tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097514014608903592024-03-05T03:33:59.233-08:00Cool AppletsSearching out the best Java applets on the webJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-47779459605711512492009-11-18T01:06:00.000-08:002009-11-18T01:14:37.716-08:00www.aharef.info/2006/05/websites_as_graphs.htm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpF9XPAr6TwjtXzrX-P5rwa9TFm38GWjJheb94j7CQYqOtahQkNQtAjRObAynw_hMPikhhyphenhyphenLIl19wlHHUjMPrTjQj8mMRnpgl-8vxsDuSQu4HD0viQLnj5H9LNDJqSt5wHo792Hi1O0hg/s1600/Screen+shot+2009-11-18+at+09.05.59.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpF9XPAr6TwjtXzrX-P5rwa9TFm38GWjJheb94j7CQYqOtahQkNQtAjRObAynw_hMPikhhyphenhyphenLIl19wlHHUjMPrTjQj8mMRnpgl-8vxsDuSQu4HD0viQLnj5H9LNDJqSt5wHo792Hi1O0hg/s200/Screen+shot+2009-11-18+at+09.05.59.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405368745740915538" border="0" /></a>This processing based applet visualizes the HTML DOM structure of any website, with different coloured nodes representing different HTML tags.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.aharef.info/2006/05/websites_as_graphs.htm">http://www.aharef.info/2006/05/websites_as_graphs.htm</a><br /><br />You can see loads of the generated visualizations at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/websitesasgraphs/">Flickr</a>.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-33972098285363877622009-09-15T02:00:00.000-07:002009-09-15T02:06:43.115-07:00benfry.com/traces/<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8JO0xscUxFGhnLwGC5_VgP9cC2bA7rfH8KZyrHO-zvyUzOKQD_OK0bB4wbKZsKpXWzpaYZiwXvkXySp8tY2QX5qA4Pp2gY8PodX2Ou7iDP55XYhmcF8yuJxUYBFa31ylZmQiAKuH6tg/s1600-h/Picture+5.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8JO0xscUxFGhnLwGC5_VgP9cC2bA7rfH8KZyrHO-zvyUzOKQD_OK0bB4wbKZsKpXWzpaYZiwXvkXySp8tY2QX5qA4Pp2gY8PodX2Ou7iDP55XYhmcF8yuJxUYBFa31ylZmQiAKuH6tg/s200/Picture+5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381617833715820050" border="0" /></a>The Preservation of Favoured Traces is a Processing based applet that visually displays the differences between various revisions of Darwin's Origin of Species.<br /><br /><a href="http://benfry.com/traces/">benfry.com/traces/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-68544501460500277742009-09-08T01:23:00.000-07:002009-09-08T01:25:45.741-07:00chir.ag/stuff/sand<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyKpvhQKTQThlryNh_1o7pzHEeMuK5NkIFkIGRy2sQG5clKXViPdme6Wr83mPd93bghPbnCv2g1Il9sOg_GqKJv2PE4NNGVGtM011fObCdvrfm56l9FqLOMIFiYv9Z85lzJlE6eKMpUM/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOyKpvhQKTQThlryNh_1o7pzHEeMuK5NkIFkIGRy2sQG5clKXViPdme6Wr83mPd93bghPbnCv2g1Il9sOg_GqKJv2PE4NNGVGtM011fObCdvrfm56l9FqLOMIFiYv9Z85lzJlE6eKMpUM/s200/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379009905212434178" border="0" /></a>The Falling Sand game has been around for a while, and allows you to create paths, structures and flows from 4 falling sand elements. Simple, but oddly addictive.<br /><br /><a href="http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/">http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-59891638948298554112009-08-03T01:55:00.000-07:002009-08-03T02:00:47.341-07:00www.wefeelfine.org<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLGe3Qub7v6nCdhkKjYXGZFyYBDhT9VBtFZENKnfCylWMcGE468GbG8dSfgQ9E2BM8zLoWGDqNL9qRVN2IhEUubDC15iSyHQd8nOqmknp7foF_E4WJ6S6FPmh6mnApLXc0A9FyF1J8Ys/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLGe3Qub7v6nCdhkKjYXGZFyYBDhT9VBtFZENKnfCylWMcGE468GbG8dSfgQ9E2BM8zLoWGDqNL9qRVN2IhEUubDC15iSyHQd8nOqmknp7foF_E4WJ6S6FPmh6mnApLXc0A9FyF1J8Ys/s200/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365659323022016994" border="0" /></a>An applet that visualizes current global emotions by scanning blog entries and tweets for occurrences of "I feel..." and "I am feeling...", then displays then in a dynamic cloud that can be filtered by a variety of criteria.<br /><br />N.B. Doesn't seem to like running in a browser with the next-generation plugin features enabled - I had to switch them off for it to run successfully.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wefeelfine.org/">www.wefeelfine.org</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-44831004692502275722009-05-08T09:32:00.000-07:002009-05-08T09:35:21.449-07:00www.bitlet.org<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0aLocgglQkFV0Imk1uCnHUcTgalwq_DSYM18wzB5GunPzpB6oJEIfHQ_zilRtr5Brs-IBpZJOc_xN4jgbvIgLYedjTzO6D0aR1xcccYYNEFyf5mzIZSlYCmOVKcXM5HeY-msTsv7-cE/s1600-h/Parallels+Picture+1.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0aLocgglQkFV0Imk1uCnHUcTgalwq_DSYM18wzB5GunPzpB6oJEIfHQ_zilRtr5Brs-IBpZJOc_xN4jgbvIgLYedjTzO6D0aR1xcccYYNEFyf5mzIZSlYCmOVKcXM5HeY-msTsv7-cE/s200/Parallels+Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333492527816071330" /></a>Bitlet is a browser-based video player for BitTorrent files - so you can stream torrent videos and watch them in your browser, rather than waiting for the whole file to download.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.bitlet.org/video">www.bitlet.org</a></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-66665149939365883152009-04-29T02:37:00.000-07:002009-04-29T02:40:45.781-07:00www.thinkfree.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7Hit9AimT8pGU5ppDcg_C-kz7KYB3d4A8d8-9jsLnugUfDeVZFN5DeUoFfavKiRbPS8Ncxqxqb4gWAIRGV2iYNIW08c9DA7KiKZTsdWWle3pob8lN9sfWxSWTcvWrJlZxn8o8U-CESU/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7Hit9AimT8pGU5ppDcg_C-kz7KYB3d4A8d8-9jsLnugUfDeVZFN5DeUoFfavKiRbPS8Ncxqxqb4gWAIRGV2iYNIW08c9DA7KiKZTsdWWle3pob8lN9sfWxSWTcvWrJlZxn8o8U-CESU/s200/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330045890192918034" /></a>ThinkFree is an MS Office compatible applet-based office suite, allowing you to create and open documents and spreadsheets without installing any software. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2mmAdOxv5R2KTm5BY5bKvbdOMFDd8MGE1nOTxz4MmkbNBhjXWIcDRVYQleUWQIOttOep9w5xxhJaNd7b6fyUk8zhrnHYsg1sinQgJ78LFIrbw7ebq8OGeoQcUtcE03zsX9hUzCKNxWY/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.thinkfree.com">www.thinkfree.com</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2mmAdOxv5R2KTm5BY5bKvbdOMFDd8MGE1nOTxz4MmkbNBhjXWIcDRVYQleUWQIOttOep9w5xxhJaNd7b6fyUk8zhrnHYsg1sinQgJ78LFIrbw7ebq8OGeoQcUtcE03zsX9hUzCKNxWY/s1600-h/Picture+1.png" style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></a></span><br /></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-5784528762796519532009-02-15T13:06:00.000-08:002009-02-24T00:31:25.563-08:00www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterVenn/view.php<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsWnypCFd_6mkhkYifMHPxg3aayyYklY3nf11xDWxU2yo0B3oqX_FNsh9c5g5pigJxUV12V4d_2ZmAoSo4OjJLOC10JcCQCkUpzCnjcA88-hitSDzGYZNMMvnVvmf1-hKYfz9KJiGE2A/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsWnypCFd_6mkhkYifMHPxg3aayyYklY3nf11xDWxU2yo0B3oqX_FNsh9c5g5pigJxUV12V4d_2ZmAoSo4OjJLOC10JcCQCkUpzCnjcA88-hitSDzGYZNMMvnVvmf1-hKYfz9KJiGE2A/s200/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303134383523413426" border="0" /></a>The Twitter Venn applet allows you to enter 2 or 3 search terms and searches Twitter for matches, then presents the results as a venn diagram, which illustrates the rate of tweets containing the search terms in the various combinations.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterVenn/view.php">http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterVenn/view.php</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-49654387286383019272009-02-09T01:07:00.000-08:002009-02-24T00:31:41.988-08:00koolpianoz.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsLCMZba_-uMtbRWqWxZDOjUeM4E4wYl8j0ruy_KsObxsJ2ptCsv6Car2uLjFGW-N29Ys8bLENRUcSb5NvS25oMVY9fRybI-1ZjII7lPGy27v3G3MKJZJqbUH_Ltug2XzOd1UaiT_IRY/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsLCMZba_-uMtbRWqWxZDOjUeM4E4wYl8j0ruy_KsObxsJ2ptCsv6Car2uLjFGW-N29Ys8bLENRUcSb5NvS25oMVY9fRybI-1ZjII7lPGy27v3G3MKJZJqbUH_Ltug2XzOd1UaiT_IRY/s200/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300721996993762898" border="0" /></a>This applet allows you to play the piano and will accompany you on different predefined songs.<br /><br />Needs Java 6 to run properly.<br /><a href="http://koolpianoz.com/"><br />http://koolpianoz.com/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-79298973282646101002009-01-26T00:59:00.000-08:002009-02-24T00:31:54.783-08:00JPL Small Body browser<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eEUyd_xrkU99xz63CBMPTWfgf1Ha2iaGDM2nWXZ3N7ub2WDmuRpwejMpyFDyrTyq54O3AfYq93DAjjT-gUwfMqdBkK_HB6FVEz98Oi0ykojckn41rMAHqCcG3mOvt1GPHfcS4N-HN9A/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 108px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7eEUyd_xrkU99xz63CBMPTWfgf1Ha2iaGDM2nWXZ3N7ub2WDmuRpwejMpyFDyrTyq54O3AfYq93DAjjT-gUwfMqdBkK_HB6FVEz98Oi0ykojckn41rMAHqCcG3mOvt1GPHfcS4N-HN9A/s200/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295525513568783586" border="0" /></a>This applet shows 3D orbit visualization of planets and small bodies (asteroids). This is quite interesting in itself, but especially today, as Asteroid 2009 BD is passing relatively close to the Earth today.<br /><br /><a href="http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2009%20BD;orb=1">http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2009%20BD;orb=1</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-49221955983337465572009-01-21T00:17:00.001-08:002009-01-21T00:19:48.191-08:00madsmx.tripod.com/cannon.html<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDq-3-VHYwiM0XzjSwW8318r-v0ObCEV8ZpTTIgueAgutygB9o0sO1uRRXevk653_9GF-WfTT18t5qd9AxYk6E08T5xgoUJuXveTLeUVOBYowJxm-xpt11Z1Qq2Jh7dGMT_tN_FDz_5o/s1600-h/Picture+3.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDq-3-VHYwiM0XzjSwW8318r-v0ObCEV8ZpTTIgueAgutygB9o0sO1uRRXevk653_9GF-WfTT18t5qd9AxYk6E08T5xgoUJuXveTLeUVOBYowJxm-xpt11Z1Qq2Jh7dGMT_tN_FDz_5o/s200/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293658781081912930" border="0" /></a>Cannon Defender is a classic "shoot stuff out of the sky" arcade game, implemented very nicely as a Java applet.<br /><br /><a href="http://madsmx.tripod.com/cannon.html">http://madsmx.tripod.com/cannon.html</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-79388420609629328912008-12-25T09:04:00.000-08:002008-12-25T09:08:41.378-08:00www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtd6i2_nOaEwZ4fyPOH_xvcYj1_tRmzvV9ClYn3GeQ9ySbCVuhbeifynoqqEbTzCGyipTXaBHYDi0H7oxcOh7gDwyRyM_bXEvGQ1eI4ZGHZvq7-TQuDavkdc0CWUwMOuc3YVkHoS5dziM/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtd6i2_nOaEwZ4fyPOH_xvcYj1_tRmzvV9ClYn3GeQ9ySbCVuhbeifynoqqEbTzCGyipTXaBHYDi0H7oxcOh7gDwyRyM_bXEvGQ1eI4ZGHZvq7-TQuDavkdc0CWUwMOuc3YVkHoS5dziM/s200/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283775507419376370" border="0" /></a>Left 4k Dead is an applet game written for a Java 4k coding challenge - it is inspired by the Left 4 Dead arcade game, but is implemented as a Java applet, in just 4k, which is a hell of an achievement. It's actually good fun to play.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/">http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-3091256102893725112008-11-23T02:17:00.000-08:002008-11-23T02:29:32.149-08:00turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmRazr4_T-fxQh-oeCyq4niKMm-2zHHsCpednmOvaejDxwDPuHZDPVsZciJhGaAUyO_hl1CObbu1O68cfDKSph-4rThE9p0hLYf5ef3vwSp1Gw6q1QqM-orgxbD7LwFpI_8kBdpyUHZs/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpmRazr4_T-fxQh-oeCyq4niKMm-2zHHsCpednmOvaejDxwDPuHZDPVsZciJhGaAUyO_hl1CObbu1O68cfDKSph-4rThE9p0hLYf5ef3vwSp1Gw6q1QqM-orgxbD7LwFpI_8kBdpyUHZs/s200/Picture+4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271796719594677058" border="0" /></a>The Thinking Machine is a Processing based applet that will give you a good game of chess, but the cool thing is that while it is thinking about its next move it shows you the potential moves that it is considering, using coloured lines.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/">http://www.turbulence.org/spotlight/thinking/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.processing.org/">http://www.processing.org/</a><br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/15338990598816261237">Rex Guo</a> for the tip.Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-5466473613040552882008-11-09T07:58:00.000-08:002008-11-09T08:01:56.900-08:00metamolecular.com/chemwriter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMa_rXXytQsVrrmPydFAAh253KYZd1O93yisEeh7p2x_5FvJInCBv8G_tW6dcA6rkloiFz7TULtu1ATHwzlhxigencMbyMa0wC8v8Qkr_0HlscfXSOULcjbPzzNSHFZ7YjWv8t3H8v6Go/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 124px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMa_rXXytQsVrrmPydFAAh253KYZd1O93yisEeh7p2x_5FvJInCBv8G_tW6dcA6rkloiFz7TULtu1ATHwzlhxigencMbyMa0wC8v8Qkr_0HlscfXSOULcjbPzzNSHFZ7YjWv8t3H8v6Go/s200/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266688570608138722" border="0" /></a>This is an applet that allows you to design chemical structures in a WYSIWYG editor. The editor supports undo/redo, importing and exporting of diagrams and it can be controlled by JavaScript. I know nothing about chemistry, but the diagrams look convincing to me :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://metamolecular.com/chemwriter/">http://metamolecular.com/chemwriter/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-43939702399591939912008-11-02T05:32:00.001-08:002008-11-02T05:35:59.561-08:00allstarpuzzles.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3R93uR9J2qYna1F6fe6Zk-ERiXYnXMB0dnwxvGxnHVWGmqCS7_coEtjWFvgmXvssONttt4apFgGwcKA-ZoUW4XO6oA3Ji1gQCuqCfCsBHTR6vYo-fPi-HmnNufvGnuti5WXQ-zkcyeY/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3R93uR9J2qYna1F6fe6Zk-ERiXYnXMB0dnwxvGxnHVWGmqCS7_coEtjWFvgmXvssONttt4apFgGwcKA-ZoUW4XO6oA3Ji1gQCuqCfCsBHTR6vYo-fPi-HmnNufvGnuti5WXQ-zkcyeY/s200/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264053106622063954" border="0" /></a>This site has a collection of pen and paper puzzles, such as anagrams, Sudoku, and spot the difference (pictured), all implemented as Java applets.<br /><br /><a href="http://allstarpuzzles.com/">http://allstarpuzzles.com/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-24403083200928359872008-10-21T02:24:00.000-07:002008-10-21T02:29:20.234-07:00www.interactivepulp.com/pulpcore/<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGL2ml_c-hIS8YJtBnPwv93GLSSeC0Dw0SYLLVwzQoUUNadvlU9q3MA35iz0UWsyhyphenhyphenvc1fAydtjdLr3pgXMtz-KmGhJUDn9BvnOQTRcApXao1Sz-yYcbQ-mW2Wg0oRn4YkWh-Ghp-EDas/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGL2ml_c-hIS8YJtBnPwv93GLSSeC0Dw0SYLLVwzQoUUNadvlU9q3MA35iz0UWsyhyphenhyphenvc1fAydtjdLr3pgXMtz-KmGhJUDn9BvnOQTRcApXao1Sz-yYcbQ-mW2Wg0oRn4YkWh-Ghp-EDas/s200/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259536729628417426" border="0" /></a>PulpCore is a really impressive framework for creating Java applet games that use smooth and rich 2D animations. It's open source too. Try the Milpa game demo, I had to double check that it was really using Java, not Flash.<br /><br /><a href="http://code.google.com/p/pulpcore/">http://code.google.com/p/pulpcore/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.interactivepulp.com/pulpcore/">http://www.interactivepulp.com/pulpcore/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-1089112139082913872008-10-19T12:37:00.000-07:002008-10-19T12:42:00.161-07:00russells.freeshell.org/enigma/<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tO6mdM0zIiIkyVFu3om4VRATFOGs6ls9hhIdXDtgz8T0RWuQd5ZSbwNC7eKibQrxLOOpp9BT8YvWRiLJmbdVVXLljsJjspsFarE9P_tllFFHzkdN76p0LLn-qN3CsnUpziveKv8HSqs/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tO6mdM0zIiIkyVFu3om4VRATFOGs6ls9hhIdXDtgz8T0RWuQd5ZSbwNC7eKibQrxLOOpp9BT8YvWRiLJmbdVVXLljsJjspsFarE9P_tllFFHzkdN76p0LLn-qN3CsnUpziveKv8HSqs/s200/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258952552864520626" border="0" /></a>This applet simulates the operation of the Enigma machine, used by Nazi Germany in WWII for encrypting communications. Source code is also available.<br /><br /><a href="http://russells.freeshell.org/enigma/">http://russells.freeshell.org/enigma/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-50772875392335290872008-10-15T00:18:00.000-07:002008-10-15T00:21:02.504-07:00www.nobleavatar.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkjw91RzmckOCmG9SWZTHibFGSw19YZfA7W4yjKCc8PE-hD37NDlzGPO4I0CtWXEqL3hf40P-socv-KYOF4WT_eIPVYachAatodkSpN5FmIPsmnmTnCJRiBjpkKGKQe4xEei7at4g1KM/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidkjw91RzmckOCmG9SWZTHibFGSw19YZfA7W4yjKCc8PE-hD37NDlzGPO4I0CtWXEqL3hf40P-socv-KYOF4WT_eIPVYachAatodkSpN5FmIPsmnmTnCJRiBjpkKGKQe4xEei7at4g1KM/s200/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257277275359086338" border="0" /></a>The Noble Avatar maker is an applet that allows you to create an avatar character and then export it to a PNG file for use in forums, games, IM applications etc. It apparently has over 15 trillion combinations of features, although I still couldn't get one to look much like me -:-)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nobleavatar.com/">http://www.nobleavatar.com/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-10996685822550992332008-10-09T00:54:00.000-07:002008-10-09T00:56:07.472-07:00javaboutique.internet.com/SpaceFlight/<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPhPwxmWVUeYBayF3IPkgzUPhkF9_hwyHlah_IN7dvNeMJxeKoip2Z1DnpHXcHs9HxOZhWOD66edltLsuXgodgNv9npcqRnxDnBdULPXEuvgYiJlYpn6G7ARnU2ThmK7OYLJBat1GFec/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPhPwxmWVUeYBayF3IPkgzUPhkF9_hwyHlah_IN7dvNeMJxeKoip2Z1DnpHXcHs9HxOZhWOD66edltLsuXgodgNv9npcqRnxDnBdULPXEuvgYiJlYpn6G7ARnU2ThmK7OYLJBat1GFec/s200/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255059781412872274" border="0" /></a>The SpaceFlight applet simulates flying through space - you change direction by moving the mouse over the applet. It's a lot more impressive than that sounds, honestly.<br /><br /><a href="http://javaboutique.internet.com/SpaceFlight/">http://javaboutique.internet.com/SpaceFlight/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-8439798161654708452008-10-06T00:49:00.000-07:002008-10-06T00:52:42.929-07:00mmcelhaney.blogspot.com/2008/10/iron-man-applet.html<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMMxBgYpQrMWQHiEH2JxByhKWsnJQjHJDDLMWkEkJEYbj2tdnwKm7c_15yHVnknxjp2bvxK0q8eO4ha0RR4dO_81JXN6gca-SD8md029B-QYwIv7_ueXeb5GsjrN-OVoDtxMo5JyllkI/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMMxBgYpQrMWQHiEH2JxByhKWsnJQjHJDDLMWkEkJEYbj2tdnwKm7c_15yHVnknxjp2bvxK0q8eO4ha0RR4dO_81JXN6gca-SD8md029B-QYwIv7_ueXeb5GsjrN-OVoDtxMo5JyllkI/s200/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253945581518572274" border="0" /></a>This is a spinning cube, displaying a different image from the Iron Man movie on each side. Clicking on it stops it spinning, and moving the mouse around it changes the speed and direction of its rotation.<br /><br /><a href="http://mmcelhaney.blogspot.com/2008/10/iron-man-applet.html">http://mmcelhaney.blogspot.com/2008/10/iron-man-applet.html</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-31692106572206687362008-09-03T01:17:00.000-07:002008-09-03T01:20:40.869-07:00www.jigzone.com<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAbFxECirkEsl-JPOEAuqt0IXdwPu662p4RJA8wncRr-mIlZgIXAEe3jUZDaPtDfLgsOEQn-A0ISq6bovi87FniTEguWOxcq7t6FO4Zn20NZnUrBWAJm1oj212pwWBaGPpKoQxu4zJic/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAbFxECirkEsl-JPOEAuqt0IXdwPu662p4RJA8wncRr-mIlZgIXAEe3jUZDaPtDfLgsOEQn-A0ISq6bovi87FniTEguWOxcq7t6FO4Zn20NZnUrBWAJm1oj212pwWBaGPpKoQxu4zJic/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241706825527704610" /></a>An online jigsaw puzzle game, which lets you solve jigsaws of between 6 and 240+ pieces.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.jigzone.com">www.jigzone.com</a></div>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-55945110624950753522008-08-26T03:50:00.000-07:002008-08-26T03:52:42.387-07:00http://java.freenode.net/index.php<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JUSXU3GTj81iFl72rbEN8TivfqVpoO7zA1I2IH1kLk5dkl9rtrqzZtBZO2AkYJSSPTawuhtUwUy0R-ntK2i7tfHe_llbK71cwUMCdZlBOAJOkzD45jJC-nI9MwRWONbd8FXGGo3VNWQ/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JUSXU3GTj81iFl72rbEN8TivfqVpoO7zA1I2IH1kLk5dkl9rtrqzZtBZO2AkYJSSPTawuhtUwUy0R-ntK2i7tfHe_llbK71cwUMCdZlBOAJOkzD45jJC-nI9MwRWONbd8FXGGo3VNWQ/s320/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238777491609301634" border="0" /></a>An Open Source IRC chat applet that you can embed in your own website.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://java.freenode.net/index.php?go=1">http://java.freenode.net/index.php?go=1</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-65227820183786589722008-07-24T13:54:00.000-07:002008-12-10T05:24:59.728-08:00bfo.co.uk/products/pdf/viewer.jsp<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XzpH84k-Q1BsPiCOR14Gno9jKchlcxk3aWUnXYeapIq6ATE50ulnJyRgHgntYWssM4Of-qt-TlFYvnwQernIhgJVOwtRRf3xFzE7QNKwn_FSdLKBp6qBwCJFpUj-GpHFTVlo8_Y5xk0/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6XzpH84k-Q1BsPiCOR14Gno9jKchlcxk3aWUnXYeapIq6ATE50ulnJyRgHgntYWssM4Of-qt-TlFYvnwQernIhgJVOwtRRf3xFzE7QNKwn_FSdLKBp6qBwCJFpUj-GpHFTVlo8_Y5xk0/s320/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226688716702762818" border="0" /></a>This is an applet version of the pure Java PDF viewer component offered by BFO. It uses a signed applet, so once trusted it can open files from your local machine and display them inside the applet, including support for multi page navigation, zooming, JavaScript and document signatures.<br /><br /><a href="http://bfo.co.uk/products/pdf/viewer.jsp">http://bfo.co.uk/products/pdf/viewer.jsp</a><br /><br />[Disclaimer: I've just started work at BFO ;-)]Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-53720847933834328692008-06-30T13:57:00.000-07:002008-12-10T05:24:59.910-08:00www.falstad.com/circuit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq0ddfaL4frj0N5Il7NCdOkkt-bWUxRCK6mxcmmi9ee4-2oISg86T7xNDyyqH8Bl_OtLJ3GdvN6W4hMvVVCnNcvUKDH9logsLbNKwFu58xUIVjVr2RRI3HI8OJQyv1JognzpgbtYxx1s/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGq0ddfaL4frj0N5Il7NCdOkkt-bWUxRCK6mxcmmi9ee4-2oISg86T7xNDyyqH8Bl_OtLJ3GdvN6W4hMvVVCnNcvUKDH9logsLbNKwFu58xUIVjVr2RRI3HI8OJQyv1JognzpgbtYxx1s/s200/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217781959448215762" border="0" /></a>This is an electronic circuit simulator - you can modify and add components like switches, transformers and logic gates and see how they behave in the circuit.<br /><br />If I was more of an electronics geek I'm sure I could describe this in much more detail, but it's still fun to play around with, even when you have no idea what you're doing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.falstad.com/circuit/">www.falstad.com/circuit/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-17689614491297238802008-06-29T00:13:00.000-07:002008-06-29T00:33:25.207-07:00www.wordle.netI originally see this via <a href="http://lifehacker.com/396712/wordle-creates-cloud-art-from-text-or-tags" target="_blank">lifehacker.com</a>.<br /><br />I've seen word clouds popping up in lots of different locations, this one is a Java Applet based versions. <br /><br /><a href="http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/39518/Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner" title="Wordle: Rime of the Ancient Mariner"><br /><img src="http://wordle.net/thumb/wrdl/39518/Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding: 4px;" /><br /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://wordle.net/" target="_blank">http://wordle.net/</a>Gary Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014271482571618258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209751401460890359.post-13405432672427979692008-06-26T14:15:00.000-07:002009-11-25T06:57:06.478-08:00www-jpc.physics.ox.ac.uk<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrHPJ7u6YYarUJaGZnXh8uY1l4yv9J1aG7FXkFU3lhLqYKzxru-0CGbQqo8XkhY7c4g0EnRywVlKixEV-LHTWQgHmpgER5mKApQ18lOQ3_iiquIaH35Fs_2IKkezrCTVE1SpTQlZldk8/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrHPJ7u6YYarUJaGZnXh8uY1l4yv9J1aG7FXkFU3lhLqYKzxru-0CGbQqo8XkhY7c4g0EnRywVlKixEV-LHTWQgHmpgER5mKApQ18lOQ3_iiquIaH35Fs_2IKkezrCTVE1SpTQlZldk8/s200/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216302660535187186" border="0" /></a>JPC is an x86 PC emulator written as a Java applet. It's quite an impressive thing, having basically the same machine I had when I was growing up now running inside a web page. Plus, being able to play Prince of Persia doesn't hurt either...<br /><br /><a href="http://www-jpc.physics.ox.ac.uk/">http://www-jpc.physics.ox.ac.uk/</a>Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459733688929605659noreply@blogger.com