having coined the term "net-surfing" in a 1991 USENET post. Personal life On 31 December 1993, Kehoe and a friend, Sven Heinicke, were involved in a serious car accident that left Kehoe with brain injuries including aphasia. He subsequently made an almost-full recovery, as there were still some brain issues lingering. He married on 5 October 1996 and lived in Dublin with his wife and two children. At the beginning of March 2011, Kehoe was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. He underwent chemotherapy to fight the disease but succumbed to it on 19 July 2011. References Bibliography Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide, Brendan Kehoe, 1992, . Children and the Internet: A Zen Guide for Parents and Educators, Brendan Kehoe and Victoria Mixon, 1996, . External links Brendan Kehoe's domain First (and free) edition of Zen and the art of the Internet Computer Underground Digest article about Brendan's accident Interview, 8 March 2011, with Brendan about his accident on American Public Media's "The Story" Brendan Kehoe: an appreciation by Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa in the Sunday Business Post, 24 July 2011 Interview with Brendan including a demo of browsing the Internet on The Computer Chronicles, 1993. Also, archived version. 1970 births 2011 deaths Deaths from leukemia Irish technology writers People from China, Maine Irish computer programmers Irish computer scientists