crazyskillsbloginitiative

McKernan was born in San Bruno, California, September 8, 1945 and was a member of “The Grateful Dead” until his death on March 8, 1973. His musical contributions to the Grateful Dead included vocals, Hammond organ, harmonica, percussion, and occasionally guitar.

McKernan was a participant in the predecessor groups leading to the formation of the Grateful Dead, beginning with the Zodiacs and Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions. Bob Weir and Bill Kreutzmann were added and the band evolved into The Warlocks. Around 1965 McKernan urged the rest of the Warlocks to switch to electric instruments. Around this time Phil Lesh joined and they became the Grateful Dead.

His tombstone reads,

RONALD C. McKERNAN
1945 - 1973
PIGPEN WAS
AND IS NOW FOREVER
ONE OF THE
GRATEFUL DEAD

Many games from the Atari 7800 (slick little machine back in the day) have been released [programmerfish.com] today as open-source.

Does this mean these titles are legal for download and used with a 7800 emulator? Either way, this is a step in the right direction.