Archive for March, 2010

Games and Physics, the buzzword in development?

Well having played about 10 hours of the excellent Just Cause 2, and not being upset by the seemingly simple and over exaggerated physics, it is time to explore why this is. Games in general have become more and more physics orientated, what started as a real advantage for the sublime Half-Life 2 on the [ READ MORE ]

My Research

  • March 24th, 2010
  • Posted in Physics

My current area of research is in the application of Quantum Mechanics to model atmospheric systems, namely looking at the interface between multiple water molecules forming nano clusters and the attachment of an excess electron forming an anionic species . These models are important in multiple disciplines, as in biology anionic water clusters could be [ READ MORE ]

*That* TV Interview

Well I promised myself (and consequently my blogger housemate – GJOB) that I would keep this blog professional, and so not be commenting on current affairs, or even games – I know theres a games category but that was for another reason. But after watching the debacle that was the Alan Titchmarsh interview with Tim [ READ MORE ]

Simple Calculator: Adding additional functionality

  • March 23rd, 2010
  • Posted in Cocoa

Following on from the initial calculator design, extensions to allow the additional functionality of single float point memory. Adding this is fairly simple, when you remember that previously we were able to send the characters from the display to a float variable and then perform an operation on them. Instead of sending the float to [ READ MORE ]

Simple Calculator

  • March 22nd, 2010
  • Posted in Cocoa

After completing the simple program ‘Hello World’, it is time to start coding something useful. After a quick decision (well actually lets be honest with a new language one of the first programs to write is the obligatory calculator application). However I decided to add a small twist to the Calculator, making it effectively the [ READ MORE ]

Hello World!

  • March 21st, 2010
  • Posted in Cocoa

Objective-C, otherwise known as Cocoa in Mac OS X, is the programming language of choice for the Mac OS, and also mobile apple hardware like the iPhone, and the new iPad. With a basic background in C++ from about 4 years ago, it shouldn’t be too hard to pick up the basics. I found an [ READ MORE ]

Physics, FORTRAN, Games and Cocoa

This blog is not going to be about, how the Large Hadron Collider will end the world, how worldwide media are in a conspiracy to exaggerate the truth about Climate Change, or how Hollywood is failing to adhere to the strict rules of Physics (actually I can’t guarantee posts on that won’t happen - heres looking at you ‘The Core’). This blog is going to be[ READ MORE ]

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