So I've been trying to learn Flash and thought I'd have a go at solving a minor annoyance for my brewdays.
I'm often distracted by kids, other things in the shed or AHB on brew day. My $3 boil timer sits in the shed (with the boil equipment) which I have to check often to make sure I dont miss a hop addition. So I thought it would be good to set up a program on my phone that beeps a few minutes before a hop addition so if i'm being distracted or have ducked into the house, I don't miss the addition.
I don't know if others might be interested in the program but maybe somebody else would like to try it. Most newish phones should be able to run it (uses flash 2.x for mobiles). My phone (LG viewty) runs it, although sometimes it resets if i try to start the timer too quickly after the program launch.
Instructions
It's (hopefully) works like this:
Download the flash file and copy onto your phone. Launch it by selecting it.
You choose the total time for the boil in minutes (default 60)
You choose how many minutes before the addition that you want to be alerted (default 2)
You tick the additions that you'll be using (only options are 45, 30, 20, 15, 10 and 5 mins)
Click start and away it goes counting down.
Disclaimers:
I'm not a software programmers shoelace - just pieced it together from tutorials on the net.
I'm not responsible for brain cancer, spontaneous phone combustion or anything else that goes wrong with your phone or your brew.
I'm just testing the software so use your normal timer as well.
Don't leave the boil unattended - you should know this.
Download here
I'm often distracted by kids, other things in the shed or AHB on brew day. My $3 boil timer sits in the shed (with the boil equipment) which I have to check often to make sure I dont miss a hop addition. So I thought it would be good to set up a program on my phone that beeps a few minutes before a hop addition so if i'm being distracted or have ducked into the house, I don't miss the addition.
I don't know if others might be interested in the program but maybe somebody else would like to try it. Most newish phones should be able to run it (uses flash 2.x for mobiles). My phone (LG viewty) runs it, although sometimes it resets if i try to start the timer too quickly after the program launch.
Instructions
It's (hopefully) works like this:
Download the flash file and copy onto your phone. Launch it by selecting it.
You choose the total time for the boil in minutes (default 60)
You choose how many minutes before the addition that you want to be alerted (default 2)
You tick the additions that you'll be using (only options are 45, 30, 20, 15, 10 and 5 mins)
Click start and away it goes counting down.
Disclaimers:
I'm not a software programmers shoelace - just pieced it together from tutorials on the net.
I'm not responsible for brain cancer, spontaneous phone combustion or anything else that goes wrong with your phone or your brew.
I'm just testing the software so use your normal timer as well.
Don't leave the boil unattended - you should know this.
Download here