About the Cobras
I'm a C, C++ and Objective C 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.-
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- What a fantastic read about DRM: craphound.com/msftdrm.txt Talk by Cory Doctorow given to Microsoft's Research Group back in '04 2 days ago
- DRM: punishing real customers since some asshat thought it was a good idea - theregister.co.uk/2013/05/22/ace… Like MS's PlaysNoMore(TM) and others. 3 days ago
- RT @rickygervais: “@MTVNews: Beyoncé, Rihanna & Katy Perry send prayers to #Oklahoma #PrayForOklahoma” I feel like an idiot now...I only s… 3 days ago
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- This nudist play can wreck a nice beach | Cobras Cobras on Tea, Earl Grey, Hot
- Would you like to play a nice game of chess? | Cobras Cobras on Rollin’ contracts rollin’… Until the END OF TIME ITSELF
- Would you like to play a nice game of chess? | Cobras Cobras on How to take over the world
- Narky on The Incredible Adventures of Rattles McCoil
- I know what I did last summer | Cobras Cobras on ‘Tis the season to eat chocolate: The Universal Cake Recipe
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Tag Archives: Michel Thomas
Big beer, little beer, glass of wine
So Mrs Cobras and I were at a hotel in Montpellier recently sitting at the bar (go on, act surprised, if you can) trying, unsuccessfully, to get Baby Cobra to sleep whilst waiting for the restaurant to open. This bloke … Continue reading
Posted in Learning French slowly
Tagged bière, big fish, cardboard box, cobra art, French, little fish, long fish, Michel Thomas
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Mon aéroglisseur est plein d’anguilles
And yours might be too, so you should get it checked. The perils of not knowing even the most basic structural components of a foreign language are considerably more embarrassing than eel related confusion. There I was, standing on the … Continue reading
Posted in Learning French slowly
Tagged eel, French, future tense, hovercraft, irregular pigeon, Michel Thomas, slow progress
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When O-Level French just isn’t enough
I am learning French at the moment and have been for some time. Needless to say, due to ‘spare time’ constraints my French has made the same general progress as my iPhone game: I am regularly overtaken by snails. It … Continue reading
Posted in Learning French slowly
Tagged cobra art, French, irregular pigeon, Michel Thomas
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