Getting Ready to Leave SLC

The ESCC/Internet² Joint Tech meeting is over as well as the IPv6 workshop I was team teaching that was attached to the meeting. Time to head home. Many of the students in the class were finding that their flights to the east coast were being cancelled due to weather. At least I don't have to go through all that. The University of Utah has been a great place to hold the meeting and the campus is huge. I have come down with a cough and a cold while here but I think it is something that has been incubating for a couple of weeks. The temperatures here have been generally cool, floating right around freezing which has made walking in the morning a bit treacherous. Starting Tuesday, evening meetings, dinners, etc. has limited walking opportunities but I think I needed to focus on not letting my cold get any worse. I had let myself get pretty chilled one evening and that was probably let the virus get a foothold. I even took the shuttle down to the student union this morning instead of the leisurely 1¼ mile stroll.

The University of Alaska will be hosting this meeting in about 17 months so I really need to get moving on logistics. Ineternet² has already made a site visit and seem to be satisfied but since I was the one who initiated bringing the meeting to town, I think I'm going to be busy.

Last night, several of us from the class went downtown looking for some dinner. Something besides food from the university. At one building with a overlook from the 10th floor, there was a great view of the Mormon temple. We also saw that the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was practicing that evening, so we went in to listen for a bit. Great acoustics in the building.

Here is a shot of the practice session from the back of the building. They really did sound very good... BTW, all iPhone snapshots.