Re: KFest 2011 Report

[Kirk Mitchell <kirkmitchell@gmail.com>]

Well, today was the last day of KFest 2011.  What a ride!

Sean's Garage was brought to the dorm by James Littlejohn's green bus,
and more goodies distributed.  Many Apple //e's, assorted Macs,
software, drives and manuals found new homes.  I'm taking home a //e
to replace one at home with a dead power supply.

Ken Gagne gave a marathon series of sessions, one announcing the
continuation of Juiced.GS, another Behind the Scenes at Open Apple,
with a very funny outtake of some of the bloopers they'd collected
will recording the podcast.  Great listening! And finally, a session
on Know Your Meme, a look at some of this years viral videos.  Some of
which hurt a LOT, but thankfully didn't include Rebecca Black.

After lunch, Martin Haye presented P2E, a new Apple II emulator that
runs on iOS, and most desktop computers, as it's written entirely in
JavaScript.  Check out http://p2e.mobi/ It runs very well on some of
the newer mobile devices.

The last session was by Eric Shepherd, where he demonstrated some
"Bleeding edge" web technologies that look wonderful!

The Apple II Exhibition Hall/Swap Meet/Vendor's Fair was well
attended... we even had some locals drop by.

I took a nap and missed the Hackfest contest winners... Yeah, I
suck... B-)

We had dinner at a fancy Italian place called Lidia's.  Great food!

When we got back, a small group of us watched Star Trek, while it was
being riffed by RiffTrax...  Oh, it was a hoot!

Sorry, this report is so brief.  It's late.  I'm tired, and tomorrow
I've got a 12 hour drive ahead of me, so I want to get some sleep.
Preferably in bed, and not behind the wheel.  B-)

That's it for me!  I hope you can join us next year.  We had folks
from ages 23 to 73 this year...  Unbelievable!  And wonderful folks
all!  Until next year,

Kirk