Cyndaquazy's News

2010

January-March

February 16 - Hello, and happy belated St. Valentine's Day! As the title suggests, I have updated one of my programs, The Elements Reference Application. I have added a new field, and am busy in the process of adding more information as I get more free time. Also, against previous notions, I've also decided to keep the comic as is—mainly due to the extra work I'd have to put in to change the current format—and, therefore, I've also taken down the second poll asking about that situation.

January 28 - I've uploaded a new Visual Basic Program: Visual Basic Task Manager. It is an installed program (232.00 KB) and functions a simple date managing program. Use it to keep track of appointments, school due dates, and other important dates. Click on over to my Programs Page to download it.

January 2 - I've added a new poll along with the one I already have up. This new asks the question I rhetorically asked on the last update: "Should I change the comic from a story-like comic to a gag-like comic?"

2009

October-December

December 31 - Happy New Year to all of you! As you have noticed, above the news column, I've installed a Java Applet which I have developed myself (well, in concept anyway). I've also been contemplating on my changing my comic from a story-type comic to more of a single-frame-joke type with no storyline between panels. I'll eventually put up a poll, but not at the moment. I've also added a new section under My .NET Programs (now renamed to My Programs) where I put up this customizable applet, which you can use on your website.

December 26 - You upgraded from XP to Vista and it's the greatest(?) thing ever - until you want to create handling information for a .jfv file. You go into the Control Panel, but there's no viable program upto the task as there was in XP and your only other option is to go to the Windows Registry, which is risky business in and of itself. Well, the Vista File Extension Creator is here to save your day. Because I'm just an amateur programmer, I only allowed the program to create extensions and not to edit or delete existing extensions (for fear of possibly ruining your computer beyond repair).

November 24 - To all the Americans: Happy Thanksgiving! To all the Canadians: Happy belated Thanksgiving! Now that I got that off of my chest, I'm happy to announce my second poll: "Based on other small-presence sites like mine, on a scale of one to ten, how do you think mine compares?" The poll can be found under the stunning not-really-a-portrait-of-me picture below.

October 23 - Some good news! The site hosting my VB programs has been resolved of its virus issue, so the VB links have been reïnstated and a new one has been added: the Date Calculator.

October 20 - The reason for inactivity is...SCHOOL! It has been very time consuming and (also) I have writer's block (and comic author's and programmer's block, too) for a long time...

Also, in relation to the poll, I've also decided to not go with the top choice (an online Pokédex) due to the aforemention block, and because there are so many out there such as Serebii.net and Veekun.com. Therefore, I have gone with the second choice: a VB Tutorial (due to an unexplicable lack of them...).

UPDATE. Until further notice, my VB program links will be taken down due to a threat of virus infection on the hosting site.

July-September

September 5 - Better late than never, I suppose, but as the title indicates, the big issue with my site concerning IE 6 has been resolved (for those of you who wanted to know what IE 6 did, it made the sidebar cover up half of the content pane).

September 2 - Ok, poll #1 is officially closed, although one can still vote, it won't count anymore.

August 23, 2009 - I've completed my first three days of school as of two days ago and it's been going alright. In relation to the site, the poll below this section will close at the end of the month (August 31) and a new one will be posted ASAP. I will post the outcome of the poll once it's removed and the poll will be solely accessed via the Poll Archive page.

It's been going slow with my development of the site and programs as a result of school, but as soon as I get an opportunity to add/update, I'll jump on it as soon as I have free time (which will decline as the school year progresses).

August 8 - The Elements Educational Application (EEA), has now been renamed to The Elements Reference Application (ERA). That's not all, because now I have corrected the problem where it wouldn't run on computers that didn't have SQLCE installed. That's all for now (no new comic, yet).

August 2 - Another new comic?! Guess I'm just in a comicing mood all of a sudden, or maybe it's because I'm starting school in 2½ weeks. D:> Anyway, enjoy and expect a new one within the next month.

July 26 - OMG, I must be sick or something. Three new things have been added: A page on the RSA/PKE Encryption Algorithm, and new VB program that generates RSA keys, and (drumroll please) a new comic!!! Finally after two-and-a-half months of waiting!!! I'll try to add the next one within two months (although I won't promise).

April-June

June 21 - I have officially run out of ideas for my programs, so I'm turning to you all, my visitors, for them. Just go to my Request a Program page and fill out the form. I will contact you withing a week or so to clear up some questions and to inform you of my progress once I start. Finally, there's a way to annoy me.

June 16 - OK, I have added a new file under My .NET Programs. I changed the name from My Visual Basic programs because the new file (a custom .NET Namespace, in DLL) was coded using C#.

June 5 - I finished with school two days ago, so I thought I would tell what I plan to do to the site for the summer:

May 23 - Until further notice, this news section will be the only one on the home page. I'm busy making a new poll, and the script is kind of giving me problems. Hope they are solved soon.

May 16 - I guess I'll tell you about my comic that has been up since the 1st of May. The reason I didn't want to talk about it is that so far, there's only one page(?) up. I wanted to keep it away from the spotlight until I add more, but I just had to tell ya'll about it. :/...Oh and that incompetent stupidity mentioned on my home page is a result of the comic. Long story short: The home page for the comics got accidentally uploaded as the home page for my whole site, and I didn't make back-ups of my site's page. Stupid, I know.

May 2 - I have added two new pages to my site. Those of you who like to scrutinize my site everyday, have probably already noticed that one of them has been there for about a week and a half. The two pages are the Scenic Terrain Images and How To Change the Desktop Background, the former of which is the one aforementioned. The reason I just now mentioned them is that the How To Change the Desktop Background page wasn't up before, and the Scenic Images page linked to it.

April 17 - I've run out of ideas for a new page, and decided that I would post some ideas on a poll, for you to select what you want me to do, so select what you want me to do on the home page.

April 13 - I have added a new page to contain all of the news that will appear under this heading.

April 6 - I have added a new VB program: The Elements (Educational Application).