And with that, #IETF120 is over! So many new insights and friends. I have a lot to digest and follow up on. Tomorrow: OurNetworks.ca
![Chad’s ratty IETF badge held up with the Vancouver Art Museum in the background](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/9c76528624.jpg)
What a day talking about interoperable instant messaging protocols, deep space networking, and a bunch of other amazing things! #IETF120 has been super stimulating. So many interesting people here. Looking forward to tomorrow morning’s Decentralization of the Internet Research Group (dinrg)
Good morning #IETF120! Today is the first day of the official meeting week. My first session is with GAIA, the Global Access to the Internet for All working group, chaired by Jane Coffin who I had the pleasure of meeting at the IGF last year.
![Chad holds a Parallel 49 coffee and bag of Lucky’s donuts in front of an IETF meeting sign](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/56f569103f.jpg)
Downtown Vancouver is hoppin’! We got #IETF120 hackathon, the fireworks, and a Caps match at BC Place ⚽️
At the #IETF120 #hackathon
![Tabletop easel with the words “OAuth & atproto identities”. On the table is a t-shirt commemorating IETF120 in Vancouver](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/b0f86ef3c2.jpg)
Utterly wiped… Walked around the neighborhood to check the distances to the schools. Sat in the park for a bit. Coffee in a local cafe. I think after all the stress of the last two weeks, my body has finally released all that tension. We are here, it is over, we are settled. 💤
When I was just a wee lad of 12, my uncle took me here to White Rock to see the ocean for my very first time. 🌊 It has been nearly 35 years and I have returned. Fish & chips 🐟🍟 got more expensive, but the sunset’s still free 🌅
[Me about to propose a new office/livingroom/dining room layout for the new condo]
💁♂️: Dear Wife, come into my Mind Palace
👸🏻: [walks away]
💁♂️: Where are you going!?
👸🏻: To the bathroom… aka your Mind Palace 🔥
💁♂️: 💀💀💀
#truelove
Okay, so we were able to successfully sleep on beds last night, the first night in our new condo. I was totally wiped after dealing with hauling, installing, then returning a bum aircon. But got the new one in this morning so we won’t die of heat as we continue unpacking. Next up: Office.
I have traded sunsets of buildings with sunsets of forests and mountains
![panorama of sky and mountains](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/4a26a3fbad.jpg)
Taking a short selfie break while hauling all our stuff over the second mountain pass of the day.
![Chad selfie in front of a 26 foot U-Haul truck. In the background are some stark looking mountain tops](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/63492a9f69.jpg)
Executing a highly coordinated multi-city international move during a heat dome while heavily jet lagged… do not recommend 🙅♂️
Nothing says “Back in Canada” like a late night root beer and poutine
![A bowl of fresh poutine and 3 bottles of Mug Root Beer](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/0fb2eb636a.jpg)
Back 🇨🇦
![Chad selfie at the welcome carving at YVR immigration](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/2ce166933a.jpg)
Current status:
🇯🇵 Osaka ✈️ 🇹🇼 Taipei ✅
Gonna hang here in Taiwan for a bit, then:
🇹🇼 Taipei ✈️ 🇨🇦 Vancouver
Current status: 🇯🇵 Osaka ✈️ 🇹🇼 Taipei ✈️ 🇨🇦 Vancouver
Loaded up
![Three airport carts stacked with suitcases and boxes](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/e3ba41f419.jpg)
For our last night in #Japan we went down to Nanba. Ate dinner at Kani Dōraku HQ and watched the crowds on Ebisu bridge taking photos of Glico Man. Then down Dotombori to a shrine where you pour water on completely mossed up Buddhist statues #Osaka #mosstodon #lichensubscribe
SÖT Roastery has been on my “to go” coffee list for a while ☕️
![A coffee cup with the words “Life is SÖT”. A Mario beaker has 90mL more of coffee to the right. To the left is a cup with a large ice cube for making ice coffee. A paper label describes the roast as Ethiopian. On the tray is a package of nougat and some Biscoff cookies](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/ce8fdb5b23.jpg)
After a long hard move, time for some rest and relaxation at the onsen ♨️
![Chad in a yukata about to chow down on a giant tempura bowl](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/107532/2024/34e3234140.jpg)