Category Archives: General


MySpace Code Licensing

As I mentioned previously, many people have asked me about releasing the source code for various MySpace feed services. Back when I first created the blog service, it was actually released under an open source license. That was a mistake. The code was written to work on my specific server, and most people downloading it […]

LANrev OSVersion in Database Export

At my day job I’m working with a database export from a LANrev system. If you don’t already know what LANrev is, you might as well stop reading now. I’m just putting this up on the web because I couldn’t find it there when I looked for it, and hopefully this will save someone the […]

Discussion List, Crossdomain.xml for Flash

Many people send questions about this site via private email, which is fine. I’m happy to answer these questions. But often the same question is asked by multiple people working on similar projects. In an effort to connect these people, I set up a Make Data Make Sense discussion list. If you have a question […]

Comedy Central Feed Creator

The Comedy Central RSS Creator has been updated, and renamed as the Comedy Central Feed Creator. Feeds are now available in both RSS and Atom. Feeds also now point to Comedy Central’s Flash video player rather than the old Windows Media format videos. The new player works much better.
Also, the new feeds include video descriptions […]

A Log, for Words and Data

Welcome to the Make Data Make Sense log! Let’s jump right into talking about making data make sense. We can anticipate creating a lot of data on this log, so how can we ensure it will make sense?
First, with a meaningful name. This is not a “blog” because “blog” doesn’t make sense. What does […]