2pt3 - this is the blog of paul jarvis. designer, musician, vegetarian, environmentalist (but not in that order).

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canada’s potential coalition government

as much as i dislike the conservatives, stephen harper, and everyone he’s appointed – his party won the election. i didn’t vote for him, nor was i happy when he got in – but i knew he and his party got in fair and square, with more votes than any other party. you don’t like that fact, i hope you voted for one of the other parties, or you should shut up now, because you don’t have the right to complain.

it feels like if the liberals and NDP take over – they’re doing so against the wishes of country, who democratically elected the conservatives. if they had wanted to combine the left, they should have done so before the election and watched where the cards fell when the vote happened.

i don’t know why our parties bicker like little children in the playground, and all try to be the bully. the common ground they should all find is that they want canada to be better for it’s citizens and environment it has within it’s borders.

chinese democracy

wow, i waited 13 years to hear another G n’R album, and i have to say, i don’t mind it at all. perhaps i’m stuck behind a chinese firewall though, i can’t access the official website…

fabric softeners are made from animal fat

it goes through a bunch of chemical processes then gently coats your clothes so they’re soft to the touch… gross.

goodsense is now live

after months of hard work by adam, colin, myself and even karl the robot, our new company website has been launched and is ready to go. it’s chalked full of interesting javascripts, hardcore robot illustrations and even one manatee mention! you can also read my first blog post about why we started the company here: goodsense: a green ad network.

don’t bail out the auto industry

governments have to stop rewarding failing businesses and industries with bailouts. car manufacturers for the most part are totally out of touch and bitches to the oil industry anyway. maybe letting a few fail without the government stepping in will help scare the rest into evolving and moving past outdated models of selling crap that’s bad for the environment and that people really don’t even want anymore.

maybe those workers can use their fantastic skills for building things to build greener and more sustainable products that the market wants.

ps: where’s my damn jetpack? i’m sure i was promised one of those in the 80s on some news or sci-fi movie. if the future is now, i want my jetpack now.

we need more wangari maathai’s

dr. wangari maathai is a lot of things: political and civil liberties activist, environmentalist, nobel peace prize winner. she’s also responsible for creating a movement that’s planted over 20 million trees in africa. awesome. learn more here.

moving towards vegetarianism: a social contact

great article on treehugger about vegetarianism. and just so you know, every joke you think might be funny about vegetarians and vegans, we’ve heard from every single one of our other friends. if you’re going to make fun of us, at least come with something new. 

animal rights vs. making money

i wish i was a resident of california so i could vote on proposition 2. while i personally i don’t think eating or killing animals for any reason is right (not even for science), i understand that people make their own choices and moral decisions. i do think that if you are going to eat meat, the least you can do is respect the lives of the animals that die for your dinner. proposition 2 basically says that calves, hens and pigs should be able to stand up, lay down, turn and extend their limbs freely in their cages.

you should care where your food comes from and how it was raised. that doesn’t seem like too much to ask, does it?

don’t listen to me though, get your own info here .

email woes

the problem

i have a user with a pop account, that only accesses email via webmail (squirrelmail to be exact). they have meticulously organized 1000s of emails into folders on the server, in squirrelmail as well.

i want to change servers.

i don’t know how to get those emails, keeping them inside their folders, and put them onto another server.

i’ve not been able to solve this problem. suggestions? ideas? let me know.