri-Ken Gothic.
What are the people you sleep with called?... Your nap-kin! BWAHAHA
What a motley crew.
You'd have to tie one on to appreciate this crowd.
This year's Tie On One contest entrants.
Bruce succesfully employs his Call of the Wild Jeri.
The usual suspects.
Paul takes a bite out of crime. (Yes, a tie that ugly IS a crime.)
Finished with his pasta, Paul rubs the Buddha.
Geoff offers to make amends.
Paul: the missing link.
"Oh, pshaw!"
Is Tony punching Paul?... or do I have no depth perception?
Oh, those guys!
The DM is handed a note: "I'm going to backstab Sheppy. Signed..." ?!?
"Whaddya mean, 'How do you keep an idiot in suspense'?"
Oh, you guys.
Tony sings a short minuette.
Ken shows his Mac who's boss.
Paul and Kirk try out the new Macmobile.
Kirk and Ed can never have enough computers.
Geoff is enraptured by Ken's awesomeness.
These guys are just this side of peeved.
Even Jim is befuddled!
"So, these two guys walk into a bar..."
Even Tony thought the roast went on too long.
But he is standing up!
Howard presents Tony with a chef's apron.
Tony is really cheesed.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Sheppy eyes his target: Ken.
Only a slight tap from Sheppy is enough to send me reeling!
Geoff and glasses: A.I.
"So this 'Internet' thing you kids are using nowadays..."
Karaoke Revolution: for those who can't sing, but do!
Wow. Check out the intensity of this shot!!
Jeri and Ken in a sing-off. It turned out better than the arm-wrestling contest.
"Just two good ol nerds... never meanin' no harm..."
Kirk enjoys the free concert.
I broke into song and was arrested for illegal entry. My time was spent in Sing-Sing.
America and Canada face off in the Musical Olympics.
With a jaw like that, how can he lose?
Stavros turns up the volume on his iTunes.
Even Sheppy sings!
Sarah says not to slouch, Shep.
Paul and Mike face off in DuelTris.
Andy and Greg demonstrate their martial arts at Denny's.
The Men of KFest. This shot's for you, Cindy!
This is the "free pieces of French toast" I asked for...
... and this is my toast on drugs. Any questions?
Howard announces Deja ][ for OS X/Intel is in development.
Andy demonstrates the latest version of Ewen Wannop's SAFE 2 program.
Mr. Fantastic looks over Dain's shoulder.
Max, Max, as far as the eye can see...
Tony listens to Andrew-in-a-box.
Andrew Roughan presents remotely.
Such a welcoming environment.
It's no Avila!
Geoff presents his HackFest entry: Bejeweled! Requires a 100 MHz Apple II.
Sheppy shows Icon Invaders.
KFest Trivia - a program by KFest newcomer Stavros.
Margaret's Sudoku program won the HackFest contest!
Open-faced Apple II.
Open-faced Apple II.
The framework for Matt's RPG is lain.
Sorry, Howard - I just used you as an excuse to get another shot of Jeri.
The Golden Gate IIe.
The Mark Twain!
Even old computers go bald.
Tony runs Apple II software on his Xbox.
The Vendor Fair(e).
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how many people we can fit in my dorm.
Get a room, guys!... Besides mine!
Geoff: those aren't nostrils so much as they are twin duplexes!
Although Paul drives everyone else crazy, he's the one who ends up climbing the walls.
It's practically a Chicken Night!
Come on in - make yourself at home... everyone else has.
Paul stands tall above the rest.
K.C. Masterpiece: where dessert comes first.
Somebody's been sitting in my seat!
The vegetarian is cornered.
Sean interrogates newcomer James.
The middle table.
No wimmin here... just anohter KFest.
Andy forks around; Geoff thinks it's not very knife.
I had to stare at this all through dinner. It's a wonder I had an appetite!
Ryan likes K.C. Masterpiece for the meat.
Andy's a master of many musical instruments.
Full stomach makes me sleepy.
Dain's happy to not be sharing a dessert with me tonight. Mark? I don't know what's up with him. Crazy faux Canadian.
Jeri: Every geek boy's dream. Or nightmare.
T-Shirt design courtesy DigitalDesignEtc.com. Fingertip courtesy Stavros.
One is never too mature to ride a rolly chair!... especially when one is Paul.
Sheppy and Ryan are dumbfounded by a Pizza Hut that ISN'T OPEN.
Jeri goes to Pizza Hut for the hot stuff.
This crowd can't wait much longer for food... we have planes to catch!
Such doubting Thomases.
Shall we dance?
East vs. West. Round One... FIGHT!
Who's trying to get in whose pants?!
Stavros, Ryan, Andy, and Jeri - my last impression of KFest 2006.