MetaFilter posts tagged with Java and applet

lolcatting all the way to the bank

quonsar — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:11:34 -0800

I watched a particle crawl randomly along the edge of a straight razor

elgilito — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:49:18 -0800

Cinematic particles is an online applet that draws watercolor-like visualizations of movie dialogs, from Apocalypse Now to Zabriskie Point. See also: Spinal Rhythms, L-Garden, SpyCamp and other online toys by Austrian artist Eva Schindling.

Socrates is there, Socrates heads it in! Socrates has scored!

Wolfdog — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 05:39:06 -0800

Phutball (Rules, Java Applet), aka Philosophers' Football or ConwayGo is a deceptively simple 2-player game you can play on a Go board, or any rectangular grid. (It may be simple, but finding the right move is [PDF] NP Complete.)

Digital sand

Wet Spot — Sat, 25 Oct 2003 11:53:33 -0800

Sand. (Java applet)

Su — Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:44:03 -0800

The Secret Lives of Numbers A couple of programmers took it upon themselves to use "a popular search engine"(just say it: Google) to determine the relative popularity of every integer up to one million. Even if you just take it as a big case of overthink, it's kind of fun to play with the Java-based visual representation, which provides some of the terms associated with the numbers as you click on them.
[Short warning inside; read before visiting.]