MetaFilter posts tagged with Java

Minecraft

archagon — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:36:00 -0800

Minecraft is a multiplayer block-based sandbox game. It's built in Java, so no installation is required (except for Java). Reddit already has their own server; why don't we? Via the Indie Games Weblog. Sounds and (apparently) new game modes are coming soon.

%$& teleport trap!

juv3nal — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:13:13 -0800

Wayfarer is a 3D rogue-like developed using processing by Ben Hemmendinger. It's currently in alpha and progression is limited to upgrading equipment for the moment (no xp/level gain), but still plenty addictive. Downloadable/offline version planned but not yet available. Some performance issues, especially when the auto save kicks in.

1965 - Kemeny and Kurtz go to 1964

Artw — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:21:53 -0800

A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

Breaking the tower

boo_radley — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:28:11 -0800

In the mood for a light realtime strategy game? Try Breaking the Tower. It's quite a bit like Settlers, but it's more streamlined.
Runs in the browser, requires java

Slit-Scan

carsonb — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:07:59 -0800

An Informal Catalog of Slit-Scan Video Artworks and References
"Slitscan^w imaging techniques are used to create static images of time-based phenomena. In traditional film photography, slit scan images are created by exposing film as it slides past a slit-shaped aperture. In the digital realm, thin slices are extracted from a sequence of video frames, and concatenated into a new image." [via] There are links to many of the examples listed; they're not immediately apparent, but usually consist of the italic text under each bold heading.

Friday Java Fun

Rhaomi — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:45:07 -0800

Two slimes. One circle. Infinite addiction. Welcome to the world of Slimeball. Slime Volleyball, AKA "One Slime", is the old standby, but scads of mods and variants have proliferated over time: Two-player Slime Volleyball, with stats and uniforms and game-modifying codes Power Slime, a Volleyball variant where the players are given random special abilities Slime Soccer, Slime Space Soccer, Slime Bowling, Slime Tennis, Slime Ice Hockey, and Slime Basketball Slime Dodgeball and Slime Rugby, two games with magnetic play in which slimes can "pick up" the ball on their domes and toss them across the field. Slime Cricket and Slime Boxing, too. Have you proven yourself unworthy? Search for winning strategies on the SlimeWiki. Or just vent your frustrations to your fellow Inferior Human Controlled Slimes on the Slime Forum. And finally, an (aging) online solution for enterprising Mefites itching to deliver a virtual smackdown.

Friday Java Fun

darkripper — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:42:30 -0800

Reset Generation : made by the makers of Trials 2, it's a web and mobile game that mixes advance wars and puzzle games. Rescue the Princess! Fire your Cannon! Beat your enemies! If you can go past the parody graphic (which feels a bit childish and forced) and the small playing screen, there's an awesome complex game awaiting you. Nokia is also releasing the assets of the game, allowing anyone to do flash games, videos or art using the characters of the game.

lolcatting all the way to the bank

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

goatse hijacked my bank account

Every day, once a day, give yourself a present.

miss lynnster — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:09:14 -0800

Pssssst. Hey you. Yeah... you. Feel like some damn good hot coffee? Of course you do. Well then... here ya go.

Personal photos from the Pacific (WWII)

zzazazz — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:05:47 -0800

According to the photographer's daughter, "All photos in this collection were taken by then Lt. and later Capt. George S. White, my Father, while he was serving in the Pacific as a pilot. They are generally between 1945 and 1948 from what is documented." My favorites? The barmaid or postwar Tokyo or wrecked planes and airplane graveyards.

Little boxes on the hillside

le morte de bea arthur — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:19:59 -0800

Friday ~~Flash~~ Java Fun - 'Building Houses With Side Views' Entertaining Java game/exercise/doodad. A nice little Java game/exercise/doodad where you place blocks in a three-dimensional grid so as to match three different projections. Then, for maximum points, you try to find the minimum number of blocks that will solve the problem. Twenty puzzles in all. Perfect for wasting half an hour.

Annoying Software : A Rogue's Gallery.

Afroblanco — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:17:11 -0800

Annoying Software : A Rogue's Gallery. (single-page version). Software that makes us hate the internet and wish it had never been invented. High on their list : Adobe Reader, Java, RealPlayer, and Flash. #1 - Adobe Reader #2 - Apple #3 - Windows Update #4 - RealPlayer #5 - Java #6 - Yahoo #7 - Norton Antivirus #8 - Preinstalled software bundles #9 - Outlook/Exchange #10 - Flash

A mouthful of bytecode

Skorgu — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:57:16 -0800

Bytecode-based virtual machines are the Next Big Thing in programming. You can run Lisp, Ruby, Python, OCaml, and yes even COBOL on the JVM. Or if you prefer your languages to be a bit more melodic there's J#, A#, P# and F#. Even C/C++ has a bytecode compiler now. That's not to mention languages that have their own VMs like Erlang or that are writing their own like Parrot or PyPy. Some background for the confused: Computer programs are traditionally written in human-readable source code then compiled to computer-executable machine code. Bytecode is a sort of halfway point between the two. It's not human readable but neither is it tied to a specific architecture like compiled code is. Java is the canonical example: a program written in Java will run on any machine that has a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) from your desktop to your cellphone. With bytecode-targeted compilers programmers can write in their favorite language without being limited by the libraries and compilers written for it and have those programs run anywhere there's an appropriate VM.

Cut The Knot

parudox — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:52:10 -0800

Interactive mathematics miscellany and puzzles, including 75 proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem, an interactive column using Java applets, and eye-opening demonstrations. (Actually, much more.)

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.

shoots grandfather, hits self instead

Avenger — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:39:56 -0800

Time Travel, or, the art of causing events after they've already happened. [requires java, more inside]

Sand-boom-box

anthill — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:54:31 -0800

Flash Sunday: Particle-based (explosive) sandbox - another fun toy to play with! Besides the classic earth, water, fire, and plants, this version has air pressure-based physics for wind effects. A mesmerizing tinker-toy. (requires java) (previously) (via)

Some Indonesian music.

flapjax at midnite — Sun, 13 May 2007 07:56:05 -0800

Spend a bit of your Sunday getting a little more acquainted with Indonesian musical culture. Balinese gamelan. And a little more. See how they make some of those fabulous-sounding gongs. And here's the fabulous Kecak. And more Kecak. And just for good measure, howsabout a little Angklung kara oke? Meanwhile in Sumatra the gals are playing the dishes! [all links YouTube]

Flash meditations

Burhanistan — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:39:20 -0800

Agents - one of many Flash experiments and projects by Sébastien Chevrel.

Chortens, Pagodas and Stupas

homunculus — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:15:38 -0800

The stupa (aka the chorten or the pagoda) is Buddhism's universal piece of symbolic architecture. Borobodur in Java is probably the most famous, while Burma's Shwedagon Pagoda is the largest, and the Kyaik-htiyo Pagoda on the Golden Rock may be the most precarious. They're common across the Himalayas, and sometimes hidden in caves.

A set of useful tools for players of stringed instruments.

signal — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:41:41 -0800

JGuitar, a rather useful tool for those learning the guitar or experimenting with alternate tunings. You can even bookmark a certain tuning.

Math is congruent with fun!

cortex — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:51:31 -0800

You have spacial skills. Apply them in Building Houses 2, on mathsnet.net. Or freestyle in Building Houses 1. Or at night! Oh and also there's like a hundred more puzzles over there too. Some java required.

More physics games!

loquacious — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:09:48 -0800

Double Wires (flash) Point and click to shoot out grapples or webs. Move to the right to advance your score.
War of the Hell (java) Get the stick figures to climb your rope and then carefully fling them skyward to 'Heaven'.
(Via d_of_i's always unique DOFI-BLOG, creator of Cat Sledding and the mesmerising Sand Sand Sand.) (Third in a continuing series of physics games posts.)

Real Java MUD

imposster — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:18:52 -0800

Not your ordinary mud volcano. This erruption might be manmade and it is quickly engulfing a large swath of Eastern Java. The putrid gas and mud have been flowing since May, and recent attempts to control the flow have led to demonstrations serious enough for the govenrment to issue "shoot-on-sight" orders. The flow could last for another hundred years.

Web programming references

Roger Dodger — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:59:30 -0800

Web programmers take note, gotAPI is an excellent collection of searchable programming references wrapped up into a customizable interface.