function ajaxFunction(object){
	var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
	
	try{
		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} catch (e){
		// Internet Explorer Browsers
		try{
			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e){
				// Something went wrong
				alert("Please download a modern web browser. We recommend Firefox or Google Chrome.");
				return false;
			}
		}
	}
	// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
	ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
	if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){		
		/* works awesome */
		// var string = ajaxRequest.responseText;		
		document.getElementById("weather").innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
	}
}

var queryString = "?name=" + object.name + "&value=" + object.value;
ajaxRequest.open("GET", "/weather.php" + queryString, true);
ajaxRequest.send(null);
}