Author: Viorel Petrea

Flying Zuzzi

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Hello people,

Flying Zuzzi

Flying Zuzzi Episode I

This is my first app so please be gentle with Zuzzi as she tries to escape the high gardens where she was held captive by her evil twin Zantos. The story begins in a small kingdom of flufy and colourful animals. King Zantinii had twins, Zuzzi and Zantos and because Zuzzi was first born she was the true heir of the kingdom but her brother Zantos never agreed with this and he was mean with Zuzzi so after the king died he took Zuzzi in the High Gardens of Rocky Mountains and took the throne for himself.

This is just a snippet of the story that follows. So stay tuned and subscribe for the future episodes of Flying Zuzzi.

Flying Zuzzi Episode I: The beginning of an adventure

Zuzzi has to fly over trees and try to advance as much as possible. This game will focus in controlling Zuzzi as you guide her to escape the forrest.

Flying Zuzzi Episode II: Friends join the adventure

Little description: Zuzzi will be joined by her friend Coco.

Flying Zuzzi Episode III: Battle for the throne

Description is secret.

 

Thank you for reading.

Cheers.

Mortal Kombat X on my PS4

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Hello,

Finally the Mortal Kombat X game is available for ps4. I really like it because it takes me back to my first arcade game and also to my first experience with PlayStation 1. I did a short video of my favorite character Scorpion fighting Sub Zero.

The graphics are amazing and the game-play is as cool as SubZero powers.

Get over here!!!!

Nike fuel band

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Hello runners,

I bought this gadget from amazon because it was out of stock on the Nike website for 120£ which is a massive sum of money for it’s features. Later on to find it back on the Nike website at 89£. Damn you universe for this.Damn_b685d9_2284301

Should I make a list of things that Nike fuel band does?

Non sense, that would be a very short list. Lets make a list of the things missing from it.

Nike Fuel Band SE it does not have:

  1. A vibrate function to let you know about notifications like staying to much without moving.
  2. An alarm to wake you up in the morning.
  3. Funny number 2 it dosent even track properly your sleep. Basically you start a session and then in the morning you tag it as sleep. Which changes the background of the session and shows you a picture of a moon :))))) that’s it.
  4. No GPS.
  5. The poor quality of sessions(log activity). I logged snowboarding but other than the name no OTHER useful information.

In other words this gadget is a fancy watch with LED’s that shows the following: steps, calories and hours won(if you move a lil bit every hour you win it).

You can get all of these information’s in a free app from iTunes. So there is no need for you to spend money on this device. I advice you not to buy it.

My reason to buy was that I wanted a little more information for when I am running but it turns out the Nike Running app is enough. This gadget brings no value. Unless you want to see 10-15 LED`s

My recommendation is to look for other gadgets like Fitbit/Jawbone.

Thank you,

VP

Train your body

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Hello,

The objectives for mid #2015noexcuses are:

  1. Building an iOS app
  2. Complete 500km of running.

From my previous posts you can find out that MOOV was a disappointment so I stopped running. After some research on iTunes I found the Nike Running app which is free to use.

Nike running is great app for tracking your runs and also provides you with a personal coach.

I enrolled in a intermediate 5k running program which stretches over 8 weeks with a total of 200km. I am currently at the end of the week #3 and I feel awesome.

Check out my first 3 weeks:

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Looks awesome right? 🙂 Start running guys it feels great.

Thank you for reading. I will keep you posted with my next objective.

Coding music

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Hello coders,

If you are like me you cannot code without music. You need those beats that make you keep going all day. I feel like Mozart when I code with every key pressed I am trying to give life to a soulless coding block. So like notes every part of my code needs to be in the right place otherwise it sounds bad 🙂 The final masterpiece will touch so many people and if I do it right people who browse my website will feel like they are actually surfing the internet and not flushing the toilet.

The best app that I found for music is Soundcloud and when I am at my desk I use the website version of Soundcloud.

This cool app allows you to create playlists, follow musicians, share playlists and many more. One word “Awesome”.

So check out my “Awesome music” playlist at https://soundcloud.com/viorel-petrea/sets/awesome-music

What makes you guys keep on going every day at office?

Thank you,

VP

London Note #1

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Hello people,

Moving to London turned out to be the most awesome thing I could have ever done in my life – not only from a career point of view. Let me tell you something about my home country. Romania is a beautiful place that was not conquered for centuries because we had strong people that wanted to be united under one flag and one country. The most awful thing that happened to this country was the communism that made us dumb and turned off our connections with the outside world, they made us so depended of them that somehow they managed to do even the thinking for us. Unfortunately we reached that point where now I see people incapable of thinking on their own and incapable to make a decision to change their purpose in this life.

Since I arrived in London I see people that know what they want and they are willing to fight for their dreams until the last breath. Seeing this determination makes me want more for myself. The road to success it is not paved with stones of avoidance – so I should better start working on it.

I feel I am in the center of the world and I am ready to explore it all. Machu Picchu here I come.

A word of advice to you all: Get outside your comfort zone, challenge yourself and I promise you: it will make you feel more alive than the day you were born!

This is note 1 and more will come. Stay tuned!

What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?

#stayhungry #neverbackdown #bebold

VP

 

LinkedIn Plug-In

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Hello guys,

Requirement: Show the LinkedIn button for a User that has the link set up in the DB or in Sitecore.

  1. First of all you can check out the LinkedIn Developer for what type of button you need and get the snippet code by clicking Get It. Really easy.
  2. I like this button sleek and cool https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins/member-profile-plugin-generator?button-type-logo-name=true
  3. From the box you can choose different actions for your button
  4. Then set a field in sitecore or set a field in the DB wherever you need it and a field for the name.
  5.  I have added this in my html page:

<script src=”//platform.linkedin.com/in.js” type=”text/javascript”></script>
<script type=”IN/MemberProfile” data-id=”<%= LinkedInUrl%>” data-format=”hover” data-text=”<%= FullName%>”></script>

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Moov disappointment

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Helo guys,

I have just returned from my run with Moov. It is crap I tell you pure crap. After selecting a program I ran for 2 minutes when it started to say Moov disconnected and then at every 1 / 2 minutes the same. I have started Nike Running up the same time just to keep a record of my distance. But I can tell you the Nike Running up offers the same functionality like this Moov device.

Moov is speaking with you in a awful voice every 1 minute repeating the same text. Swing your arms…and then swing your arms….swing your legs nothing like  in the commercial video.

By the way if you press Getting Started it will open a page in the browser……Seriously is it that hard to add a video in the app and a text to tell you how to use the app. Awful.

OK, now lets be professional about it:

Moov has 4 programs and 46 levels.

  1. Brisk Walk
  2. Running Efficiency
  3. Sprint Intervals (My favorite)
  4. Speed Endurance

What I did today it was Sprint Interval and as a beginner I started with level 1.

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