Archives for "April, 2009"

Posted by Jack on 29th April 2009

New Wordpress Plugin: Tracked RSS

I just released a new plugin for Wordpress – Tracked RSS.

Posted by Jack on 28th April 2009

Tasted: Ten20 Commemorative Ale

I saw and bought a case of Ten20 a few weeks ago when it came on sale. The Camperdown brewery has been used by James Squire for ten years, and Chuck Hahn, the head brewer, has been there for 20 years, hence the name “Ten20″. The brewers call it a mix between an IPA and [...]

Posted by Jack on 15th April 2009

New feedback mechanism for Tracked Tweets

I am working on a number of new features/bug fixes for tracked tweets. I have decided to give uservoice a go, and have set up a forum there. The simplest way of submitting a feature request/bug report is on the Tracked Tweets project page, using the feedback tab (on the right of the screen).

Posted by Jack on 9th April 2009

New version of Tracked Tweets available

I have just released an update for Tracked Tweets. I have modified the code used to get the shortened URL from TinyURL, as the old method was not working. This was due to the security settings on some servers. I was originally using “file_get_contents()”, then I switched to “fopen()”, and when that was still having [...]

Posted by Jack on 5th April 2009

Brewed: Oatmeal Stout

Today, I brewed an Oatmeal Stout. It was a really smooth brew day, everything went right.
I used a different base malt than I usually do – Munich I Malt. I also used Caraaroma instead of Crystal, and of course, this brew included oats!