MCSharp.Heartbeat.MCSharpUpdateHeartbeat.DoHeartBeat C# (CSharp) Method

        public bool DoHeartBeat()
        {
            bool success = false;
            byte[] formData = { };

            postVars = "currentversion=" + Server.VersionNumber;

            try
            {
                request = (HttpWebRequest) WebRequest.Create(new Uri(serverURL));
                request.Timeout = 10000;
                request.Method = "POST";
                request.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
                formData = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(postVars);
                request.ContentLength = formData.Length;

                // CachePolicy is not Implemented in some versions of MONO. (1.9)
                try
                {
                    request.CachePolicy = new System.Net.Cache.RequestCachePolicy(System.Net.Cache.RequestCacheLevel.NoCacheNoStore);
                }
                catch
                {
                    Logger.Log("Error Setting Heartbeat CachePolicy. If you are running MONO then this is OK.", LogType.Warning);
                }

                try
                {
                    using (Stream requestStream = request.GetRequestStream())
                    {
                        requestStream.Write(formData, 0, formData.Length);
                        requestStream.Close();
                    }
                }
                catch (WebException ex)
                {
                    if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.Timeout)
                    {
                        throw new WebException("Failed during request.GetRequestStream()", ex.InnerException, ex.Status, ex.Response);
                    }
                }

                using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
                {
                    Logger.Log("Preparing mcsharp.voziv.com heartbeat.", LogType.Debug);
                    using (StreamReader responseReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
                    {

                        string line = responseReader.ReadLine();
                        Server.LatestVersion = Convert.ToDouble(line.Substring(line.LastIndexOf('=') + 1), System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
                        if (Server.LatestVersion > Server.VersionNumber)
                        {
                            Logger.Log("MCSHARP UPDATE AVAILABLE (" + Server.LatestVersion + ") Visit http://mcsharp.voziv.com to get it!", LogType.Warning);
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.Timeout)
                {
                    Logger.Log("Timeout: mcsharp.voziv.com", LogType.Debug);
                    Logger.Log("MCSharp Heartbeat Timed out!", LogType.Error);
                }
                else
                {
                    using (WebResponse response = ex.Response)
                    {
                        using (StreamReader responseReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
                        {

                            string line = responseReader.ReadLine();
                            Logger.Log(line, LogType.ErrorMessage);
                            Logger.Log(serverURL, LogType.ErrorMessage);
                        }
                    }
                    Logger.Log("Failed Heartbeat to mcsharp.voziv.com: The status was " + ex.Status.ToString(), LogType.Error);
                    Logger.Log(ex.Message, LogType.ErrorMessage);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Logger.Log("Error reporting to mcsharp.voziv.com", LogType.Error);
                Logger.Log(ex.Message, LogType.ErrorMessage);
                success = false;
            }
            finally
            {
                request.Abort();
            }
            return success;
        }

 static void worker_DoWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
 {
     instance.DoHeartBeat();
     Thread.Sleep(instance.Timeout);
 }