Vancouver Timelapse
Via Darren Barefoot
November 19th, 2007
$1 CDN = $1 US
The Canadian loonie is now worth the same as the US dollar. That’s pretty amazing to me, since the Canadian dollar was as low as 62 cents US when I was living down there just 6 years ago.
Here’s my first test of dollar parity. I just bought a small portable projector for my MacBook, so I needed the Apple mini-DVI to VGA dongle.
The US Apple store: $19
The Canadian Apple store: $30
I needed it now, so I went over to Best Buy, and paid the thirty bucks + tax. It’s hard to avoid the feeling that I’m getting screwed somehow.
I imagine over the next few years, inflation will probably increase prices in the US, and prices will drop in Canada.
September 21st, 2007
I bought a condo!
It’s a fairly large 1 bedroom unit in the building next door, on the 14th floor. I’ll have to wait a few months before I can take possession.
Here are some pictures (from the listing):
Now I just have to pay it off… :-)
June 2nd, 2007
CodeFlow
I just set up a new blog for my new free software project, which I’m going to call “CodeFlow”.
There’s not much there yet, but feel free to check it out.
Go Canucks Go!!!
April 24th, 2007
