So sad to hear of this from a mutual friend today. It has always been a pleasure to run into him at a Do, be it in Japan, SIN, NUE, Berlin, or Alaska, or at OzFest. I don't even know when/where I first met him, I just know it came to be that goodbyes felt temporary, I generally expected I would see him again at some random Do somewhere in the world. He was a genuinely nice person and I always enjoyed our conversations, however fleeting. My condolences to Pat and all others keenly feeling his loss.