Why People Live In Vancouver

November 29, 2007

My friends, particularly those from eastern Canada, often say to me:

Dude, how can you live there. It’s dark, it rains all the time, everybody’s either stoned or meat deprived and you’re always 3 hours behind the real world.

To which I say:

Click on these pictures shot today in downtown Vancouver.

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Cypress Mountain Opens Tomorrow - sort of

November 29, 2007

Cypress is opening tomorrow Friday 30th November, but the only lift they’ll open is  the easy rider (bunny hill).  I guess it lets them say they opened in November.

The weather is supposed to stay cold but it’s annoyingly CLEAR and SUNNY right now - who thought anyone in Vancouver would be complaining about that.  Sunday is supposed to be snowing so here’s hoping we get a dump and they can open up some terrain.

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Late Night Writers Show Their Web Chops

November 28, 2007

The striking writers from Late Night with David Letterman have a web site.

I’m sure it’s a joke, I just don’t get the punchline. It totally reminds me of sites we used to make in 1996, except it has YouTube. And YouTube. And YouTube.

I sure hope this strike is over soon.

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Cypress Mountain May Open This Week

November 28, 2007

I know where me and the Jeep will be on Friday if they do…from the Cypress Mountain web site.

21cm OF FRESH SNOW ! WITH MORE IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY, THERE’S A POSIBILITY OF OPENING ON FRIDAY - STAY TUNED!

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Internet Radio Cracks ?

November 28, 2007

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Bloomberg’s reporting that AOL and Yahoo may pull the plug entirely on their web radio. Why ? A 38% increase in royalties to air music.

Yahoo and AOL stopped directing users to their radio sites after SoundExchange, the Washington-based group representing artists and record labels, began collecting the higher fees in July. Those royalties may stifle the growth of Internet radio, which increased listeners 39 percent in the past year, according to researcher ComScore Inc. in Reston, Virginia. full story here

The wheels started coming off the bus back in March when the copyright board brought in pay-for-play fees based on recommendations by record companies.

If more internet radio stations follow suite, the people who’ll be hurt the most are the artists themselves as they watch their online exposure dwindle.

Now that makes sense.

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Small World

November 25, 2007

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North Van By Night

November 24, 2007

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The Pier. More from a full moon evening on Flickr.

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