Today I was walking around downtown Vancouver and noticed that FIFA events were still scattered around the city, though the energy was obviously lower without any home games at BC Place. One of the main attractions happening was the Vancouver Jazz Festival. As someone just passing through, I found it surprisingly unclear what was free,
Today I read an interesting story about Sony’s digital store for the PlayStation platform. People buy movies there, thinking they own them just like a physical copy. But recently, Sony announced it’s ending its license agreements with some distributors. As a result, many customers are about to lose access to the movies they paid for.
Today, I read several articles about tourists visiting other countries, including Europeans going to the US for the FIFA games. One topic that kept coming up was how shocked people were that restaurants in the US expect tips. In many cultures, tipping is truly optional — it’s extra you give only if the service was
There was another FIFA event here in Vancouver today: Canada versus Switzerland. It was supposed to be a tough battle, as Switzerland has apparently been playing very well. While it would have been great for our team to win, you can’t win them all, I suppose. Sure enough, we weren’t able to pull it off.
Recently there were a lot of people rushing to invest in SpaceX due to its IPO announcement and as expected the value of the company rose extremely fast and some people made a lot of money on paper. However, today there was so much news about how the stock lost about 165 of its value
Today, while walking through the Granville area, the festivities are still in full swing because of the FIFA games. Many businesses are benefiting tremendously, especially after reports of restaurants and bars running out of alcohol — a clear sign they’ve been making serious money. Interestingly, just one block away from where the festivities are cut