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Add Image While Adding a Recipe

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:29:25 -0400

You can now upload an image when you’re entering a recipe! In hindsight, seems like a pretty big user-experience goof to make you
enter a recipe, then go back and go through a separate process to add
your delicious, delicious photos. No longer!

You can still add photos and videos after the fact, of course. Thanks to John for suggesting the change! Email us at team@weeatt.com
if you have suggestions.

- jesse

We Eatt is Blacked Out

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:55:40 -0500

We Eatt is offline today, January 18, 2012, because the US Senate is considering legislation that would certainly kill us forever. The legislation is called the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) and like SOPA, is the worst.thing.ever. Well, the worst legislation concering the internet ever, for sure. Basically, it would shut this site down – we would be legally responsible for policing the content that users upload. For We Eatt, that means SOMEHOW guaranteeing that the recipes users upload do not infringe anyone else’s recipes anywhere in the world. We Eatt would shut down.

We don’t want that. If you don’t want it either, visit AmericanCensorship.org for instructions on contacting your Senator. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has more information on this and other issues central to your freedom online. Thanks,

Jesse @ We Eatt

Updated SPAM Tools

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:49:42 -0400

Hi We Eatters! If you subscribe to our RSS Feeds for new recipes (or are friends with
us on Facebook), you might have noticed a SPAM problem lately. Well..
have no fears! Our magic coding ninjas (me) just rolled out an update
to help us against the SPAM onslaught!

If you experience where our SPAM filters prevent you from adding a
recipe, please email us! (spam@weeatt.com) and we’ll get it taking
care of. Thanks!

WeEatt 3.0 Live

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:23:10 -0500

Hey Ya’ll!!! Big upgrade on We Eat is now live, with some changes, some upgrades, and a big fat API.

I’ll post more info on what’s changed – generally it’s the same site you know, without some of the annoyances that have been grating on me (like when you searched for recipes, it would include recipes you couldn’t see). I’ll post details on that tomorrow.

If you do find I botched anything on the upgrade, best place is to let me know is on www.weeatt.com/support

- jesse @ weeatt

July 4th Recipes

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:13:14 -0400

For those of us in the US, the 4th of July means outdoor cooking and a celebration with friends. You might need some recipes to go with that! If you’re looking for:

An Alternative to a burger, but still a burger: These Cheeseburgeritos are a perfect alternative to your bun problem
Something vegetarian: Milan's Black Bean Burger is an excellent choice
A Side for pre-burger festivities: We make this Guacamole all the time and it hits the spot
A Side that’s more American than Mexican: Try Ugly Corn (corn + bacon = awesome)
Potato’s: http://www.weeatt.com/recipe/parmesan_herb_potato_wedges
Finally: Sweet Potato Fries

Have a safe and happy holida!

Happy Thanksgiving 2009

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:54:49 -0500

It’s been a tough year for most people we know. But through all the hard times, it’s easy for me personally to think of things to be thankful for, and I hope you can do the same. I’m thankful for our health, our toddler, and for this site’s community. You guys rock!

To all the We Eatters out there – Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving and Holiday Recipes

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:38:51 -0500

The most popular recipes on We Eatt time of year are usually Thanksgiving recipes. Last year we ran down Thanksgiving Recipes on We Eatt.To find more, you can search for Thanksgiving, view all tags with thanksgiving, or explore the sides.

Thanks for using We Eatt.

Server Status -- All Good!

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:40:42 -0400

We’re all good on the server side of things here. If you want more
technical information, read on: When we moved to a new set of servers, we wanted to reduce the amount
of memory available on each server. Rather than have 1 server with a
gig of memory, we moved to a set of servers with 256mb each. Trouble
was, that wasn’t enough.

We needed more than 256 and try as we might — couldn’t make it fit.
So the memory got taken up, moved to “swap” and then that got taken
up. No good came of this and the site slowed from a crawl to a stop.
We increased the memory on the application/web server to 512 and all
has been good for a while. Probably too much information, but there you go! Back to stable and
ready for the long haul.

Trouble with Servers

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:15:25 -0400

We’ve had a bit of trouble tonight with our new server setup.
Unfortunately, some requests seem to be taking forever, and its just
slowing down the site completely. We’ve provisioned some more horsepower (memory and servers), but
they’ll take some time to come online.

Right now it’s 11:15 PM on Tuesday, September 15th. We’ve been having
trouble for about 45 minutes, and it may take another hour to two to
settle down. I don’t like problems like this and we’re sorry.

Server Migration

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:46:10 -0400

We Eatt is moving to a new set of servers – we’ve been testing this
out over the last two weeks and are prepared. This should happen in the next few hours – you’ll be shown a
migration page and can view both this blog and our
http://status.weeatt.com, which will contain the minute by minute
updates.

We’ll only be moving the database during the migration, so it
shouldn’t take longer than 10-15 minutes to backup, restore, and then
run our checks to make sure we didn’t make a Monday mistake.

Homemade Butter Recipe

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:24:58 -0400

I saw this incredibly simple recipe on Lifehacker and thought all the
WeEatters would enjoy it. It’s a way to make homemade butter,
including getting some butter milk from two simple ingredients. 1. Chilled Heavy Cream
2. Salt

Visit Lifehacker at
http://lifehacker.com/5339179/enjoy-homemade-butter-in-less-than-five-minutes
to learn more. The original recipe was at
http://www.overthehillandonaroll.com/2009/06/how-to-make-butter-in-under-5-mi…,
but I found at Lifehacker.

Minor Blog Changes

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:17:58 -0400

We moved the weeatt blog! It’s now on blog.weeatt.com. We switched our blog from a local Wordpress installation to a hosted
solution at Posterous, and linked http://blog.weeatt.com over to them.
Your existing RSS feeds will still work.

We did this to make posting easier (it’s very very easy on Posterous
[www.posterous.com]), and get information out to the blog faster. Since most of you find these posts from the homepage, shouldn’t affect
your life at all; but we post all changes here, so there you go!

Recent User Behavior

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:07:00 -0400

We recently had a user violate our community policies and I wanted to
tell you what we did, and what we believe our community here at We
Eatt is all about.

The user posted comments that were bordering on abusive and were
negative, or frankly childish. In my work life, I say “they did not
add to the value of the conversation.” Many of you were also sent
messages and friend requests that you did not expect or frankly want.

This was a first for We Eatt, but likely not the last. This type of
trolling is somewhat common on message boards, although our community
has been able to stear clear of that type of behavior.

What is our community all about? Well, as it has evolved, We Eatt is a
constructive environment to store your recipes and interact with your
in-real-life friends. The key word is constructive. If you don’t have
something nice to say, or possibly a helpful suggestion, please
refrain from posting.

We took the action of banning the user; it was difficult but I wanted
to show that I am intent on keeping this community a thoughtful
community.

In the future, we’ll add the following features

* “Block User” - be able to block a user from messaging you, or
commenting on your recipes
* Comment Moderation - be able to restrict comments on your
recipes from randoms. Also be able to delete comments that you don’t
want on your recipes.

Thanks for using We Eatt, we heart you!

US Senate Inaguration Recipes

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:27:00 -0500

The US Senate held an lunch today to celebrate President Obama’s inaguration, and posted the recipes. The luncheon is held for most inagurations, and is served with “cuisine reflecting the home states of the new President and Vice President”.You can download the recipes in PDF form.The Lunch:

First Course: Seafood Stew
Second Course: Duck and Pheasant with Sour Cherry Mash and Molasses Sweet Potatoes
Third Course: Apple Cinnamon Sponge Cake

Note: First found on Lifehacker

Facebook Page for We Eatt

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:36:01 -0500

If you have a facebook account, show your fb friends that you’re a fan of We Eatt. Just find the weeatt facebook page and click “become a fan”. When you do, facebook will add an item to your newsfeed like the following example:

The We Eatt Facebook page is located at http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Eatt/40837489703 or just search fb for “We Eatt”.

Happy Holidays from We Eatt!

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:58:38 -0500

We wish your family a safe and deliriously happy holiday season, including a Merry Christmas a Happy Hanukkah (and any other holiday you may celebrate). Enjoy good food, good friends and great wine!

Have a happy new year, and we’ll celebrate We Eatt’s 1 year birthday in January 09!

Thanksgiving Recipes on We Eatt

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:48:26 -0500

The most popular recipes on We Eatt today have been Thanksgiving recipes. Here’s a rundown of some of our favorites: Breads

Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Pumpkin Spread

Sides and Casseroles

Dressings

Turkey

Alton Brown Roast Turkey (on food network)
Paula Dean Deep Fried Turkey (on food network)

Pies and Desserts

To find more, you can search for Thanksgiving, view all tags with thanksgiving, or explore the sides. Good luck tomorrow, and thanks for using We Eatt.

Upgrading Servers

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:21:01 -0500

We’re adding capacity to our We Eatt servers tonight (12 Nov 2008), so you may experience a little downtime during the transition. We’ll be updating our Status page when we start and end the migration, so check over there if we’re down over here.

The new server will have more memory; we love and highly recommend SliceHost for your web needs.

Downtime Explained

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:18:29 -0400

Sorry for the downtime on Sunday, October 12, 2008. We Eatt was unavailable for about an hour.

Our provider logged that we were using up too much memory, which caused them to reboot our server.

We updated at status.weeatt.com and will post a technical explanation there.

We hope this doesn’t happen again

Economy Encouraging Cooking at Home

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:34:23 -0400

It’s not just us! We’re cooking more at home now than we ever have; the economy is encouraging (and sometimes forcing) families to spend less time and money at restaurants, but more time at home cooking. We couldn’t be happier! I think the more we know about food and about cooking, the more we appreciate what restaurants do to put quality food consistently on our plates.From the article:

It saves you a lot more money if you just buckle down and focus on eating at home

And cooking magazines and Web sites are booming even as magazine sales overall have suffered.

About 45 percent of Americans are eating out less this year to save money

Read more at Chilly Economy fires up Home Cooking