tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:48:53 +0000third dimension electronic communication ---> www.q-lab.ca <---http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/noreply@blogger.com (jh..)Blogger165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-751296195621797337Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:45:00 +00002009-10-18T17:48:53.550-06:00have an iphone? using voicenotes to record voice notes (fitting, no?)? voicenotesync doesn't work for you?1. get ifunbox.2. navigate to user -> applications -> whichever folder contains the "voicenotes.app" folder -> documents3. select the files you want to copy (they won't be labelled as they are in the voicenotes app)4. right click5. copy to pcdead it.http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2009/10/iphone-voicenotes-ifunbox.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-5345026594304830368Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:02:00 +00002009-08-18T02:06:10.945-06:00so i'm not dead. and you're not reading this. because nobody does any more.but that's not to stop me from writing anyway.so here's a link that i hope you might find helpful. i try to be as healthy as i can be, and part of that attempt is realized in not putting crap on my body so that it might not end up in my body. but how to know what's crap, you ask? indeed! that is the question to ask. and http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2009/08/drumroll-please.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-2102110220071514603Mon, 11 May 2009 01:10:00 +00002009-05-10T19:15:17.182-06:00on may 2, 2009 i was part of a photo exhibit at the artery, and displayed 49 pieces that i wanted to share with my friends and family. and lucky you! now i've made them available online as well, at my eponymous photo site.maximize that browser window and then... clickety-clack!http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2009/05/photo-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-5502505509526070381Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:53:00 +00002009-02-17T22:57:25.812-07:00not the one i've been afflicted with since last wednesday. the other kind of sickness - the one that kind of makes you a little bit nauseous to look at, and then makes your eyes bug out just a tad. the kind that offers you that haven't-experienced-it-for-so-long-that-it's-moderately-mind-blowing novelty of perspective.i wish i knew the 'tog's name so i could give props galore. what a moment...http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2009/02/sickness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-6972409736735056848Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:06:00 +00002008-11-29T19:11:00.872-07:00if you're paying in foreign currency via paypal and you have an option between using CAD from i) your paypal balance, ii) your bank account, and iii) your credit card, i would suggest looking at your credit card exchange rate before deciding to use either of the first two options. on my foreign currency purchases, using my credit card (and consequently their exchange rate) saves me roughly 6% of http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2008/11/tip-for-all-yall-ebayers-in-canada.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-8343413367157942583Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:53:00 +00002008-11-03T00:54:36.495-07:00if ever you watch a formula 1 race, watch this weekend's brazilian grand prix.i'm not afraid to admit that i shed a tear at the finish. it was that intense.for real.http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2008/11/wowowowowow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-3172860452519025410Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:53:00 +00002008-09-29T02:56:14.059-06:00well said.and on the canadian front... strategic voting anyone? methinks yes.http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2008/09/hells-yes-sam-harris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-9046724955063403447Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:28:00 +00002008-06-28T00:44:51.442-06:00it's like finding out that someone you love is moving away, or - though i'm sure some would say it's a stretch - dying.a few months ago it was announced that polaroid is discontinuing production of all instant film. now it may sound silly to you if you're not a photographer, and it may even sound silly if you're a photographer who hasn't shot polaroid before. but it's really not silly at all. http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2008/06/sending-out-sos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-2365661172469768660Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:19:00 +00002008-03-04T07:21:00.355-07:00in early may of last year, mike and i awoke to somewhat grey skies above ilha grande, but we'd agreed that unless it was raining when we got up, we'd catch the first boat we could around the horn of the island and try to catch some waves. it was to be the second day in my illustrious lifetime career of surfing, and having had a pretty good first day at it a few days prior, i was excited to get myhttp://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2008/03/chamomile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-7426945942904590089Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:33:00 +00002008-02-24T23:37:06.246-07:007:30 am - awake and shower, because you're going to be sweaty, grubby, and tired by the time you've arrived at your destiation. find out if you can commandeer a longtail from your bugalow's beach, which means carrying your luggage about 100 metres, or if instead you need to catch the boat from 'mountain resort', which means carrying your bags about 3km down the beach (note: carrying heavy luggagehttp://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2008/02/day-in-life-how-to-get-from-ko-lipe-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-2685895509955326411Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:34:00 +00002008-01-06T08:39:45.274-07:00for any of you who use propellerhead's reason, here's a website that offers some pretty stellar refills, as well as a wealth of resources on the program. it's peff.com, and it gets mad props. i'm always really impressed when people create resources and then put them in the public domain, and this is a stellar example of hard work donated for the general good.booyah.http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2008/01/give-me-reason.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-3718266778488424956Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:19:00 +00002007-12-14T00:40:08.162-07:00it's been a while.i didn't die in brasil. clearly. though we did swim with crocs and piranhas at the same time. then we ate some distant cousins of those piranhas for dinner, after we caught them with makeshift fishing rods by standing and leaning out of a terribly sketchy and shifty rowboat. it was fantasgreat.however, despite my failing to die in the pantanal, things have indeed changed, and http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2007/12/its-about-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-3339907540930104154Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:47:00 +00002007-04-22T20:49:49.039-06:00...to brazil!that's right, money. exams are done. i'm in rio. it's gnarly.see you in a few weeks.i'll have stories, i'm sure.jh..http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2007/04/peaced-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-174283173621199587Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:23:00 +00002007-03-27T13:28:21.570-06:00the editors at photosho magazine decided to include a photo of mine (not of me) in their premiere issue. whoa! i know, you're going to rush out and buy a copy right now, both to see my photo in print, and to support independent canadian media because you believe that without it our democracy will lose some of its validity. what a statement!but really, it's filled with lots of pretty pictures, allhttp://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2007/03/photosho.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-2710716064266579887Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:50:00 +00002007-03-13T11:51:33.853-06:00when will they realize that growth isn't necessarily a good thing?http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2007/03/when-will-they-realize-that-growth-isnt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-8605435454810249894Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:31:00 +00002007-02-22T07:09:58.393-07:00...but nothing much happens." it's a ben lee quote. from before anybody here really new the name.which reminds me, i was listening to that kid when he was still a kid. which was back when i was a kid. that blew my mind at the time, him being only slightly older than me and somehow playing on my discman (back when people listened to discmen) on a real cd, recorded for the beastie boys' label. blewhttp://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2007/02/lot-goes-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-2155665642624290671Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:07:00 +00002007-02-03T02:28:41.940-07:00here's the scariest news i've heard in a while.and to the haters and non-believers: even if it's not true in the end (which is highly unlikely), what do we really have to lose by trying to make the world a cleaner place?that's what i thought - nothing....and a coffee and cigarettes quote for the road.bill murray: "doc, what could i do for this cough?"rza: "daamn, i was just thinkin' about dat. http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2007/02/i-aint-want-to-flip-on-mars-j-live.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-2796052943490881694Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:45:00 +00002007-02-02T18:58:22.845-07:00on some gza/rza dialogue, i ain't mess with caffeine and nicotine. but on jigga's recommendation i peeped the flick. i recognized the title from the bill at a shady english-language movie theatre in Nice going on three years back, but since i didn't pay my 5 euros to sit in a smoky theatre, i really didn't know what to expect. in short, it's a series of black and white vignettes centring on the http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2007/02/coffee-and-cigarettes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-7145655209408898638Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:06:00 +00002007-01-02T07:11:12.259-07:00what happened to it? i think i missed it.i went to bed at about 9:30pm on december 31, and save for about an hour during which i ate food last night, i didn't get out of bed until after 12am this morning. that adds up to about 25.5 hours in bed, most of which were spent sleeping. it also means that excepting that hour of omelette eating goodness with my boo, i missed new year's day. entirely.how http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2007/01/new-years-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-5653850985273348989Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:38:00 +00002006-12-30T07:41:16.470-07:00an inconvenient truth Part 1 and Part 2. get it while it's there, money. send your friends here if they're lazy, too.http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2006/12/for-those-too-lazy-to-hit-up-video.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-8621319263898988182Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:11:00 +00002006-12-30T03:20:10.238-07:00for any who are the least interested in a non-mainstream western account of saddam hussein's execution, written by a rather (read: very) good writer, read this article by robert fisk, in the independent.then read chomsky's 'hegemony or survival', just for good measure. it's amazing what the american government has done over the decades.[sarcasm] way to go, america. [/sarcasm]http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2006/12/death-of-martyr-monster-and-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-615941516313811203Wed, 27 Dec 2006 17:25:00 +00002006-12-27T10:31:23.253-07:00i've really outdone myself this time; it's 10:20am and i have yet to sleep. but i did do a rather impressive amount of reading up on teaching english in japan, and moreover i managed to replace the broken hard drive in my mp3 player with a compact flash card. it was far more complex and involved than my last mp3 player's inner workings, but after some dismantling and reconstructing (repeated a http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2006/12/ive-really-outdone-myself-this-time-its.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-2007292530127642118Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:19:00 +00002006-12-26T06:40:22.161-07:00if you're at all interested in good books about the incredible things humans are capable of, then you might like born on a blue day and if you're a thinker, then you might like the philosophy of religion.if you haven't seen them, rent who killed the electric car?, an inconvenient truth, and the corporation. educate yourselves. don't take the films at face value either, but watch them and then http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2006/12/unexamined-life-is-not-worth-living.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-5365875248691255402Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:31:00 +00002006-12-14T05:33:29.999-07:00i'm done.i'm exhausted.i'm going to sleep for a week.(i also bought a film scanner, so i'm going to be posting some new ish.)to bed!http://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2006/12/every-exam-period-ends-like-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426765.post-2197657439473939651Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:40:00 +00002006-12-02T04:43:52.849-07:00it's late.but on a fun note, the photoblog now has "labels" attached to the posts. they're categories, really. so you can peep all of the water-themed photos on one page, for example. peep it here.and i bought a banjo. it's hella fun, but way harder to play than i'd thought it would be. big ups to ian pregitzer for hooking me up with it. it's a beauty.here's to everyone getting through the cominghttp://www.q-lab.ca/blog/2006/12/late-late-late.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jh..)0