It’s Friday, it’s the end of a crazy week at work for me. And it turns out my work trip is getting moved back up, so I’ll be leaving for Korea and Japan in 12 days.  Wow, lots of preparation to do.

Photo from GoProCamera.com

A quick update to yesterday’s post. I ordered my GoPro camera from NeedfulToyz.com, and received a surprising e-mail in my inbox today. Kimberly from NeedfulToyz let me know that she could possibly make it work to ship me the Helmet cam before my surfing trip next weekend. I have never received this level of customer support and professionalism from anyone before. She actually e-mailed me to tell me that if I order another version of the GoPro 5, then she can ship it to me before Tofino. AND, she’s going to exchange my parts with another customer’s parts (who happens to live nearby), and give him the parts that mine was going to have, and get the parts that he had, which are the parts I need. (He has the Helmet cam and I am getting the Motorsports one, and Kimberly is going to swap the mounting systems so that we both get the one we want). Wow! Talk about an amazing level of service. I would definitely order from them again and I highly recommend them. So hurray! I’ll get my camera before the trip if all goes well. Thanks Kimberly!

© VANOC/COVAN

Now, I probably shouldn’t be writing about this, but the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic tickets went on sale today. I really don’t want anyone to buy tickets because I want the best chance at ‘em, but hey, I guess I’ll share . It’s a lottery system, so it doesn’t matter whether you order today, or on the last day November 7th. They’re all selling Olympic Experience Packages (OEP) which increase your chance of getting the tickets that you want. I’m going to hold off, because although I want hockey tickets, I’m not sure I’m prepared to pay the $1100+ for the OEP, and even the single session hockey tickets seem expensive. Not to mention you’re buying a year in advance. But still… if you want tix for the Olympics, make sure you order within today and November 7th.

Photo Credit: Canucks.com

In other FANTASTIC news, the Canucks are offering HD Pay-Per-View this year. This is the first year ever that they have offered in HD, after angry fans (including myself) complained about paying good money for a PPV game that is actually worse quality than standard TV. Well, this year, Vancouver Canucks fan everywhere with HDTVs can rejoice, because PPV is HD this year. w00t! There’s an additional cost though — regular SD PPV games will be $12.95 and HD PPV will be $15.95. I can’t resist; I’m in!

And lastly, I want to quickly talk about some features of my blog. Some of you may have noticed the fancy little avatars/pictures beside our names in the comments. To get one, simply go to Gravatar.com. The Gravatar will work with most major blogs (WordPress, Blogger, etc), and all you need to do is use the same e-mail in the comments. Easy! Also, you may have noticed the new image upload feature for the comments. I’ve had a few people request this. So if you want to post your snowboard or any other image, just click “Browse” to select a photo from your computer and upload it. Don’t abuse it. Or else

By the way, if you’re interested in keeping track of my blog, or anyone else’s blog for that matter, I highly recommend Bloglines. It’s a great way to subscribe to RSS feeds and see all relevant posts!

Tags: 2010 Winter Olympics, Bloglines, Games, GoPro camera, Gravatar, HD, HDTV, Helmet cam, NeedfulToyz, OEPs, Pay-per-view, PPV, ticket sales, Vancouver Canucks

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