Some things learned from PC games

These days, I spent some time playing games (chess and Heroes of Might and Magic, 2 and 3, complete version) and watching some videos. (Bogdan Sverediuk – YouTube & Chris67132 – YouTube) Some thoughts? Travel is good for you – in Heroes of Might and Magic games, the player is rewarded for travelling. Good things come for those who travel – resources, map explored, things spotted. Sure, there are risks – you can be in the North, and the computer might attack from the South. It’s not black & white. But, overall, it’s much better to travel & move than it is to stay in your safe area. You risk, and, most of the times, you win. It all starts from a small area – you don’t need to own a big kingdom from the beginning. If you control a small area, then you expand gradually, then you can control large areas. Why focusing on the time pressure is pointless? I see this in chess blitz games (3 minutes per player). Some players focus on the time, and lose on gameplay. Also, stressing and obsessing on „you have 30 more seconds” seriously hinders your performance. Yes, you win the game on time, but you lost on gameplay. I prefer to quickly move, and win 50% of the games on time, but lose no game on gameplay. Shortcuts are part of the game. In H3, there are lots of magic tricks. The best players not only know those tricks, but know them extremely well. They win games by knowing …

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Ce faci când un produs nu mai este în stoc și nu va mai fi vreodată?

Să zicem că aveți un magazin online și ați eliminat un produs din stoc, permanent. Cum procedați – ștergeți pagina produsului, o lăsați așa, afișați o eroare, redirecționați conținutul? Dacă este vorba de un produs la care contează specificațiile tehnice (de exemplu, un model de laptop, un model de telefon mobil), păstrează descrierea + poza, pune o listă de produse asemănătoare, pune mesaj mare „produsul nu e disponibil, și nu va fi, dar poți citi descrierea tehnică”. Dacă e un produs care se poate înlocui (rochie roșie, cu dantelă), fă redirect la noul produs, sau pune noul produs pe URL-ul vechiului produs (păstrezi URL-ul, și pui alte caracteristici ale produsului + buton de cumpără). Dacă e produs a cărui categorie nu mai e în site (vindeai mese pe site, și acum vinzi doar scaune), poți lăsa pagină de eroare 404, sau poți face redirect la homepage sau la o categorie cât de cât similară (categoria mobilier). De văzut și: How Should You Handle Expired Content? – Moz.  

Cel mai frumos film pe care l-am văzut în ultima perioadă (2-3 luni): The Book of Life (2014)

The Book of Life (2014) – Filmul e împărțit de cei de la IMDb în 3 categorii: Animation | Adventure | Comedy. Aș pune și un pic de dragoste, pe acolo pe undeva.

Chestiunea e așa: animația e bine realizată, scenariul închegat și cu sens.

Sunt două lucruri care mă atrag la film: umorul și sensul urmăririi lui (morala).
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On Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

I just finished seeing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) – IMDb. SPOILERS AHEAD! Most of the reasoning for me watching the movie had to do with the fact that I used to watch those cartoons when I was a child. I just had to see it. Some feed-back? The original cartoons were friendly and warm. The new ones are cool, but much more aggressive. The music soundtrack is fine. I especially liked the part when the TMNT start singing some tune in an elevator. The pumped muscles are just too much. They get adrenaline and are able to break a cage. To me, this is not logical – how much power can you get? Also, what’s with the big red button with Adrenaline on it? I liked the fact that the characters are much more separated than in the cartoon. They each have an individual style. The weapons are rather silly. The dork turtle is too dorky. It’s rather aggressive in his style. To me, the big problem with the movie is that there’s no finesse. Everything is so abrupt and into your face. It’s too much. I like the scene where, with a stick, a car gets thrown away. Very cool. The 5 minutes countdown is so so so cliché. In order to solve a conflict, the characters insist, rather than find creative solutions. What’s the point of the doctor to tell April he killed her father? Why create an enemy out of blank? April gives some very very stupid evidence to state her news …

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Aplicații smartphone pentru Android

Aplicația de mai jos permite legarea smartphone-desktop și e foarte utilă la instalarea sistemului de operare, de exemplu (copy & paste rapid email / utilizator / parole / alte câmpuri greu de tastat pe mobil). AirDroid Gets a Native Desktop App That Mirrors Your Android’s Screen. 2016.02.01: AirDroid Can Now Share Your Clipboard and Keyboard With Your PC Mai folosesc intens și tastatura de mai jos, foarte foarte bună pentru predicții, poate învăța din diferite surse specificate de voi (site-uri / email / facebook / sms-uri), și învață pe măsură ce o folosiți: SwiftKey, Our Favorite Android Keyboard, Is Now Free to Download. Alte aplicații: (te ajută să programezi telefonul să facă diferite lucruri automat) Tasker. (review-uri taximetriști) Star Taxi. (în sens invers, să controlezi PC-ul de pe smartphone) TeamViewer for Remote Control. (recunoaște melodii) Shazam. (pentru orașele mari, are rețeaua de transport în comun) Transport Urban. De văzut: Lifehacker Pack for Android: Our List of the Essential Android Apps

No more insights from modern movies!

I recently saw lots of movies, like: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) – IMDb The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – IMDb The Fountain (2006) – IMDb Yves Saint Laurent (2014) – IMDb Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) – IMDb The Giver (2014) – IMDb How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) – IMDb Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) – IMDb Transcendence (2014) – IMDb I got an insight from the last movie I saw. But that’s the problem! Very few insights, considering the number of movies I saw. Let’s take the list again: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) – very smart movie, very funny; almost no insights. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – smart & very smart; scary movie; no insights; The Fountain (2006) – not-so-smart, spiritual-wannabe; no insights; Yves Saint Laurent (2014) – a bit dramatic, at times, interesting; no insights; Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) – not funny, not smart, not interesting; no insights; The Giver (2014) – smart, creative ideas; no insights; How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) – very very smart, funny at times, dark; close to insights; I really fought hard to get to these insights, but there’s nothing spectacular; Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) – a bit interesting, at times stupid, most of the times not funny; no insights; Transcendence (2014) – smart-wannabe, not succeeding; dark & sad; no insights. There’s a big list above and the most important insight I got was „No one’s 100% a dick”. Not exactly Christmas, as a quote from James Bond says. (James Bond: [on receiving …

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