Author Archives: David Megginson

The Code Factory, Ottawa, Canada

Posted on June 16, 2008 by David Megginson

Ian Graham, who is well-known in the Ottawa tech community because of his involvement with Bar Camps, Demo Camps, etc, has a new start-up called The Code Factory that lets you cowork in Ottawa. Location, location, location … Located in … Continue reading →

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Ready for Prime Time?

Posted on May 10, 2008 by David Megginson

I bought a cheap HP C4280 printer-scanner-copier today, since my old HP 1210 finally gave up the ghost. Installing the printer in Windows Vista Installing the printer in Windows Vista wasn’t too difficult. I followed the instruction not to plug … Continue reading →

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Dealing with strangers

Posted on April 8, 2008 by David Megginson

From the leader in this week’s Economist: “Financial progress is about learning to deal with strangers in more complex ways.” s/Financial/Technical/ and it applies just as well. What else are we doing in tech, if not figuring out ways for … Continue reading →

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A political posting

Posted on March 29, 2008 by David Megginson

Late in 1963, shortly before he was assassinated, U.S. President John F. Kennedy asked Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson for his opinion on how the U.S. should cope with escalating unrest in Vietnam. Peason: “Get out.” JFK: “That’s a … Continue reading →

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Strange web exploit attempt (?)

Posted on February 4, 2008 by David Megginson

In the search logs for OurAirports, I noticed a series of searches for URLs: http://www.feliciano.de/Webgalerie/bilder/Italy/une/yiwul/ http://www.unduetretoccaate.it/codice/aseje/wocobo/ http://www.altaiseer-eg.com/ar/articles/jed/umut/ At first, I thought they might be a kind of link spam — some sites display recent searches — but when I checked … Continue reading →

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Delayed echo in the echo chamber

Posted on February 2, 2008 by David Megginson

Some people compare blogs (and mainstream media) to an echo chamber, constantly repeating and amplifying the same messages, but the echoes usually die out quickly. Not so, today, when I found this story on the planenews.com aviation news feed: 21 … Continue reading →

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Is the problem Wikipedia, or David Megginson?

Posted on January 23, 2008 by David Megginson

The Wikipedia article about me was vandalized yesterday (vandalized version) by someone from the IP address 24.225.66.95, which seems to be in or near Raleigh, North Carolina. What should I do? Edit the article myself to remove the vandalism? — … Continue reading →

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Google analytics for XML 2007

Posted on January 21, 2008 by David Megginson

I forgot that I’d enabled Google analytics for the XML 2007 web site. Even though the conference is long over, I though it would be interesting to look and see what some of the trends were from September 2007 to … Continue reading →

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LAMP stack stability

Posted on January 10, 2008 by David Megginson

I’m using a single dedicated server to host ourairports.com, megginson.com, and a couple of minor domains. OurAirports is a database-heavy application using (currently) a MySQL v.5 database hosted on the same server. I’ll offload the database to a separate server … Continue reading →

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Social web sites: the new Proprietors?

Posted on January 3, 2008 by David Megginson

Image: Thomas Penn, second proprietor of Pennsylvania, not as nice as his dad William. Almost a year ago, I wrote that Open data matters more than Open Source — it doesn’t matter (to you, the end user) whether a web … Continue reading →

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