KansasFest « back to albumKansasFest 2010 What's this? Shirts have arrived before the attendees?!Our lovely shirt model!Our first attendees arrive.Such colorful stacks!A shirt for every size!A first-timer comes prepared.The bus cometh!Stavros and Eric make fast friends.Henry and James find themselves wearing the same shirts as in this 2009 postcard.Poor Martin! All bandaged up and KFest to go to.Friendly CA is friendly!The best place to find so many Apples.Another mouth to feed.It never stood a chance.What better way to pass some time than with a game of Fluxx?Martin's straight in from the cornfields.Martin brought his half of the exchange, but Mr. Diaz is suspicious.Peter's Apple IIGS, in pristine condition.Apple: Like a rock.The PRESIDENT of BEAGLE BROS at SWEET TOMATOES! omg.Apple users are a hungry lot.Loren and Jeff square off.A full stomach puts Geoff to sleep.Loren is always on the job, handing out cotton bracelets.Apple II Users: The Next GenerationAndy eagerly inspects that which will not be revealed to the masses for days.The velvet bag slowly opens ...It's a GET LAMP coin!Mr. Simonsen marvels at Loren's handiwork.It wouldn't be KFest without the annual Galaga tournament.Pew pew pew!Can Canadians game?Telesheppy.Testing the technique by which Sheppy will give his presentation the next day.Big ideas on a small monitor.Ultra portable.The KFest Kook, at it again!A variety of retro games were available for public play.The hordes descend upon the burnt flesh.Michael is leery of being caught squirting ketchup.A great shot of Loren.A lunch-and-learn session.This is the last picture of Tony with both his pinkies.Ivan swoops in, just in time for the keynote.Mark is casually dressed for his keynote.Mark regales the audience with tales of Beagle Bros' glory days."And this here? That's a logo."Notice the absence of an abbreviating period on "Bros" — that's intentional.Mark scours his memory to answer a question.Sep 18, 1987 — a day that will live in infamy.Apple's original ad ...... and Beagle Bros' play on it! (Apple was not pleased.)Metavideo.Caught on film!A small but enthusiastic group.Basking in a keynote well done.Loren chimes in with an anecdote of his own.The Beagle boys and gals.The first-ever Apple II Forever award is, uh, awarded.After all these years, he still has a right to be proud of his accomplishments!The first KFest to feature the iPad.Dennis Doms, a Resource Central and KFest founder, surprised everyone with his attendance.Rob Walch returned for his fourth KFest to show off the latest iOS devices.Having successfully launched the 21st annual KFest, Tony takes a well-earned nap.This is Stavros. I don't know what his excuse is.Oddly enough, the only KFest veteran in this pic is also the only non-Apple II user.What time is it, kids? IT'S KFEST TIME!It appears someone said something to nbring the discussion to a halt. Jim??A Beagle Bros *and* a pool shark!Choplifter, the first computer game to be ported to the arcade instead of vice-versa.Third time's the charm, Andy!Popular place, this.Kudos to andy for printing such a colorful door sign!Due to the width of the Rockhurst hallways, there was no way to get the entire sign in one shot.Mark Simonsen autographs my SuperFonts manual, at least doubling its value.Geoff takes the opening bite of the bag.Ivan's pending face plant.A handicapped Martin wages a brave war against the shrinking bag.Martin's balance is threatened.A one-legged Ivan faces the challenge.Mark F. looks on in awe.Mark flies onto the scene, taking a bite with him.Ivan shows off ... something.Whatever happened to that Spectrum script?Peter gives his first KFest session EVER.No distance is too far for a KFest presentation.It's like iPhone programming, only bigger.Mike knows better than to take his eyes off me.Martin doesn't seem to mind his time-out.I totally need to buy one of these for myself.Martin prepares the best of both worlds for his presentation.I think I understand the hardware better than the display.The only thing naked around here is the DOS.WeaknessPoint makes its return.Pros and cons become "um" and "so" in this WeaknessPoint presentation.But wait — there's more!Martin looks rather satisfied with himself — as well he should.Dagen prepares his first-ever KFest presentation.It's still there, dude.This Apple III case is built like a tank.Behold! The power of ASCII.Cool guy, cool presentation ... cool shirt.Wah-wah.The innards of the Apple III.Kirk is pleased as punch.Someone didn't read the Beagle Bros warning label.Is that a Pitfall alligator?First-time attendee Ian makes a splash.A night in at the movies.An exclusive cut of the text adventure documentary GET LAMP.GET LAMP, as it was meant to be seen: by a bunch of geeks.Joystick? Who needs a joystick?Now THAT is a lamp.These doughnuts are not long for this world.Krispy Kreme supports the KC Royals.Martin spies his archnemesis.Going, going — gone!Doughnuts and milk, courtesy Ryan Suenaga. Thank you, sir!Beloved juice of the cow.Ladies and gentlemen, our esteemed committee chair.Martin participates in multiplayer notepad — ie, IRC.I'm sure there are some physics at work here, but darned if I know which ones.Loren, Andy, Eric, and I took a moment to enjoy a game of Tsuro: The Game of the Path.Will this avatar survive the path it treads?So long, little figurine — we hardly knew ye.Behold, the destroyer of paths.That's one programming feature I never understood: pointers.Martin becomes one with his code.Was it chilly enough to warrant socks? I don't recall.Yes, we see it, Martin.Wayne Arthurton joins us to deliver a presentation.BASIC isn't so basic!Was the presentation so bad that Martin had to take his pulse to see if he survived it?Oops... no presenter yet.Looks like quite the spat!Two videographers negotiate their shared space.ADTPro bridges the gulf between new technology and old.Dr. Stavros sets a high bar.Stavros communes with his Apple II. (Don't we all?)First-time attendee Melissa gives her first presentation. What a trooper!It's all code to me.The audience is stunned by this innovative hack.Oregon Trail has never been so 1337.A pleasant community, on the surface.Melissa was pleasantly surprised by the many questions the audience had for her.She weaves, too!Apple II code leaps off the screen and into weavings.The dinner we've all been waiting for.Will somebody please dress this naked salad?Don't mind me, Sharon!We must ensure there's adequate seating for these two gentlemen next year.Beware the hungry geek.Two Resource Central alumni joined us for the dinner.That's no tie! It's a tiiiiiiiie.Will somebody tape that thing down?My tie had been won the week earlier at Dave & Buster's.The usual suspects.Dennis provides the tie judging.No two ties are alike.Ties in profile.My brilliant smile could do nothing to overpower the tie.You know how to whistle, don't you?Derp.Water, water, everywhere ...Resource Central central.Loren engages in a variety of visual arts.The second round of Apple II Forever awards is awarded.He's happy on the inside.Dennis is plagued with plaques.Ellen receives an award in absentia.One of the few times the Apple II community has ever seen me speechless.ACTION CASTLE!What a motley crew.Geoff's tie is the tie that binds.The sun never sets over KFest!HI, MIKE!Behold: the contents of a single DVD.Read the rainbow.Ah, physical media -- how I miss those days.Anyone feel like playing Jenga?The vultures circle.All this could be yours -- if the price is right!Looks like Mike is going home with that keyboard.All ages and nationalities remember and love old media.Shortly after KFest 2010, the rare Crystal II appeared on eBay.It's like the visible man... only... a computer.I totally dig Ivan's color scheme.Ivan slams his Saturday morning session.Ivan is skeptical of BASIC's limitations.You must be this tall to program this program.But can it RUN DMC?An Apple II version of the PlayStation music rhythm game, Umjammer Lammy, perhaps?Which is better: this... or this? Can you read the second line from the top?Assembly hurts my thinkerbox.Looks like they're getting ready for a contra dance!What a pro – showing up with his software, ready to distribute on TWO kinds of floppy.Wholly Mindless is a bit less so, having been endowed with the knowledge and power of Slammer.Andy prepares a prerecorded session.Ryan's recording of a Keynote presentation wasn't the same as his actual presence but was still much appreciated.Ryan explains his absence — a tradition we hope is not needed in future years.Reports of Abe Vigoda's death are greatly exaggerated.Tony's Apple II wiki dedicates a page to this community quirk.Even Bill Gates came to KFest!Tired Tony takes a time-out.The public demonstration of HackFest 2010 entries begins!Jeff shows off his Guitar Hero game for the Apple IIGS, written in GSoft BASIC.Ivan pontificates on the HackFest judges' deliberation process.Martin picks up a Briel Replica-1 for a steal.Peter selects from the prizes available to HackFest entrants.What to choose, what to choose ...The winners of the HackFest with their prizes!Everyone's a winner at HackFest.Is that software subject to export restrictions?Loren showed up to the vendor fair with his own fashion model!This one John Hancock at least tripled the product's value.This one John Hancock at least tripled the product's value.Rockstar programmer Dagen Brock handed out autographed copies of his latest game.Not all the wares at the vendor fair are for the Apple II.We took a few wrong turns en route to Jack Stack.8-bit Google Maps.The portions of pasta were THIS BIG.Our waitress had the menu and the lungs to announce it.Dinner is a great time to serve up an iPad.This must be the kiddie table.Don't mess with these guys. Except maybe Peter. He looks harmless.The Knoblocks entertain Martin and Jim, and vice versa.Lydia's: where everybody knows your name.A room dedicated to hungry geeks.I think this chandelier is made of ... shields?Instant Sprite!Don't break a tooth, Loren! I've seen you do that ofte enough already.Loren makes friends everywhere he goes.An attempt at recreating http://kfest.gamebits.net/2007/slides/IMG_3475.htmlI think it was Dagen who decided this would be an appropriate (and generous!) sendoff.We shan't see this game again until our next trip to Funspot.One more attempt at getting the entire sign into one shot.