The wife got me some new tap handles for Christmas. They work great with the space available and the new monitor installed. One Fat Tire and one Boulevard Pale Ale. Perfect for the House of Husar pub. Related Posts:Pint Tracker Monitor UpdatesNew Belgium Brewery TourBeer Update: Fat Tire EmptyBeer Update: Fat Tire Beer Update: Fat Tire EmptyTwitter...

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...

Ella has been taking a real interest in pool lately. It is about time someone starting using the pool table for something other than to take eBay photo on! Related Posts:Pool TimeBasement Pub UpdatesPool Table Felt ColorBison Peak HikeFriday Night Kids RideTwitter It!

One of the things that really got me excited at MAX this year was a presentation from Kevin Hoyt on JavaScript and Hardware Integration. This was something that I did not really know was possible until the presentation. My head started to swirl and a rush of projects filled my head of all the cool stuff I could do. I think I got a little dizzy. Kevin has a few posts on this blog that will give you more detail on what is possible so make...