Screenshot Knightvision Chess PGN viewer on ingram-braun.net June 2023.
One of the great successes of the early years of ingram-braun.net was the Chess Replay Utilities Synopsis which provided an overview over all then available chess game viewers ready for embedding in websites. Most of the projects enlisted there are now defunct. However, my demo pages are still there. Even of those viewers that were carried out as Java Applet or Flash Video. Both environments were removed from current browsers years ago. So i wondered if I can get my demo pages to run today?
Probably the most promising way is to install contemporary browsers and extensions on a Virtual Machine but it would be very much work only to view the demo pages here. And as my site is TLS only this might run into certificate errors.
In principle you can download the *.jar or *.swf files and feed a stand alone app with them. Alas, chess game viewers have the *.pgn files outside so this probably won’t work here. There are browser plugins for both formats. The Chrome addon CheerpJ Applet Runner converts Java into WebAssembly and JavaScript on the fly. It works well with the Internet Chess Club. It fails miserably on ChessTutor™. The other Java Applets render the graphical interface as expected but fail to load the games in an operational manner. The manufacturer Leaning Technologies has announced a full Java VM in WebAssembly. Hopefully we will see better results then.
Flash Video (*.swf = ShockWave Flash) should still be working in Lunascape Browser out of box. But this failed to me. There is an extension FlashPlayer – SWF to HTML for Chrome and Firefox browsers which provides a sandboxed JavaScript implementation of a flash viewer. It runs perfectly on DGT Chesstheatre. And it works on KnightVision Chess PGN Viewer, too, but fails to navigate into alternate lines.
All in all I feel it was a good decision not to remove the demo pages but preserve them as sort of archivalia.
TLDR: for the past year, we have been working on a new architecture for CheerpJ: our implementation of the JVM in HTML5/WebAssembly, designed to run Java applications on the browser. CheerpJ 3.
Screenshot Knightvision Chess PGN viewer on ingram-braun.net June 2023.
One of the great successes of the early years of ingram-braun.net was the Chess Replay Utilities Synopsis which provided an overview over all then available chess game viewers ready for embedding in websites. Most of the projects enlisted there are now defunct. However, my demo pages are still there. Even of those viewers that were carried out as Java Applet or Flash Video. Both environments were removed from current browsers years ago. So i wondered if I can get my demo pages to run today?
Probably the most promising way is to install contemporary browsers and extensions on a Virtual Machine but it would be very much work only to view the demo pages here. And as my site is TLS only this might run into certificate errors.
In principle you can download the *.jar or *.swf files and feed a stand alone app with them. Alas, chess game viewers have the *.pgn files outside so this probably won’t work here. There are browser plugins for both formats. The Chrome addon CheerpJ Applet Runner converts Java into WebAssembly and JavaScript on the fly. It works well with the Internet Chess Club. It fails miserably on ChessTutor™. The other Java Applets render the graphical interface as expected but fail to load the games in an operational manner. The manufacturer Leaning Technologies has announced a full Java VM in WebAssembly. Hopefully we will see better results then.
Flash Video (*.swf = ShockWave Flash) should still be working in Lunascape Browser out of box. But this failed to me. There is an extension FlashPlayer – SWF to HTML for Chrome and Firefox browsers which provides a sandboxed JavaScript implementation of a flash viewer. It runs perfectly on DGT Chesstheatre. And it works on KnightVision Chess PGN Viewer, too, but fails to navigate into alternate lines.
All in all I feel it was a good decision not to remove the demo pages but preserve them as sort of archivalia.
TLDR: for the past year, we have been working on a new architecture for CheerpJ: our implementation of the JVM in HTML5/WebAssembly, designed to run Java applications on the browser. CheerpJ 3.
One of the great successes of the early years of ingram-braun.net was the Chess Replay Utilities Synopsis which provided an overview over all then available chess game viewers ready for embedding in websites. Most of the projects enlisted there are now defunct. However, my demo pages are still there. Even of those viewers that were carried out as Java Applet...
Screenshot Knightvision Chess PGN viewer on ingram-braun.net June 2023.
One of the great successes of the early years of ingram-braun.net was the Chess Replay Utilities Synopsis which provided an overview over all then available chess game viewers ready for embedding in websites. Most of the projects enlisted there are now defunct. However, my demo pages are still there. Even of those viewers that were carried out as Java Applet or Flash Video. Both environments were removed from current browsers years ago. So i wondered if I can get my demo pages to run today?
Probably the most promising way is to install contemporary browsers and extensions on a Virtual Machine but it would be very much work only to view the demo pages here. And as my site is TLS only this might run into certificate errors.
In principle you can download the *.jar or *.swf files and feed a stand alone app with them. Alas, chess game viewers have the *.pgn files outside so this probably won’t work here. There are browser plugins for both formats. The Chrome addon CheerpJ Applet Runner converts Java into WebAssembly and JavaScript on the fly. It works well with the Internet Chess Club. It fails miserably on ChessTutor™. The other Java Applets render the graphical interface as expected but fail to load the games in an operational manner. The manufacturer Leaning Technologies has announced a full Java VM in WebAssembly. Hopefully we will see better results then.
Flash Video (*.swf = ShockWave Flash) should still be working in Lunascape Browser out of box. But this failed to me. There is an extension FlashPlayer – SWF to HTML for Chrome and Firefox browsers which provides a sandboxed JavaScript implementation of a flash viewer. It runs perfectly on DGT Chesstheatre. And it works on KnightVision Chess PGN Viewer, too, but fails to navigate into alternate lines.
All in all I feel it was a good decision not to remove the demo pages but preserve them as sort of archivalia.
TLDR: for the past year, we have been working on a new architecture for CheerpJ: our implementation of the JVM in HTML5/WebAssembly, designed to run Java applications on the browser. CheerpJ 3.
Maiblitzturnier der Sollingschachvereinigung in #Beverungen: ESV gewinnt die Mynnschaftswertung, Maria Kozachenko zweite. #Schach #Göttingen #Blitzschach
I have released the next version (2.3) of my archive.pl script that stores URL sets in the Internet Archive. There are two main changes: Head over to the project page in order to get your copy. I recommend strongly to choose the Docker image.
On this day 35 years ago, @thetimes published an article by Boris Johnson about an archaeological discovery in SE1. Unfortunately the claims he attributed to his godfather Colin Lucas were fabricated, so Johnson was sacked from the paper.
The bronze sculptures of Confucius and Einstein playing chess at UTAR's Kampar Campus, Malaysia is a symbol of merging eastern and western wisdom, importance of cross-cultural exchange and collaboration.
Da hat sich jemand viel Mühe gegeben, aus #Mahagoni einen Schachtisch zu bauen und wollte ihn von uns (ESV #Göttingen #Schach) bewerten lassen, nachdem er keine Verwendung mehr dafür hat. Meine Antwort wird ihn nicht befriedigt haben. (Ein Bild hatte ich nicht) #ChessArt
Guten Morgen, ihr Lieben! Ludwig Knaus (1829–1910) 🎨 🇩🇪 Spaziergang in den Tuileriengärten, 1855 🖼️ Louvre, Paris 🏛️ #ArteYArt #Genre #Realism #ChildrenInArt
Reminder: all WW2 memorials in Russia bear only the years 1941–1945. The first two years of WW2 do not exist. The Soviets were busy attacking Poland, the Baltics and Finland and making friends with the Nazis when they divided Poland between them.
Bij de Nationale Sportherdenking bij het @olympisch staat dit jaar de schaaksport centraal. Voor veel mensen in gevangenschap was schaken een manier om te overleven. We werkten samen met het Max Euwe Centrum aan het programma. knsb150.nl/nationale-spor… #4mei #herdenking #knsb150
Other similar balls have been found too, so this may have been a popular toy in Roman Egypt (& probably before) - I suppose it is no surprise that children through the ages are drawn to the same sorts of toys, but it is good to see archaeological evidence of this! (📷 BM)
A toy ball from #Roman-period Egypt, made of linen strengthened with strips of reed painted red & green; it also has stone chips inside that make it rattle when shaken. Amazing to think of someone playing with this toy 1500+ years ago! (📷 BM) #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
Medieval gaming piece unearthed in UK excavations: Tablemen were used to play numerous board games. The recently discovered one thought to be from the medieval period. dlvr.it/Sn7Tdl JPost
When found, the hoard contained 93 artifacts: 78 chess pieces, 14 tablemen and one belt buckle. Today, 82 pieces are owned and usually exhibited by the British Museum in London, and the remaining 11 are at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Hidden away in a tray of 19th-century toys and games I spotted these medieval tablemen/playing pieces from Forfar, Kirkwall and Lour. I am photographing objects like these to be made available online shortly on the @NtlMuseumsScot catalogue
'On Tuesday March 5th, 1968 John Cage & Marcel Duchamp performed "Reunion" at the Ryerson Theatre in Toronto. Duchamp won the first chess match almost immediately, so a second game lasting over 4 hours, was played between Cage and Duchamp's wife, Teeny' hyperallergic.com/424124/marcel-…
Marcel Duchamp–who died #OTD 1968–pretended to abandon art & devote the rest of his life to chess, though secretly continued to make work. "I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists."
YaCy is a peer-to-peer search engine. Every peer sets up his own client and is able to crawl and index websites. Searches are carried out by contacting all known peers and cumulating their returns. It is not necessary to have a web server for that. You may well install YaCy on your office computer but of course it only works...
I have released the 2.2 version of my Perl script archive.pl for saving URL sets in the Internet Archive. The most important improvement is that there is a Docker image now that contains TOR as service for a every 10 seconds IP rotation and a headless Firefox browser that betters the quality of HTML downloads and analysis. There is a...
Nach ihrem heftigen Einbruch beim DSB Rising Stars-Turnier spielt Fiona bei dem stark besetzten Turnier in Sitges, eine Stadt etwa der Größe Northeims südlich von Barcelona, wieder in besserer Form. Nach fünf von zehn Runden hat sie dreieinhalb Punkte
Twitter hat die #Reichweitenmessung erneuert. Das sieht zwar jetzt aufgeräumter aus, aber einige Kategorien wie Detailvergrößerungen sowie Klicks auf Hashtags und Mediendateien sind offenbar weggefallen.
This Ancient Egyptian game of ‘Hounds and Jackals’ is almost 4,000 years old! It was discovered in 1910 by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in the tomb of an official named Reniseneb at Thebes. It is made of ebony and ivory and dated c. 1814–1805 BCE. 📷 The Met NY.
Opening right now: exhibition on #rattles of collector Heinz Keijser in Jewish Museum Amsterdam @jckamsterdam & presentation of beautiful book w/my essay on 4000-year history of rattles. I know it's niche, but there are hundreds of 'm & they are stunning. Exh until June 6, 2022!
“Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you’re in trouble.” - Stanley Kubrick
Three (toy) balls, found in #Egypt & dating to the #Roman period. They were hollow, made of linen & reed, painted in red & green, & had stone chips inside, so they rattled when shaken. These ones might be ancient, but you'd find balls nearly identical in a toyshop today! (📷 BM)
Isn't this beautiful? It’s the weekend and here’s a multifaceted #medieval #ivory die just aching to be let out to play in one of the >600 dice #games known from the period. MT @museecluny. #iwantonetoo
Ancient Egyptian wooden cat-shaped toy with moving jaws, bronze teeth and eyes made of inlaid rock crystal. The jaw can be moved by pulling the string. Found in Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom, ca. 1350 BCE. The British Museum, 1885,0618.11. britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…
This chess set is from the 2nd half of the 19th century, made of bone and wood, in Russia. Boats are Rooks; Elephants are Bishops. In Russian, the bishop is still called elephant слон (pronounced "slon"); in Spanish "alfil" literally "the elephant".
