Do you have GD and the PHP GD extension installed and yet it's not getting loaded into your PHP? If you getting the following error logged to your php error log, then the source of the problem is simple.
I spent at least four hours trying to debug a strange and passive bug in a Google Gears app I am working on. After picking apart a couple hundred lines of code and reducing the script to the absolute basic functionality of just a few lines, I was completely stupefied that I still had not found the source of the problem.
I have been contemplating buying a set of the Great Books of the Western World for some time and now that I am a little more serious about dropping some cash on a set, I thought it would be a good idea to get a feel for the quality first.
I know the title of this post is a little complicated but I feel it best describes the problem at hand. In Javascript, objects, arrays and variables are all technically the same thing which allows you to do some interesting stuff - such as nesting functions inside arrays inside variables inside objects inside variables. There are of course issues of scope when doing this sort of thing, though. One problem I recently came across was that I needed to reference the parent object's self from within an anonymous function that is nested within an array.
Here is a collection of nonfiction books I find interesting as an atheist and I suspect will also be appreciated by other non-believers. I have not yet read all of these, but I plan to read every last one - time permitting. I will update the list as I come across more books that I feel should be included.
There are many ways to make your online writings accessible and more pleasant to read: multi-tier headings, short paragraphs, justified text alignment, spacious line-height and clean gutter spacing. There is, however, one additional element that always seems to be forgotten when it comes to online publishing: The horizontal rule.
This is an excellent speech by Sam Harris where he discusses problems of religious faith. This lecture was given at the New York Society for Ethical Culture on Nov 16, 2005; aired on C-Span2's "Book TV."
When you do something repetitively throughout your life, you develop an unconscious motion that you perform without much thought. This is true for driving, writing, and yes, even wiping your ass. Chances are that when it comes time to clean up after doing your duty, you probably do not think much about the amount of toilet paper you use.
This is the brilliant opening statement that Christopher Hitchens gave in a religion vs. atheism debate with Alister McGrath on October 11, 2007.


