Anyone who is starting to learn Java should download this program called Eclipse. It's an opensource "integrated development environment" written in Java, for Java. I'm using it for the class I'm taking right now in fact. Here's a screenshot I snaked off of Freshmeat.net:
It took me a bit, but I was finally able to implement a flash based music player. It uses an xml type playlist format called XSPF, pronounced 'spiff'; and a flash player that can be found on Sourceforge. The hardest part was dealing with my website provider, Yahoo. They have things locked down to a point that it's difficult to manage things they way I'd like. Of course, if I had enough resources, I'd host my own website. I'll just have to make due until then. :) Here is the link.
Ok, so I got a bug in my shorts, and a need to avoid writing an essay paper, to put my web cam up on my site. The code is very rough & tumble, cut & paste javascript off of some random web archives. The program I found, however is a very tidy little piece of work. It's called booruWebCam, and can be found at www.booru.net. All it does is post a JPG picture via FTP, pulled from a video source on your computer. Fairly customizable and perfect for what I needed. Turn it on while I'm here, and y'all get to see my shining face. :)
