This morning, Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia opened the BC International Media Centre and took the first ‘official’ ride on the zipline over Robson Square:
I said ‘official’ because ZipTrek staff have apparently been riding it for a few days testing it all out…after seeing the Premier on it today, I can’t wait for my chance!
(or it will be very soon) I’ve had a TiVo (or three) running in Canada for a couple of years now so the news that they will finally be available at retail here is great news. A lot of friends have expressed interest in getting a TiVo but they usually balk at it when they…
Another random interview/photo opportunity popped up yesterday when Rebecca & I met up with George Stroumboulopoulos, from CBC’s The Hour, outside Robson Square and we shot a quick interview with him: I love how he dealt with fans while we were shooting the interview…very cool guy.
Thanks to a tip from Kevin, I went to the Park Royal Mall Future Shop location to check out the renovations that are almost complete. It looks like some Future Shop locations are getting the Apple Store within-a-store treatment: This is part of an expanded deal between Apple and Best Buy (Future Shop’s parent company)…
There seems to be quite a lot of people upset with Rogers and their iPhone voice and data plans. The topic just doesn’t want to die down and major media outlets are all over it. For example, watch a number of local (Vancouver) people that wanted an iPhone talk about why they aren’t getting one…
SXSW 2007 is over and I’m back home now…I already miss the Texas BBQ. This year exceeded my expectations and was bigger and better than last year. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to make it a hat trick next year. There were apparently something in the neighbourhood of 6000 geeks in attendance. I wonder how…
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I’m curious how long/big the line up will be for this thing! 2hrs 3hrs?
Cool location but watching the premier and Charmaine Crooks slowly travel the short distance my excitement at thoughts of flying from Jervis to BC place over Robson street were dashed.