Author Archives: Joseph

UPDATED: Standard deviation function

Updated (original from 25/02/11): now includes a C version of the function.

Here’s a really simple PHP function for calculating the standard deviation of a set: (more…)

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C Variables: theory

Variables create the opportunity re-use the same value multiple times. Variables store a value that you assign to it, which you can later retrieve whenever and however many times you want. (more…)

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F1 drinking game


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2011 F1 predictions

Similar to last year, I’m making predictions for 2011 as well (but slightly different this time):

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2010 predictions: revisited

Last year- before 2010 pre-season testing even started- I and two friends made predictions for the forth-coming season.  And somehow I’ve managed to forget about it for the past few months.  It’s a bit overdue, but let’s go back and see how we did… (more…)

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Hello World! explanation

This post is a bit of extra reading to accompany the “Hello World!” tutorial.  We’ll be returning to the original code and explaining how it works and what each line does. (more…)

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C: Hello World!

We’ll start with the most basic C program you can write: a simple “Hello World!” outputted to the screen.  I’ve included several screen shots in this tutorial, which you’ll need to click to enlarge them to their full size (I doubt you can see them properly otherwise). (more…)

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Recommended software: C-Free

Throughout this C tutorial, I’ll be using a free piece of software called C-Free.  It’s a light-weight IDE- much more basic than Visual Studio Express- very simple to use and all you really need, at least for the scope of this tutorial. (more…)

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Clarkson: Old Stig was slowing celebs down

The first episode of series 16 of Top Gear aired this evening.  I guess the most note-worthy event to come out of it was the new Stig.  And if you’re wondering, “if this was episode 1, what happened to the USA road trip just before Christmas and the Middle East Special on Boxing Day”- I don’t know either.  But that’s not the point of this post… (more…)

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Update: F1 project and CMS

A few months ago I wrote (briefly) about “a big [Formula One] project” I’m working on, that I was hoping to have ready in time for the start of the 2011 season.  I now know that this isn’t possible.

And then a couple of weeks ago I posted about a new CMS (content management system) that I’m building.  I estimated at least 18 months for this.

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