Recent News     (not so recent news)

010610
The site is now upgraded to use currently the most modern standards: HTML 5 and CSS 3. If your browser supports CSS 3, the navigation menu on the top right should now have rounded corners and a shadow.
While at it, I also reformatted most of the stories and articles on the Literature page. If you found it painful to read them before, because of the layout, give it another try now!
No new creative content, this update... but perhaps a screenshot or three would be of limited interest. My pet project, SuperSakura, is an engine remake that can run and enhance three old games of the visual novel genre: The Three Sisters' Story, Runaway City, and Season of the Sakura. All three are completable, too, but special effects, the GUI, and the sound system still need work.

300310
What a juicy update this is - I am proud to announce the launch of a shiny piece of free software: Bunnylin's Chromaticity Compressor! I dare say it can rival any image color reducer with moderate success, and its user interface is the friendliest I've crafted yet. It is particularly useful for making online comics smaller, as it auto-detects flat colors, such as sprite character skin, while at the same time dithering gradients. You can also have some fun with it by running it with the EGA or CGA palette presets I've included.
I also updated the Misacrope's Guide to version 1.2, clarified the license terms of my works, updated miscellaneous bits of the site, including the links and the style sheet and... put up a new short story!

"Don't touch me," the computer hissed, but too quietly for the woman to hear. Instead, she gently petted the corner of the computer's monitor.

The computer's keyboard rose up on its wire, approaching the helpless grandmother leaning over him.

"Would you like a cup of tea and some cookies, young machine?"

The keyboard wavered over the grandma for a moment, then settled to touch her shoulder lightly. "Thank you. I would love that."

It's an absurd thriller, and you gotta read it. (Also, in Finnish.)
Projects finished during lifetime: one

150609
MOONCORE.EU! It's a new home, more appreciative of pirate ideals. I'm going to have to reorganize the site a bit now. I wrote a new story, but it still needs final polish before publication. Also worked on a new sharp graphics scaling algorithm, but want to test it before publication. To give some hope of a brighter future with more juicy updates, here's at least a polished version of the Misacrope's Guide.
Oh yeah, and I've been employed since the last update. So I'm away from my computer about 10-11 hours a day. Not that I'm trying to make excuses or anything.
Also, I beat vanilla Angband after only 10 years or so (as a high-elf mage, naturally.)
Schemes: grandiose

261108
A small update, I wrote a sort of strategy guide on Yoot Tower. Also, see how many common marketing tricks you can find in this advertisement for a fictitious brand of toothpaste. Uploaded a small MoonVideo fix. Meanwhile, I've finished reverse engineering an old game engine's three file formats, and have a new engine visibly superior to the original already running. I'll have to consider how to best publish that thing.
Speed: plodding along

160708
I thought of a better way to blit sprites, and proceeded to implement it in MoonVideo's tile rendering routine for a nice 25% speed boost. Meanwhile, I graduated from university and revised my review of it. Updated the Scinty Starlet song, and uploaded a new remix called Munchky Pillars. Now to look for a job.
Enthusiasm: go me!

090408
A few additions under articles, one under graphic arts, some changes in the about-me section... the last semester is passing quickly. I'm slightly employed as a computer class overseer on the side. Got my credit-worthiness analyzing program "KreditBert" working with everything the customers wanted. Until they asked for more. Finally found an existing interpolation method that yields identical results to the one I invented, but mine is still a very slight smidgeon superior.
Days: grey

270108
I wrote and posted a review of my university in the articles section, hoping that anyone looking for more information on the place might stumble across it. Cleaned the links a little. Updated MoonVideo with a lightness modifier. You may also note that the site looks subtly different.
Productivity: what productivity?

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