Career
Born in Dublin, he was raised in China, Maine in the United States. 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.
Kehoe wrote two books and a number of technology articles in the specialist press (eg, Boardwatch Magazine) on the topic of the Internet.
lieutenant also appeared on Sergey Brin"s "Favorite Booklist". Parts of it were reworked into other works including the Electronic Frontier Foundation"s Guide to the Internet.
Kehoe was a dedicated and detailed programmer, who, as a student, volunteered changes to one of the most complex pieces of free software in the world at the time, the GNU C++ Compiler and Library. His unusual skill at wrangling this code led to a full-time job as a key employee of Cygnus Support in Silicon Valley in 1992, improving, supporting and documenting this code base.
By 1995 he was managing the entire GNU C++ group at Cygnus.
Later in life he volunteered doing Information Technology support for his local school, the Dalkey School Project. In 2010 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Educate Together. He was described by Eric South. Raymond after his death as "a true hacker and a gentleman".
He is attributed as having coined the term "Netto-surfing" in a 1991 USENET post.