Mekk's programming notes http://blog.mekk.waw.pl Private blog by Marcin Kasperski. Notes about Linux, programming and internet chess. en Fri, 27 May 2022 12:29:26 GMT Blogofile hourly 1 WatchBot internals reworked http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/53-internals_reworked.html WatchBot> Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:50:54 +0100 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/53-internals_reworked.html Since early January new WatchBot (the bot) version is operating. Almost nothing changed from the user perspective, still I decided to make a note as some old bugs are gone, while some new bugs appeared.

Continue reading "WatchBot internals reworked" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/53-internals_reworked.html#disqus_thread Duplicate comments resolved http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/51-Doubletriple_whispers_resolved.html WatchBot> Wed, 16 May 2012 22:50:54 +0200 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/51-Doubletriple_whispers_resolved.html A lot of people complained about bug which caused WatchBot to quote the same whisper (or other game information) twice (or even more times).

The bug is mostly solved.

Continue reading "Duplicate comments resolved" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/51-Doubletriple_whispers_resolved.html#disqus_thread WatchBot migrated http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/45-WatchBot-migrated.html WatchBot> Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:31:00 +0100 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/45-WatchBot-migrated.html To resolve the disconnection problems I migrated mekk.waw.pl to another Linode datacenter, now it is operating from London. So far it seems that it helped, not a single disconnection during first day of work (while from Newark there were a few connection breaks an hour).

Continue reading "WatchBot migrated" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/45-WatchBot-migrated.html#disqus_thread WatchBot disconnections and my attempts to resolve the problem http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/44-WatchBot-disconnections-and-my-attempts-to-resolve-the-problem.html WatchBot> Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:57:36 +0100 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/44-WatchBot-disconnections-and-my-attempts-to-resolve-the-problem.html You could notice that, since December, WatchBot started to have connectivity problems. The most visible effect is that a lot of games are splitted into many separate parts in spite of the fact that no adjournment by players took place.

Continue reading "WatchBot disconnections and my attempts to resolve the problem" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/44-WatchBot-disconnections-and-my-attempts-to-resolve-the-problem.html#disqus_thread Special marks for comments and quick search http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/40-Special-marks-for-comments-and-quick-search.html WatchBot> Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:32:57 +0200 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/40-Special-marks-for-comments-and-quick-search.html Two small updates to the WatchBot website:

  • whispers made by the people playing the game are marked with different background color,
  • new quick search option is present in the sidebar.
Continue reading "Special marks for comments and quick search" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/40-Special-marks-for-comments-and-quick-search.html#disqus_thread Game search improvements http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/38-Game-search-improvements.html WatchBot> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:45:47 +0200 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/38-Game-search-improvements.html A few small, but possibly useful improvements of the WatchBot search. It is now possible to search games by the result, use any rating ranges, and limit search to games commented by at least a few players.

Continue reading "Game search improvements" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/38-Game-search-improvements.html#disqus_thread A few WatchBot website improvements http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/37-A-few-WatchBot-website-improvements.html WatchBot> Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:03:40 +0100 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/37-A-few-WatchBot-website-improvements.html I updated WatchBot website a little bit, adding some new filtering/navigation options which make it possible to reach older games. Also, it is now possible to follow WatchBot on Twitter.

Continue reading "A few WatchBot website improvements" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/37-A-few-WatchBot-website-improvements.html#disqus_thread Watchbot interesting games feed - revisited http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/32-Watchbot-interesting-games-feed-revisited.html WatchBot> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:52:15 +0200 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/32-Watchbot-interesting-games-feed-revisited.html The Watchbot games feed changed it's address and is currently available as http://feeds.mekk.waw.pl/WatchbotInterestingGames. Old address should be properly redirected, but I recommend updating it. New feed should handle less popular or older readers better and be faster (technically: it is filtered through feedburner).

Per-player feeds remain unchanged and work as described previously.

The feed notifies about games which:

Continue reading "Watchbot interesting games feed - revisited" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/32-Watchbot-interesting-games-feed-revisited.html#disqus_thread Embedding watchbot games on external blogs/websites http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/30-Embedding-watchbot-games-on-external-blogswebsites.html WatchBot> Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:05:27 +0100 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/30-Embedding-watchbot-games-on-external-blogswebsites.html New WatchBot feature. It is now possible to publish WatchBot games on external websites. So, for example, you can show the game you played on your blog.

Here is the example (one of my TeamLeague) games:

Continue reading "Embedding watchbot games on external blogs/websites" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/30-Embedding-watchbot-games-on-external-blogswebsites.html#disqus_thread Picking the games to watch http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/28-Picking-the-games-to-watch.html WatchBot> Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:01:00 +0100 http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/28-Picking-the-games-to-watch.html Have you ever been curious how is WatchBot picking the games to observe and save? Here is the explanation.

Continue reading "Picking the games to watch" » ]]> nospam@example.com (Marcin Kasperski) http://blog.mekk.waw.pl/archives/28-Picking-the-games-to-watch.html#disqus_thread