Author Archives: bigdaddytom

About bigdaddytom

Hobbyist programmer, self taught, started with Rb in 1999. Xcode, Objective-C iPhone coder too. I have been blessed being able to live in Hawaii for over three decades. Proud father of two. Business owner. The above image is from atop Mauna Kea looking towards Mauna Loa on the big Island of Hawaii.

Real Studio and Xcode

Posted on March 2, 2013 by bigdaddytom

Occasionally, someone will post on the Real Studio NUG or Forums about how to learn how to Mac iOS or OS X app development and I thought I would make a comment or two on the subject. As someone who … Continue reading →

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Scene Kit 3D Cocoa

Posted on November 9, 2012 by bigdaddytom

Update 11.9.2012 I’ve added a few more models to the project, including a few I’ve just created using a program called SketchUp. I’m easily entertained, but this is quite cool. A free 3D app from Google that seems to work … Continue reading →

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Core Graphic Display Services Project

Posted on November 8, 2012 by bigdaddytom

This is one of my older projects that wraps most of the functions from CGDisplay Services Framework. See developer.apple.com for documents. Download The Project Here ….

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Box2D Lite Port

Posted on August 24, 2012 by bigdaddytom

Update – 8.24.12 I’ve come to a point where I am unable to make any progress on this project, despite giving it a lot of time and hours! So, if you have any interest in this project, here it is. … Continue reading →

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I’m A First Time GrandPa!

Posted on July 20, 2012 by bigdaddytom

My daughter and her husband just had their first child. Emmett Thomas Steil. Amazingly Happy

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Fractals

Posted on June 10, 2012 by bigdaddytom

If you’ve been programming for any time at all, I’m sure you’ve come across the subject of fractals. They are used to teach recursive programming techniques,which, I freely admit, mostly confuse me. Well, I understand them, but never quite know … Continue reading →

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Particle Kinematics

Posted on May 20, 2012 by bigdaddytom

One of my favorite books is “Physics for Game Developers” by David Bourg from O’Reilly. Amazon Link Well written, excellent explanations, a very approachable book to a fairly daunting subject. It was released quite a few number of years ago, … Continue reading →

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Bresenham Plots

Posted on April 27, 2012 by bigdaddytom

On the real studio forums there was a request for code to draw a rounded rectangle with dashes. Interesting problem. So this is my little project implementing some source code sources I found online. Source web sites given in project. … Continue reading →

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Date Picker Cocoa

Posted on April 15, 2012 by bigdaddytom

Update 4.28.2012 Added a feature request to be able to set the calendar to a particular date. The API is to set the calendar to a specific date, Pass Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, Second. This is for GMT time. … Continue reading →

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OpenGL Planets

Posted on April 8, 2012 by bigdaddytom

A question was posted on the Real Studio forum about rotating spheres in OpenGL. I remembered that the “red book” had an example of doing this. So I whipped up a little port of the demo. Some code from the … Continue reading →

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