Dot Matrix

PaddleWithNoName is a mobile j2me breakout style game created back then when I actually had this thing called spare time and wanted to learn about the new (then) J2ME lib.
The game works, though I didn’t test it on different devices etc. It also runs on Palm but it’s quite slow there. I’ve never got round to polish/optimize/bug fix this game, so don’t expect anything to write home about.
It’s got multi hit bricks, powerups, glorious technocolour and, a paddle!!!
I never got round to naming the bloody thing. Hence the no-name name.
If I ever find the source code, I’ll post it here.

Download Jar file

Download Jad file

Download Palm PRC file

I’ve uploaded an old servlet I’ve done years ago. It converts a given GIF or JPG image to Html or Ascii. Each pixel is substituted with a character with the same colour. You can also have a whole sentence repeated instead of a single character. And if that doesn’t floats your boat – you can convert the image to Html table where each TD cell is a ‘pixel’.
The servlet is configurable by a properties file and accepts its input parameters via the url query string. A more proper implementation would have been a simple Java object and if I find the time, I will convert it to that.
I can’t really think of practical applications for this servlet. Its more of a novelty.
Batteries not include, Source code is.

Image2Ascii.java
Image2Ascii.properties

Its quite simple to disable the back button functionality of a browser (this was tested on IE and Firefox).

if (window.history) {
window.history.forward(1);
}

This causes every back to return with a forward. Works a treat ;o)