About the Cobras
I'm a C, C++, Objective C and PHP programmer. I develop various things for PCs, Macs and the iOS platforms. On and off I'm developing an iPhone game which I expect I shall never finish. I feature progress reports on how far I am from completing it in this blog along with me rattling on about learning French and any other junk I need to get off my chest. I shouldn't really need to say it in this day and age, but obviously, the opinions here are mine and not those of anyone who pays me... unless I've been bribed, in which case, all bets are off. There's more here.-
Recent posts
Categories
Recent Comments
Tag cloud
18:14 party train Apple bad planning BBQ bees book braiiiiins C++ castle-nine-popes cobra art cobra family debugging education endless task French germs giraffe iPhone irregular pigeon khaaaaaaaaaan! long fish long post is long map editor Michel Thomas passwords pointless observation programming standards rants raspberry pi schedules scrolling security slow progress snake space space snake specifications Spongebob Squarepants sprummer stupid mistakes the future train twitter UI user interfaceMeta
Tag Archives: 18:14 party train
Duh duh duh. Duh duh duh. Duh duh duh
Duh duh duh. The sound of GSM digital phones interfering with electronics. It’s also the sound of lies, as I enjoyed witnessing on BBC breakfast a couple of months ago. They’d wheeled in a chap called Michael Roberts from ATOC … Continue reading
Posted in Armchair general, Rants
Tagged 18:14 party train, rants, train
Comments Off on Duh duh duh. Duh duh duh. Duh duh duh
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
“What can be palpably more absurd and ridiculous than the prospect held out of locomotives travelling twice as fast as stagecoaches?” – member of the public, early 19th century England In 1823, Robert Stephenson and Company was formed with the … Continue reading
Posted in Cool stuff
Tagged 18:14 party train, 3d printer, bad predictions, cobra art, germs, the future, train
9 Comments
Comfy sofa, STAT!
You’d better sit down for this. Ok, here it is. I’m going to tell it to you straight, I owe you that. I won’t pussy-foot around, beat around the bush, procrastinate or generally dance around the issue. I am going … Continue reading
Posted in My iPhone game
Tagged 18:14 party train, C++11, cobra art, cocoa spritesheets, drawInRect, iPhone, map editor, schedules
Comments Off on Comfy sofa, STAT!
Atishoo, atishoo, their pants fall down
Being caught with your trousers down is never good unless you have a truly spectacular undercarriage. Take the games industry as an example: First, Atari were caught by themselves, Sega and Nintendo. Then, Sony strolled in and caught Sega. Sony, … Continue reading
Posted in Armchair general
Tagged 18:14 party train, Apple, cobra art, N95, Nokia, Samsung
5 Comments