Re: KFest 2007 Report

[Kirk Mitchell <kirkmitchell@gmail.com>]

Day 3...

Only made it to 2:30 am last night.  Still got up at 7:30 am though.
Breakfast menu hasn't changed, but I doubled up on coffee.

First session was Andrew Roughan's on the Marinetti Open Source
Project.  Andrew picked up the pieces when Richard abandoned efforts
on bug hunting and documentation corrections.  He deserved, and got a
big hand.  Which interrupted my fervent meditation of the insides of
my eyelids.  Damn near got whiplash!  B-{)

Austin Phelps (famous for being the only person struck by a flung
floppy disk during KFest 2005's Diskcathalon competition) gave a
session on Medical Images and OsiriX.  I wish I could tell you what it
was about.  I went back to my room to rest my eyes.

Tony Diaz presented a CBC documentary on Spam.  I missed that too.
I'm pretty much an expert on Spam, after recieving hundreds of
gigabytes of the inedible stuff.

Lunch was good.  I didn't miss that, and it shows.  B--{)

Eric Shepherd did several nifty sessions on ORCA.  Big hint, use ORCA
on a fast emulator to speed development.  Word is that the folks in
the back of the room were so overwhelmed that they passed out.  B-{)

Ryan Suenaga gathered guests Carrington Vanston and Andrew Malloy for
a live session of A2 Unplugged - LIVE.  It was quite humorous as these
guys crossed wits and set off sparks.  You'll have an opportunity to
hear me giving a big "WhooHoo!" during the audience introduction.  B-
{)

Michael Mahon gave a technical and interesting session on "Real Sound
for 8 bit Apple II's".  Much of it went over my head, but I stayed
awake^H^H^H^H^Hfocused the entire time!  It was great seeing what he
could make an old //e do soundwise! ...err.... hearing.

Dinner was fine.

Our last session of the day was from Rob Walsh, KC native and
podcaster for PodCast411 and Today in iPhone.  He focused on the
strengths and weakness of this interesting device, and pointed us to
places where we could go to hack the things.  B-{)

Shortly after that, we made a run to the Apple Store where I enriched
the stockholders of Apple Inc.  Most of the other folks were just
Looky Loo's.

Finally, Ryan and I went in search of the great steaming Krispy Kreme
donut in an attempt to bring home dozens of the rascals to KFest
participants.  Alas, Ryan had spend valuable time yapping with others
and by the time we got there, only the maddening odor of the damn
things lingered in the parking lot of the closed store.  Yet another
hour and a half wasted driving the streets of KC.  I'm a country boy,
and driving in a "big city" is beginning to wear on me.  Still, I do
what I can to contribute.  So I should shut up and think happy
thoughts.  B-{) ....  still, we came back without donuts.   sniff..

Wii is still big..  The crowds waiting their turns are engrossed.

And laughter is wafting down the hall, calling to me.  Gotta check
this out.  B-{)

Wish you were here!