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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Top secret big nuts
For top secret work1 reasons I am learning a touch of C# at the moment. Normally, because it’s a Microsoft technology, you’d expect any knowledge you acquire to be transient due to their merciless and comprehensive deprecation strategy. This, as … Continue reading
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Tagged C++, cobra art, Coco de Mer, giraffe, pointless observation, shiny box syndrome
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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
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Tagged boobs, cobra art, getting old, grey hairs, pointless observation, snake
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These are the wires used to make my intergalactic spaceship
Ihave been becoming increasingly disheartened in recent years by how little the new generation of programmers know about how computers work. Their understanding of the relationship between what they tap into a computer and what the microprocessor actually ends up … Continue reading
Posted in Software development
Tagged C++, intergalactic spaceship, pointless observation, rants, text adventure
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I’ll moon you if you’re not careful
To be honest, I probably won’t, unless it is by accident: I appear to have lost a small amount of weight recently and my trousers keep falling down. Between that and a belt that is held on by one wafer … Continue reading
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Tagged cobra art, moon, pointless observation, space snake, spam
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PlayBook: Hahahahaha!
What do you know the BlackBerry chaps for? What’s that? As industry leaders in secure mobile e-mail solutions you say? Absolutely. So, if YOU were RIM and you were releasing a tablet computer thingie to compete with the iPad, what … Continue reading
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Tagged cobra art, pointless observation, uninformed opinion
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The invasion of the giraffes
Since the baby Cobra joined us late last year, there has been a marked increase in the number of giraffes in our house. From where I am sitting, for example, I can see four giraffes – which I believe is … Continue reading