Archive for April, 2008

Undefined json_encode function?

Friday, April 25th, 2008

For some strange reason one of my php scripts at work stopped functioning and was throwing a fatal error complaining that the json_encode() function was undefined. I thought this was a bit strange since I could of sworn the previous week it was working fine. I am using the json_encode() function to allow javascript to properly parse data that it requests via AJAX. It allows the parsing of database information in a more efficient manner than other methods I have …

Photography: Common Wolf Spider

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Who here is afraid of spiders? Personally I don’t have an out right fear of them but I do have a particular way I deal with them when I come across them. If I find a spider and it doesn’t startle me I will capture it and release it outside where it (depending if I have my camera handy) will become my next photography subject. If the spider does startles and scares the crap out of me I will go …

Boarding In Style With A Burton Baron

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Recently I have gotten into snowboarding (thanks to Robyn) but I have been using rental gear for each time that I have had a chance to go up on the mountain (in this case Cypress). Since the 2007/2008 season is over the local mountains (including Whistler/Blackcomb) have been trying to blow out their demo/rental gear which means you can pick up some good gear for some crazy prices.

Robyn informed me that we should check out the prices of …