80′s Arcade Pint Glasses
i picked these up off ThinkGeek last week. They arrived today and I’m pretty happy with them. Asteroids, Centipede, Tempest, Missle Command. I am looking forward to putting something in them....
Read MoreNew Tap Handles
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.
Read MoreNew Pint Tracker Screens
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 display that is in the above screen...
Read MorePint Tracker Monitor Updates
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 Best Buy. But you can’t even find them any place. These are a monoprice brand not a third part brand. There was a waiting list for them a few...
Read MoreFuture Pool Shark
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!
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