Over the last year, I have switched to hammock camping. I no longer carry a tent. On the weekend of March 8-10, 2013, I was out camping in my new setup: Here’s how my gear broke down prior to making the switch: Ounces Pounds Kilograms Tent 120 oz 7.5 lbs 3.4 kg MEC Raven -7 … Continue Reading →
I ran across a thread on the CFWheels Google Group where someone was having problems with setting a session timeout. I remembered that I had the same problem a few weeks back. I didn’t think anything of it after I found a solution though. Now, since I’m not the only one having this problem, I … Continue Reading →
I’ve been attending a whole host of ColdFusion 10 Developer Week 2012 sessions this week, and got inspired to upgrade my development machine to run ColdFusion 10. I had previously been running CF9 (developer) and MAMP Pro 2.0.5. These instructions will allow you to remove CF9 and install CF10. Installing and configuring MAMP Pro is … Continue Reading →
In a previous post, I had written an example of combining two RSS feeds into one. At some point, I lost the code from the example, probably from clicking save one-too-many times in WordPress. WordPress is quite finicky about posting any kind of programming code. I did some research, and found PasteBin, and have started … Continue Reading →
Parks Canada emailed me today in regards to the Glacier Walk proposal in Jasper National Park. They provided several pieces of information: Setting the Record Straight (PDF) Questions and Answers – The Proposed Brewster Glacier Discovery Walk Link to Brewster’s Glacier Discovery Walk website It almost sounds like the proposal has already been approved, and … Continue Reading →
Here’s a method to get a JSON feed with jQuery (version 1.7.1 at time of writing). This may work in earlier versions of jQueruy but I have didn’t test it. Code walkthrough: Specify the feed URL. See notes in the code below for pre-requisites. Before sending the request, set the “result” div to show an … Continue Reading →
Here’s a method to get an JSON feed with ColdFusion. This will work in ColdFusion 7 and later. This is useful for avoiding cross-site scripting in Javascript/jQuery – You would simply call your remote feed on your local server, and then your jQuery would be able to call a “local” resource. Code walkthrough: Use CFHTTP … Continue Reading →
Here’s a method to read an RSS feed with CFScript (ColdFusion). This will work in ColdFusion 9.0.1 and later. Code walkthrough: Use feed to read an RSS feed. This should return a Query object. If the result is a Query Object, loop through and display the items. If the result is not a Query Object, … Continue Reading →
Here’s a method to read an RSS feed with ColdFusion. This will work in ColdFusion 8 and later. Code walkthrough: Use CFFEED to read an RSS feed. This should return a Query object. If the result is a Query Object, loop through and display the items. If the result is not a Query Object, display … Continue Reading →
Here’s a method to get an RSS feed with ColdFusion. This will work in ColdFusion 7 and later. Code walkthrough: Use CFHTTP to generate an HTTP request and handle the response from the server. This should return XML. Use XMLParse to attempt to convert the CFHTTP.FileContent response into an XML document object. If the result … Continue Reading →
I saw this graphic this morning and had a good laugh. This pretty much sums up the social media landscape as of July 2011. Google+ is like virgin wilderness (but being rapidly deforested). Facebook is like a modern metropolis. MySpace is like a ruined city (although I might have been inclined to feature tumbleweeds…) Source: … Continue Reading →
While I was perusing my Twitter feed this afternoon, I saw @RebeccaWatson re-tweet about animalsbeingdicks.com. This turned out to be a relatively new site that features animated GIFs of animals being dicks. I spent wasted a few minutes going through all the links. I found this one particularly funny, although many of them made me … Continue Reading →