Last week I was in Vancouver, Canada again. At the time when Linux Plumbers conference took place. But it was not the main reason as I went there to meet people from Platform Enablement team at Red Hat.
Linux Plumbers
The idea was simple — gather everyone in one place at same time and let them talk. Conference was selected to give something else to do at same time. And we were visible — for 473 attendees about 60 was from Red Hat.
![Red Hat team before going for team dinner Red Hat team before going for team dinner](/files/2018/11/PANO_20181114_184124.vr_-700x.jpg)
I was talking with most of RH people to find out who they are, what they are working on etc. It ended in a lot of interesting discussions. Also many talks with non-RH people. The ‘so you are IBM now’ phrase happened just a few times.
There were funny moments too. Like one when Dave Airlie responded with “ah, you are the ‘arm64 + radeon guy’” ;D
Vancouver
As there was no breakfast option in ‘The Burrard’ hotel I went for a walk to find some. Davie street is full of bars, diners, restaurants (but most of them open at 11:00). Interesting graffiti, cannabis stores (as it is now legal in Canada) and lot of LGBT rainbows everywhere.
![Band graffiti Band graffiti](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181112_0910451-700x.jpg)
![Some "Safe space" monument Some "Safe space" monument](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181112_091326-1-700x.jpg)
![Tanning salon Tanning salon](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181112_101522-700x.jpg)
![Cannabis Store Cannabis Store](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181112_091109-700x.jpg)
![Fountain Fountain](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181112_131143-700x.jpg)
![Shore Shore](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181112_122328-700x.jpg)
![A-maze-ing Laughter A-maze-ing Laughter](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181113_072410-1-700x.jpg)
Toronto
Due to one of my flights being cancelled I had to choose: weekend in Vancouver, weekend in Toronto or rebooking whole trip. So I decided to go to Toronto and meet friend there.
On Saturday I meet Karol and we had long walk. It was good to not discuss about ARM or OpenStack — we went for visual effects instead as this is Karol’s area of expertise. Maya, Houdini, Renderman, Mr. X, ILM, Pixar and other names were going over. I was told “they work on Houdini in that building” and later “here Maya is developed” ;D
So I asked about photo realistic movies — are they possible now? Turns out that yes, they are. But it is too expensive to make.
During weekend I did over 20 kilometers by just walking through the city. Some random photos below:
![Thimble monument Thimble monument](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181117_145339-700x.jpg)
![Pink Panther graffiti Pink Panther graffiti](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181117_160543-e1542714349918-700x.jpg)
![Dog graffiti Dog graffiti](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181118_132046-700x.jpg)
![Rabbits graffiti Rabbits graffiti](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181118_132035-700x.jpg)
![Leslieville graffiti Leslieville graffiti](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181118_123933-700x.jpg)
![Together sidewalk graffiti Together sidewalk graffiti](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181118_115320-700x.jpg)
![Halloween decorations Halloween decorations](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181118_123738-700x.jpg)
![Small house between bigger ones Small house between bigger ones](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181118_121806-700x.jpg)
![TORONTO city sign with buildings TORONTO city sign with buildings](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181117_172358-700x.jpg)
![TORONTO city sign TORONTO city sign](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181117_172351-700x.jpg)
![Me and TORONTO city sign Me and TORONTO city sign](/files/2018/11/IMG_20181117_172308-700x.jpg)
It was great week. Despite sleep deprivation ;D