Charanjit Chana

While the code itself still sits over on Google Code, Nike+PHP's support site now has a new look!

I've moved it onto a Wordpress platform which makes administration and updating the site easier.

Version 1 or Nike+PHP has been out for a while and earlier this month I released v1.2.1.

The code has been downloaded over 100 times and I'm extremely proud of that fact! I would love to see how people are using the code, so please add to the Examples page on the wiki.

I also changed the branding for the project a little bit, but need time to work on the site, something I might do in March. The site is a little bright, something I wanted it to be, but I'll be toning it down a bit in the next refresh.

The old logo was dark, plain and, well, just boring!



The new one is lighter, has a bit of depth and contains the Nike logo (hope I don't get into any trouble for that!).

So I am a lover of Nike+ and have had a Nike+ stat widget on the side of my blog for quite a while now. The project can be found at http://nikeplusphp.org.

It came to my attention that the method used wasn't the easiest and certainly wasn't up to date. Looks like something changed on Nike's end and that has broken the API I was using.

Looking around for an alternative, I was inspired to build my own class and am now firmly at version 0.7 with it. I've created a small website for the project where you can grab the code and there's some documentation to help you get started.

The project is called Nike+PHP and all you need is a Nike+ account, PHP5 and SimpleXML installed.

[ read more... ]

I've now seen two Nike shoes on CNET's Crave blog and while one made me smile, the other made me frown.



The first shoe features a lot of nice subtle hints to the old NES controller. There's a d-pad pattern and the words 'START' and 'SELECT' well placed and small enough not to distract from the excellent choices in colour. As a huge NES fan and NES owner, these really got me excited.

[ read more... ]

Ever since the store opened a couple of months ago, I've been dying to go! Doing it online is fine, and pretty much how the whole 'by appointment' service works, it's just... better!

After making my appointment, I spent a few days lurking through forums, trawling through the Nike archives and picking the brains of previous visitors for ideas, inspirations and what to expect.

My research was pretty much pointless, because apart from one key colour I wanted, I ended up with something a little unexpected but something that I will definitely be wearing when it arrives.

Oh, and be sure to read the whole article to see what I created.

[ read more... ]

In a follow up post to my early rambles about the Nike+ SportBand, I thought I'd blog about the Marware product I'm using instead of buying a pair of Nike+ shoes.

At the beginning of May, I did make a trip to Niketown in London and tried on a pair of Nike+ Everyday Free shoes, but they weren't comfortable enough to make me part with my money. I had already parted with a few pounds on eBay for the Marware Sportsuit^TM and thought I would just wait for that to turn up.


(stock photo)

I am very glad that I did because it doesn't seem to be any less accurate than the 'official' method

[ read more... ]

The Nike/Apple relationship has always been very interesting to me. I'm a big fan of what they promote, and the Nike+ service has always looked very slick and well managed.



I finally 'caved' in and bought a Nike+ product to help me keep a better record of the running I do. I did contemplate buying the whole range; as in shoes, attachment AND an iPod nano, but when I actually sat down and thought about the cost, it was just too much. Instead, I bought the new Nike+ SportBand and that was that

[ read more... ]