Started to rework Pint Tracker tonight to fit the 1024×600 resolution of my 9” monitor I mounted to the taps. Pretty happy so far but I had a few ideas for future updates. For now here is what is happening. For starters the beer leader board and the members leader board are getting an upgrade. Soon it will be displayed as a photo grid with beer totals showing in a sticker-type display. Much more visual that just the text...

Tonight my USB extension cables came from MonoPrice. I was a little skeptical if they would work or not. If you did not know USB has a 16 foot range. If I wanted to mount a monitor by the tap I had to find a way to get way more than 16 feet away from my Mac Mini. The MonoPrice 33′ active USB cable had really good reviews so I ordered three of them. At a price of $10.20 each it is a steal. These could cost you $50 each at a place like...

A two weeks ago I ordered a DoubleSight DS-90UC 9” Monitor for my Pint Tracker setup. The monitor arrived a week ago but at first I was not happy with it. For starters the drivers were still in beta. In fact they flat out did not work on the Mac. All I could get was a black screen. It was only after countless uninstall and installs of the drivers that I was able to get a picture on it all all. Even then was wacky. When I booted...

The monitor I want to get my hands on is the DoubleSight DS-90UC – LCD display – TFT – 9″. If you remember back 8 months or so ago there was a similar monitor that I was trying to get. That one never made it over to the US at the time. The place I ordered it from couldn’t get their shipment through customs. So I canceled my order. The DoubleSight DS-90UC is a pretty slick little unit. It has a 2MP webcam...

If you never had the pleasure of having a pint at my place you are not familiar with my tap setup. I bought a quarter oak barrel off ebay a number of year ago. It came from a winery in SoCal. The inside of the barrel is stained with the wine that it contained at one time. The shipping cost me as much at the barrel did. It is solid oak and pretty heavy for only being the top eight inches of a wine barrel. But it has worked out great for...