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.-
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Author Archives: Chief Cobra
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
Twelve Spider Pile-up
My umbrella looks like a twelve spider pileup. Instead of the glorious press-sliiiiide-sproingggg action that it used to do when I deployed it, I now get a urrggghhh, griiiiind, thuhhhhd followed by the sprinkling and tinkling sound of little bits … Continue reading
‘Tis the season to eat chocolate: The Universal Cake Recipe
Easter is pretty much here which means spring has sprung and nature is giving birth to a wonderful display of green. As we all know from Wikipedia, Easter is when we celebrate an event that occurred two millennia ago when … Continue reading
Posted in Cool stuff
Tagged cake, cake recipe, chocolate, easter, education, Fabergé eggs
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The Zombie Apocalypse
We all know that the zombie apocalypse is coming, but when, exactly? Well, if the movies are anything to go by, I would say quite soon. Indeed, if you can bear it, it probably makes sense to hang around teenagers … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous rubbish
Tagged braiiiiins, cobra art, raspberry pi, the cloud, zombie
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Five no trumps. What could go wrong?
Whilst I feel like a fallback to the British empire saying this (hahaha! We once had an empire!), I must express my enormous disappointment about the severe lack of bridge players these days. I think of it as a national … Continue reading
What does this button do?
“The only ‘intuitive’ interface is the nipple. After that, it’s all learned.” Well, restring my guitar, this is interesting in a “come back and haunt you” sort of way. The gist of the article is a bloke from Samsung saying … Continue reading
Posted in Rants
Tagged armchair general, Captain Rattles McCoils, cobra art, rants, snake, user interface
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Book Club
The first rule of Book Club is that we talk about Book Club as often as we can because books are cool. Recently, I read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. It was forced on me by my … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous rubbish
Tagged bad photography, book, games, snowdrops, suspension-of-disbelief, vogon poetry
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The youth of today
Iremember when I was a youth of today. Then, today becomes yesterday, then yesterday becomes the 80s and the 90s and with a radio retune to BBC Radio 4, I find that the only rocking drugs I am doing are … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous rubbish
Tagged boobs, cobra art, getting old, grey hairs, pointless observation, snake
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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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Tuesdicoccus Daylori
Germs, germs, germs. The Cobra family have had so many of them this year that we were beginning to think that we had value to medical research. Of course, we blame Baby Cobra: she is a germ magnet. A cute … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous rubbish
Tagged cobra art, cobra family, eels, germs, infection, Tuesdicoccus Daylori
2 Comments