Brendan Patrick Kehoe (3 December 1970 – 19 July 2011) was an Irish software developer and writer. Born in Dublin, Ireland, Kehoe was raised in China, Maine. In his early teens, he was first exposed to computing when he was given a Commodore 64 computer, which he used to teach himself about computing and computer networks. On leaving high-school, he moved to Widener University where he continued his computer studies, leaving in 1992.