KansasFest « back to albumKansasFest 2007 So many new faces waiting to get stuffed!Armed with a salad fork, Austin threatens his phone to behave.Poor Sheppy. Day one and already feeling a bit colicky. Not as bad as Loren, though, who's already preparing to string himself up.No Juiced.GS staff congregation is complete without MAX!!Anthony and Henry playing a REAL game, and not a COMPUTER game? Eh, they're new -- they'll learn.The welcome assembly line.Sheppy strikes out. But it's bowling, so that's okay.Jeannie Compter loves herself some Wii.James and Andy discover that some things even Mountain Dew can't fix.Even in his sleep, Geoff is happy to be at KFest.Tony plumbs the depths of his hacked Xbox.Ryan's podcast goes to the dogs with this A2Unpugged media pass.More than half these people don't have computers -- that just ain't right.Sean orders an air strike.The KFest Kook on his home turf.Mark and Cindy, KFest's most eligible couple.Seems pretty shady to me.Loren does an elephant impression, Mark looks like Reed Richards, and Thomas is in no mood for either shenanigans.Mr. David Szetela, founding editor of Nibble Magazine, delivers the KFest 2007 keynote speech.It's the shirt that makes the man.Ed solders on.This picture was taken moments before the call was made to 911.Careful! He's got a gun!!Strangers in a strange land: meet KFest 2007's Unamerican Brigade.Mark gets a handle on his Wii.POW! To the moon, Alice!!That's right - get a firm hold, Shep.Ryan, George, and Loren lounging in the, ah, lounge.So easy, even a Canadian can do it!The annual Juiced.GS pizza reception is finger-licking good!Talk to the hand!Sooner or later, everyone ends up in MY ROOM.Andrew belts out a high G flat.Paul's got us covered.Zaleski Window Service, at your, uh, service!Die, you filthy Commie! DICOM!!Austin finds radiology to be very revealing.Shh... I'm hunting wabbits!Paul does a little softshoe.A classic car for a classic computer!Sheppy color-coordinated his shirt and slide.Mrs. Sheppy doesn't find her husband's presentation very engaging.Laddercam!DJ CV and MC RS, MSW, LSW.A rare interview with the Big Cheese!Everyone wants five seconds of fame!Stavros provides the radio show's opening theme on his virtual piano.Nothing like a duet with which to close the evening!Max's messy sneeze was caught on air for all to hear.In many ways, better than Quark.Ironically, there was nothing simple about this presentation!Here's the keyboard Stavros was looking for earlier.Rob Walch of the Today in iPhone podcast offers a variety of resources for iPhone owners, present and future.And you thought Microsoft was evil: the iPhone POSSESSES people!!A rapt audience of envious iPhone-have-nots.Cindy reluctantly returns Rob's iPhone.Now that's a large... uh...They don't have iPhones in Canada. Or phones. Or airwaves. Or air.Nothing to see here. Move along, move along.He shoots, HE SCORES!Michael intensely competes in the revived GShisen contest.What better game to play at an Apple convention than Apples to Apples?Suspect 65816D, turn to your right...Is this the man who knotted your hair, ma'am?Wow! *I* love torque converters, TOO!Not to be confused with Carrington's CaNadaNet.It's not a Windows machine so much as it is an Apple II emulator.One can never be too rich or have too many shirts.Geoff defends his choice of Windows by saying how similar it is to the Apple II. (Tony's not buying.)Where have I seen that pose before?Tim Kellers returns to KFest and assumes sole responsibility. For everything.Carrington's known for his hand shadows; you should see the things he can do when roleplaying his third-level half-elf thief!A scrumptious KFest meal. (No. Really.)Sadly, none of the plates being revealed contained apple pie.Sheppy and Sarah continue to ignore each other.In the background, we can see the aftereffects of a nearby mushroom cloud.Sean and I resume our annual Galaga competition. (Pinch-gaming for Sean: Andy.)Tony makes a lateral incision on a very dirty floppy drive.Paul: "What's in these donuts?" Surprise, Paul: THOSE AREN'T DONUTS!This pose looks familiar!Krispy Kreme makes the lobby a popular place to be.The magnificent seven. Minus two. Plus blurriness. Post movie.Where else would you find the Sheppies at 2:24 AM? Denny's, of course!I don't remember what was so funny, but I do remember Sarah had pancakes coming out her nose.How many apples can YOU count?Ryan demoes his software for remote delivery of single-malt-scotches.After a week of KFest, Ryan orders up an SMS for himself.We may not be Australian, but even we've heard the "pull my finger" joke before, Andrew.Andrew belts out a low C-flat.A very high-tech presentation.Carrington boxes us in.If you talk during class, the teacher throws an eraser at you.Carrington's failed attempt at duplicating the Canadian flag.You must be this tall to hear this podcast.Carrington's gone luny.Mark adjusts his shoulder strap, should anyone need to be introduced to his "little friend"."And we call this guy Mr. Tapeworm!"As easy as A-B-C!Hulk EAT!Carrington prepares for his departure. Sniff.A four-player game show the only memory of which Carrington wants to have is this picture.Free stuff? Paul's there!Well, you can just ride outta here the same way you came in.Uh, that means "peace", right?I don't know who he was - but he sure cleaned up this town.One Apple definitely has the advantage in this lopsided game of Pong.Andrew claims his HackFest prize. (They don't have books in Australia.)Tony raffles off a roll of raffle tickets.No KFest is complete without an inside look of our favorite computer!As Geoff exclaimed: "Oh my God!"Sheppy participates in a lost episode of A2Unpl^Hugged.Sarah's ready to pickup and go!Max explains that he's not a boorish lout - he's just from Indiana.KFesters as far as the eye can see!I think Andrew is putting BOTH of them to sleep.Anthony threatens to put a cap in the waiter if he doesn't get his martini.KC Masterpiece: where the food's so good, it's worth having twice!Geoff shows off his six-pack... or is it a keg?Geoff's still not a crook!Ah, the annual sharing of the dessert. (I'm not gay)Could Dain be any beadier?It's the final countdown!Extreme GShisen: where you can't even tell what the tiles are!Max introduces the next and last GShisen participant.Margaret prepares to clean house.Geoff and his patented one-handed technique.It's getting dark, but the Apple provides Geoff with his guiding light.The final times. Whaddya mean, you can't read it??Doubletime!I don't know what Max and Tim are doing, but I think it's taboo.Ryan's team lost when he found himself unable to describe "not getting lost."Humphrey Bogart and Macauley Culkin impressions abound at KFest 2007.Max regrets removing his complicated orthodontia for the evening.It's an under-40 thing. You wouldn't get it.The annual Juiced.GS staff photo! (Everyone else can pick up their paychecks on the way out.)by Loren Damewood.KansasFestby Sarah Shepherd.by Sarah Shepherd.by Sarah Shepherd.by Sarah Shepherd.