KansasFest 2009
I love stereotypes.
When did Loren get a chin stud?
NARSUHSIST RYAN IS NARSUHSIST
Shoulda seen dat one comin'.
We've driven halfway across the country to be together... and STILL we use instant messenger.
A Sweet Tomatoes employee restocks the troughs for KFest.
Peter and Andy: two of the nicest geeks you could meet!
If Sheppy and Ryan are Statler and Waldorf, then Loren is Beaker.
It's endearing how Mike thinks he needs to hide his SMSing. We're all geeks here, Mike!
Geoff had never actually "pied" someone before. His technique needs work; that empty plate HURT!
Sweet Tomatoes uses only the freshest ingredients.
I don't think Sheppy is being very culturally sensitive.
Geeks are too hungry to bother going back to their seats to eat. They simply stand, consume, and await replenishments.
The nectar of the geeks.
Geoff likes it both ways.
CHOCOLATE AND VANILLA! What did you *think* I meant?!
Hundreds of miles on the bicycle have shaped Ryan's thighs into the perfect mousepad.
As if the iPhone 3GS not having an Apple IIGS emulator wasn't bad enough...
Jason Scott is feeling FABULOUS!
Ancient tomes of forbidden lore.
KFest is a time for old friends to ketchup.
Heave HO!
Ankle-knee, ankle-ankle, and knee-knee. We're a diverse lot.
Juiced.GS almost accepted sponsorship from Trader Joe's but refused to change its name to Juicy Juice.
Pleased to meatcha!
Jason Scott spins a yarn.
It's kinda like playing 'Operation'.
Is our keynote speaker supposed to be in his own audience?
Flying on very little sleep, Jason nonetheless gave an excellent keynote.
Jason practices the art of misdirection.
Tony's not asleep. He's just... recalibrating his optics.
Jason's chauffeur, Mike, doubles as a bodyguard, never far in the distance from his charge.
Jason is no stranger to the camera, having shot several of his own documentaries.
KFesters new and old agree: Rockhurst food beats Avila's, hands down!
Rob Walch of the Today in iPhone podcast marks his third KFest appearance.
I've always wondered how to pluralize an acronym.
The blue line traces the inverse of Apple's awesomeness after releasing the Apple II.
Ken beats Andy -- mostly at Galaga, but other times, too. Courtesy Ryan Suenaga.
Where's Arkanoid? Shadowgate? TASS TIMES IN TOON TOWN?!
Again, no IIGS emulator :-
Need tricorder readings? There's an app for that.
The seeds of James' robotic army.
All light of hope went out in the face of James' robotic monstrosity.
It's kinda like a portable Apple II, except instead of lugging it around, it follows you.
James installs the self-awareness expansion card.
A Kansas City-wide blackout resulted.
Andy waits patiently for the Apple II to pull his finger.
James delivers his ultimatum: give me all your prototypes, or else face my wrath!
Greg Nelson arrives, as always, better late than never.
Greg comes packing heat!
Jason Scott gives his John Hancock on BBS: The Documentary.
Resale value on the documentary immediately plummetted.
Jason spoke in a non-keynote capacity well into the night.
Paul reminds me of Bruce Willis in the climax of "Die Hard" (my favorite Christmas movie!).
Tony is somewhat protective of his shirts. The fewer he sells, the less laundry he'll need to do to get him through the week.
I don't think that one will fit you, Carl -- or anyone else, for that matter.
There's something rotten in the state of Missouri.
What happens at KFest stays at KFest.
Pardon, but isn't the correct spelling "n00b"?
Wouldn't that be a metaisland?
Ken's influence is far-reaching.
Ivan demonstrates a limitation of the Mac's IIe card: too much red. (Must be demonic.)
Ferdinand delivers a technical session at his first KFest.
Within this Apple II lurks the power of ultimate display!
No one monitor can contain this much awesome.
Crazy Otto has never looked better.
No one session can contain the awesomeness that is Sweet16. (This caption brought to you by Syndicomm.)
Sheppy has mastered the form of a pile driver. Now all he needs is a willing victim, er, volunteer...
Sheppy thinks in such computational terms that he is able to project screen shots DIRECTLY FROM HIS BRAIN.
A list manager listing a list manager.
The only thing that could be more awesome is if each of those floppies contained the Arkanoid code.
Ivan learns that sleep does not come to KFesters.
Pew Pew Pew! Courtesy Ivan Drucker.
Before there was PowerPoint, there was ... WeaknessPoint.
Martin's deft hands provide the video component of this presentation.
Pay no attention to the man in front of the screen!
It's all Greek to me. Stavros?
Green, blue, and purple. Like most basement-dwelling geeks, we shun bright colors.
And these shapes... they shift?
Geoff's demonstration of everything Windows is good for.
Stavros is the superpilot of the Superpilot.
A powerful teaching tool, especially in aviation school.
Vince Briel, ladies and gentlemen!
Vince brings the power of MP3 to the Apple II.
Vince makes his Apple II an offer it can't refuse.
iTunes has never looked better.
Sheppy sees potential.
All the drinks, gum, wrappers, and KFesters that get dumped between the bleachers end up here.
Vince's tie is ][ legit to quit.
Nothing is more worth preserving than fine food.
Oldtimers, newtimes, and middletimers unite at this banquet table.
The Apple II hacking potential at this one table, were it ever to be turned to the Dark Side, would sufficient to level Rockhurst. Or at least singe it very badly.
James orders seconds.
Food first, conversation second. Sounds like a healthy priority to me.
I suddenly have the urge to get Firefox!
Oh, sure -- NOW Greg notices me!
If they're not going to finish their cakes, I can help...
What do you call cheesecake that isn't yours?... Nacho cheesecake!
LOL.
Everyone got their turn being mercilessly mocked.
The original lolgeeks.
Ryan is always happy to see himself on the silver screen.
Land shark!
One can never have too many peripherals.
Loren never fails to impress the ladies.
Something to remember her last shift. (Her master's program in divinity began at Yale a month later.)
If this is what "one to one" means, then sign me up!!
Only Loren noticed that the table had more than computers.
Bonnie Liz was a sport and let us behind the roped-off area to play with the giant iPhone.
We're not being obscene! Ed and I were trying to turn the dang thing on.
A star appeared in the sky, and unto them, a geek was born.
After much hemming and hawing with the likes of iChat and Skype, we finally established a connection with Australia's concurrent Apple II gathering.
Congratulations on the inaugural Mt. Keira Fest!
Shouldn't the picture be upside-down?
Apple II users from the USA and Germany are fascinated to discover their Down Under counterparts.
Sean waves hello to Mr. Keira Fest.
Maybe we should've called it SheppyFest?
After singlehandedly causing the economy to tank, Sheppy imbues his fellow retrocomputing enthusiasts with the power to wreak their own havoc.
Yellow can never be removed, just transplanted -- to Tony's scalp, for example.
"Gee, Sweet16, whaddya want to do tonight?" "The same thing we do every night, pinky..."
Ryan demonstrates to Judge Sean his latest TCP/IP hack.
Inspired by Paul's shirt, which in turn was inspired by a classic Nintendo game, Martin proceeded to create an award-winning HackFest entry.
Ivan is the floor model for Martin's HackFest entry.
Each attendee got a door prize, but the best were saved for the likes of Peter, winner of the HackFest.
Sadly, Martin never got to enjoy his prize -- those danged plastic cases are impossible to open!
Ryan picks his prize from this year's lot.
Sheppy's daughter is the ultimate mobile computer user.
Sheppy does his Spider-Man impression for his daughter back home in Tennessee.
KFest keeps Henry rollin' in dough.
Try finding THESE on a Kindle!
Vince activates an Applesoft BASIC random number generator to determine, from Juiced.GS's customers, who will win the GS RAM card reviewed in the recent issue.
Those who had to leave the restaurant early for other engagements got seated first.
Andy gets caught in the crossfire as ancient foes clash.
Looking like dorks in public? There's an app for that.
Waiting for a table on a beautiful Saturday evening in Kansas City.
Hawaii, Tennessee, Germany, and more -- the corners of the world unite for some BBQ.
Is a private room to keep other people out, or to keep KFesters in?
Loren and I went dancing in between dinner and movie.
Good dancers don't die -- they just fade away.
She's too sexy for her shoes, apparently.
Captain Ken and Rockhurst Overseer Kahm participate in a dance-off.
Apple II users watching Star Trek -- a most wonderful juxtaposition of retro and emerging tech.
We all live in a big green bus, big green bus, big green bus...
These are the accommodations issued to latecomers.
KFesters leave behind them a trail of tears, dirty laundry, and Wheat Thins.