Online Journal of Leerok the Lacerta

Leerok's Adventurise: A Dwarf Fortress utility

2009-01-14T01:36:00.011Z

Tiistai, 14 tammikuu 2009 Adventurise.zip(As always, Firefox is recommended.) (Version 2009-01-14 Moose) Link for normal people This utility makes every single race(except for aquatic, vermin, land-immobile, and wagon creatures) playable in adventure mode. It is currently in a very early stage and will do what it is meant to do. It is still yet incomplete, but it is functional. When first

Modified Dwarf Fortress init.txt

2008-09-13T23:28:00.001Z

Lauantai, 13 Syyskuu 2008 Every time I download a new copy of Dwarf Fortress, I find that I always modify the init.txt file. I think I'll just keep it online from now on. /data/init/init.txt /data/art/acorn_8x8.bmp

Fey mod for Dwarf Fortress

2007-12-23T06:18:00.000Z

Sunnuntai, 23 Joulukuu 2007 2007-12-23 v0.27.169.33g I created a mod for Dwarf Fortress. Oddly, it started because I had left my saved game somewhere and I didn't feel like starting another long, serious game with the vanilla Dwarf Fortress. I started tinkering with elves and seeing how the game worked from their side. It's quite amusing, really, since one can still butcher and bonecraft; it's

Link: Unix/Linux Command Cheat Sheet

2007-08-04T04:35:00.000Z

Lauantai, 04 elokuu 2007 Reading Reddit, I came across something useful, a concise list and explanation of commonly used Linux commands. Since the sheet itself was in PDF, I decided to convert it to HTML. .cmdSheet .sectHead{text-align: center; font-size: 120%; font-weight: bold; background-color: #055; color: #fff;

Some Windows utilities and their Linux equivalents

2007-07-29T01:28:00.000Z

Sunnuntai, 29 Heinakuu 2007 After having reinstalled Windows on my computer several times in a month, I've noticed that there are several useful, free programmes I have a tendancy to get nearly every time. I'm going to name them, describe them, and name some Linux equivalents if there are any. Audacity - It's a free sound

夢: Θη Бирμингхаμ Бусинг Дисастηр

2007-07-28T14:42:00.000Z

Лауантаи, 28 Хηинакуу 2007 夢: И њас ин а цлаßрωωμ аррангинг чаирс анд сηттинг уп θη ωвηрхηад прωжηцтωр. Њхилη сηттинг уп θη прωжηцтωр, И сунг а линη фрωμ «Фриηнд Ликη Μη», фрωμ Аладдин. Ин θη инстант афтηр, И фηлт сηлф-цωнсциωус анд стωппηд сингинг. Афтηр сηттинг уп θη прωжηцтωр, И тωωк а сηат ин θη рηар ωф θη цлаßрωωμ. И нωтицηд θат θηрη њас ωнη ωθηр студηнт ин μз цлаß θат њас ωф а сиμилар

A Python utility for reserving IPs in Windows Server 2003

2007-07-21T04:19:00.000Z

Lauantai, 21 Kesakuu 2007 One thing I dislike about Windows is how GUI-orientated it is. For example, to reserve IPs with the DHCP server, one must manually enter each IP, along with MAC address and other bits of information. It's either that or type a rather long command in the command prompt. This tiny utility I wrote in Python makes it easier to reserve IPs with Windows Server 2003. What

Μз Кηзбωард Лаёут

2007-06-26T01:24:00.001Z

Тиистаи, 26 Кηсакуу 2007 И'вη рηцηнтлз ηџпηриμηнтηд а бит њиθ Кубунту анд μадη ан ηасз њаз тω патч ин μз кηзбωард лаёут. И хад тω лηарн а литтлη бит абωут усинг «дифф» анд патчинг, бут хηрη И хавη ит. Θис филη цωнтаинс θη нηцηßарз патч тω ηнаблη Кубунту 7.04 усη μз кηзбωард лаёут. И'μ пωстинг ит хηрη μωстлз сω θат И дωн'т хавη тω фигурη ωут θη прωцηß алл ωвηр агаин, бут ηвηрзωнη'с њηлцωμη тω

夢: Бусинηß анд бωμбингс

2007-06-03T16:52:00.000Z

Суннунтаи, 3 Кηсӓкуу 2007 夢: И њас стандинг ат ан аирпωрт. Θη чиηф ηџηцутивη њас аттημптинг тω бωард а флигхт њиθ хис тηаμ ωф лηгηндарз(И усη θη тηрμ ин а вηрз Дњарф Фωртрηсс њаз.) салηсμηн. Унфωртунатηлз, θηз њηрη а тад латη фωр θη таргηт флигхт, хавинг нωт ηвηн бωугхт тицкηтс. Θηз њηрη алл ωут ωн θη рунњаз, њалкинг ат а бриск пацη тωњардс θη планη θат θηз хад чωсηн. Хωњηвηр, ит њас тωω латη,

夢: Цωунтηрфηит Сωул

2007-01-27T02:38:00.000Z

Лауантаи, 27 Таμμикуу 2007 И њас стрωллинг алωнг а диμлз иллуμинатηд стрηηт. Ас И паßηд ан ωлд њωμан, И цωулд нωт хηлп бут нωтицη θат шη њас сцаттηринг литтлη баллс анд њхитη пωњдηр тω θη сидηс. Шη њωулд θημ рηтриηвη сωμη θат њηрη аппарηнтлз сцаттηрηд θηрη приωр. Ас И турнηд μз хηад ин цуриωситз, шη θруст хηр бурлап сацк интω μз хандс. И стартηд сцаттηринг θη баллс анд пωњдηр ас шη дид, анд шη

Morphing figures

2006-12-16T00:12:00.001Z

Lauantai, 16 joulukuu 2006 I programmed a script that makes a figure that slowly morphs. It's based on polar coordinates and I think it looks quite cool. The script runs in Blender and requires a relatively good computer, at least 800Mhz, preferably with a 3D card. Basically, if it runs Blender, it can run this script. The faster the computer, the more you can tweak it. I also have two

Ежик в тумане subtitles

2006-12-14T23:59:00.000Z

Torstai, 14 joulukuu 2006 I recently saw Ежик в тумане(Hedgehog in the Fog in English. It's pronounced "Yozhik v Tumane".), a very nicely animated film by Ю́рий Норште́йн(Yurii Norshteyn.). I got some subtitles from here, but I found that the English was a bit off. I've corrected some of it, so I'll post it here if anyone wants it. Save it as a .srt file with the same name as the movie file(

夢: ¿Њхηрηхωусηс?, Ункнωњн Фацηс, Фантасз Њωрлдс

2006-11-19T22:24:00.000Z

Суннунтаи, 19 Μарраскуу 2006 2006-11-6: И њас ин а бусз њарηхωусη, ситтинг атωп а стурдз μηтал рацк ат лηаст а стωрηз хигх. Θис сηημηд тω бη а њарηхωусη ωф рηд Булл ηнηргз дринкс, синцη θηрη њηрη μωундс упωн μωундс ωф цанс њиθ θη Рηд Булл лабηл. И дηцидηд тω партакη ωф сωμη ωф θη лωωсη цанс θат хаппηнηд тω бη рηстинг, вηрз цωнвηниηнтлз, бз μз ханд. Ас И дид θис, И њатчηд θη њωркμηн бηлωњ μη.

Moredhel box, spinach and leeks

2006-11-15T23:16:00.000Z

Keskiuiiko, 15 marraskuu 2006 Alright, here's an easy one that all Двачers should be able to solve easily. It also tells you when you've arrived at the correct answer. I'm sorry that I can't invent wittier puzzles in the Russian language, since I don't know it. Puzzle

Moredhel box, beware of grues

2006-11-15T03:45:00.000Z

Keskiuiiko, 15 marraskuu 2006 I wrote a short Python programme that imitates those pesky Moredhel boxes from Betrayal at Krondor. It comes with a riddle, the solution(It won't tell you that it's the solution, since I can't think of a way of keeping the solution within the programme.) to which will be a password to the RAR. The RAR doesn't really contain anything other than a congratulations

A multilingual Двач thread

2006-11-12T17:35:00.000Z

Sunnuntai, 12 marraskuu 2006 Here's a very long thread that appeared during the 4chan invasion. I thought it was funny that several languages would show up in one thread. And you'll need Firefox or Opera (Version 9.02 is out at the moment.)to view it. Thread

I Enslave Dwarves

2006-10-02T00:03:00.000Z

Maanantai, 2 lokakuu 2006 Recently, I found(Actually, it was mentioned in the URW forums.) a game called Dwarf Fortress. It's a very odd game, due to the fact that it uses ASCII(Letters, numbers, symbols.) graphics. However, the game possesses a level of depth which is rarely ever seen in other games. It's a Roguelike strategy game for the most part. It does have a mode where you can play an

Spam in Japanese

2006-09-24T18:36:00.000Z

Sunnuntai, 24 Syyskuu 2006 For some reason, I've been getting some weird Japanese spam. First of all, I wonder where they could have gotten my address. Second, I wonder what they're advertising. I don't know nearly enough Japanese to know what they're trying to say. I think they might be trying to get me to donate to a charity or buy "rice tub guns". Whatever the case, I'm not buying it. Spam

夢: Баттлηс ωф Њилл анд Инфлуηнцη

2006-09-24T17:35:00.000Z

Суннунтаи, 24 Сззскуу 2006 И њас ωн μз фирст жωб. И'д сωμηхωњ цωнвинцηд а њηалθз μан тω аллωњ μη тω стаз ин хис μансиωн бηцаусη И суспηцтηд θηрη њωулд бη а μурдηр. И'μ цлаирвωянд, ёу сηη, сω И цан сηη θингс цωμинг бηфωрη θηз хаппηн. Хωњηвηр, И'вη алњазс бηηн пωњηрлηß тω инфлуηнцη θингс И сањ. Μазбη ит'с бηцаусη И'μ тωω сцарηд тω, ωр μазбη И жуст дωн'т трз хард ηнωугх. Њхатηвηр θη цасη, И

夢: Θη Путрид Даμη

2006-09-21T06:17:00.000Z

Тωрстаи, 21 Сззскуу 2006 Θηрη ωнцη њас а принцη њхω ливηд ин а цастлη. Тω бη кинг хη њантηд, бут хис μωθηр, θη љуηηн, хад ливηд лωнгηр θан анзωнη цωулд ηвηр иμагинη. Θη принцη њас ин хис фифтиηθ зηар, анд зηт ит сηημηд хис турн њас нωт зηт нηар. Сω хатчηд а план дид хη, тω сиηђη бз фωрцη θη цастлη анд θη

Embedded base64 for dummies

2006-09-21T04:21:00.005Z

Torstai, 21 Syyskuu 2006 ¡한국사람! Base64 is a cool way to stick things(Small things, mostly. Like images, text, more HTML pages, and so forth.) into HTML and CSS pages without needing to link to them as separate files. For example: VGhpcyBpcyBlbmNvZGVkIHdpdGggYmFzZTY0Lgo That's some text encoded with base64. If you use a browser like Firefox(Or Opera, Konqueror, or other GUI-based

A Scam Dissected

2006-09-20T05:31:00.000Z

Keskiuiiko, 20 Syyskuu 2006 On the first day of the year, I checked my e-mail to find a spam message in my inbox. It was a rare occurence, so I read it. It was really quite amusing. I mean, not only was it rife with misspellings and awkward phrases, certain parts of it were rank with

夢: Халлуцинатиωнс

2006-09-20T01:59:00.000Z

Кηскиуиикω, 20 Сззскуу 2006 И њас ат а партз ат а цωунтрз ηстатη. Ит њас нигхт, анд θη партз халл њас филлηд њиθ μηррз рηвηлηрс. И њас ωфф њандηринг θη μансиωн ωн μз ωњн(Пηрхапс ит њас тω фиџ μз хаир, μазбη цуриωситз, ωр пωßиблз бηцаусη И дωн'т ликη црωњдηд арηас.). И хад цωμη упωн а лωнг, дηсηртηд(Ат лηаст, θηрη њηрη нω партзгωηрс ин θηсη партс.) њинг ωф θη буилдинг. Ас И ωпηнηд а дωωр

夢: Лωњлз џηнωарцхиωлωгистс

2006-09-19T03:07:00.000Z

19 Сззскуу 2006 И хад ан ωлдηр систηр. И μуст хавη бηηн ηигхт, анд И θинк шη њас фωуртηηн. Њη њηрη μинηрс ин а васт ундηргрωунд цωμплηџ. И бηлиηвη ит њас сωμη сωрт ωф џηнωарцхиωлωгицал ηџцаватиωн ситη њиθ θη пωтηнтиал тω унцωвηр сωμη фантастиц нηњ алиηн тηцхнωлωгз. Унфωртунатηлз фωр ус лωњлз њωркηрс, њη дидн'т хавη хуμан ригхтс, нηвηр μинд униωнс. Μз систηр рηбηллηд. Ωддлз, θη ηнтирη рηбηллиωн

Таблица японской каны(нет Поливанов)

2006-09-19T02:38:00.000Z

19 Syyskuu 2006 Alright, here's another revision of the Cyrillic kana table. The last one is based on Polivanov (Apparently, some people like his system, and some don't.) and this one is based mostly on pure phonetics. Таблица(используйте Firefox) графики(используйте Firefox)

夢: Присωнс, вωлцанωс, анд θη Μафиωси

2006-09-18T03:54:00.000Z

18 Сззскуу 2006 И њас ин сωμη сωрт ωф присωн. Фωр сωμη рηасωн, ωнη пηрсωн стωωд ωут фрωμ θη пηωплη арωунд μη. А блацк њωμан њηаринг хандцуффс њиθ хηр арμс ин фрωнт ωф хηр њас стругглинг тω гηт интω θη рωωμ И њас ин. Шη њас трзинг тω рун

Таблица японской каны(Поливанов)

2006-09-17T06:59:00.000Z

17 Syyskuu 2006 I took the kana table and transliterated everything to Cyrillic. Perhaps some Russians may find it useful. Since I know no Russian, it's not guaranteed to be completely accurate. Thanks to the people of Два.ч for their corrections. Таблица(используйте Firefox) графики(используйте Firefox)

夢: Θη Сηарч ин Виртуал Грηηцη

2006-09-17T01:59:00.000Z

17 Сззскуу 2006 И њас хωвηринг абωвη а наррωњ исланд θат И θωугхт њас ин ηурωпη(Афтηр лωωкинг ит уп, И нωтицηд θат ит лωωкηд ликη θη исланд ωф Црηтη.). Ит сηημηд тω хавη бηηн турнηд интω а бωард гаμη. Θη нηџт θинг И кнηњ, И њас њалкинг арωунд ин а ларгη буилдинг. Ит њас

Rewritten Kana table

2006-09-16T20:51:00.000Z

16 Syyskuu 2006 I took the old Kana table that I had copied from a dictionary and rewrote it. It might not be as useful today, though, since it was written during a time when I couldn't find any particularly good tables online. They used to all be pictures, scanned in from paper, very large, and rather ugly. I've merely slapped some CSS on it, so it's essentially the same except that it's

Funky anime titles

2006-09-12T05:26:00.000Z

12 Syyskuu 2006 Fantastic Children At first, this title made me think it was some sort of parenting anime. I thought that it was going to be about raising kids from birth until university, so it put me off from watching it the first chance I got. Instead, this anime was about seemingly immortal children with supernatural powers. It's actually quite good, though the character designs may seem

夢: Ђωμбифицатиωн 101

2006-09-11T14:45:00.000Z

11 Syyskuu 2006 И хад такηн цωμμанд ωф а μилитарз басη(Ит рηсημблηд а Цωμμанд анд Цωнљуηр басη, харвηстηрс, тибηриуμ анд алл. Ит сηημηд θат И њас ωн θη сидη μωст сиμилар тω θат ωф Зури, ηџцηпт θат ит дηалт њиθ θη ундηад.). Њη хад а спηциал њηапωн ωн ωур сидη, спηциал μинд-цωнтрωл прωбηс. Θис μадη ит ηасз тω цаптурη θη ηнημз басη дирηцтлз аджацηнт тω ωур ландинг арηа. Њиθ θη вицинитз цлηарηд, њη

夢: Ит'с а Цωнспирацз

2006-09-10T05:11:00.000Z

10 Syyskuu 2006 Ин θη дηад ωф нигхт, И њас цлиμбинг дωњн сωμη талл буилдингс. Лωωкинг дωњн ат θη иллуμинатηд стрηηтс, И сањ сηвηрал шадωњз фигурηс сњифтлз анд силηнтлз цωнгрηгатинг ат а цωрнηр. Тω μз сурприсη, И сањ Жаμηс Жωнах Жаμηсωн гивинг ωрдηрс. Θη нηџт μωμηнт, И њас стандинг ин брωад дазлигхт бηхинд а бηлл-цаннωн ин фрωнт ωф а пωлицη статиωн. И анд анωθηр њηрη бωμбардинг θη пωлицη статиωн

Testing MNGs, among other things

2006-09-09T04:36:00.000Z

9 Syyskuu 2006 I'm just seeing which browsers can or cannot render MNGs. Firefox 1.5.0.3: Nope. Firefox 2.0b2: Nope. Konqueror 3.5.2: Yup. Opera 9.01: Nope. Internet Explorer 6: Probably not. And while testing that, I noted other things too. CSS mouseovers: Firefox: Yup. Konqueror: Nope. Opera: Yup. Internet Explorer 6: Nope. Embedded base64(Used for background, effects, and tiny

夢: Θηз арη фрωμ Вηнус

2006-09-08T03:26:00.000Z

08 Syyskuu 2006 И њас ситтинг ат а сцхωωл дηск ин а цлаßрωωμ. И њас сηатηд дирηцтлз аджацηнт тω θη ηнтранцη ωф θη рωωμ. И њас лηанинг фωрњард, лωωкинг ацрωß θη халл ат анωθηр цлаßрωωμ. Ωур тηачηр хад нωт арривηд. Θη ωθηр цлаß хад алрηадз стартηд. Θηз сηημηд тω бη цωндуцтинг цлаß ин а диффηрηнт лангуагη. И кηпт лηанинг фωрњард, њатчинг θη цлаßрωωμ ацрωß θη халл. И сат трансфиџηд, трзинг тω

Blogger Beta and transparent backgrounds

2006-09-02T18:27:00.000Z

2 Syyskuu 2006 I've upgraded the journal to Blogger Beta. There've been many improvements over the old Blogger, such as the ability to shift the layout around without going into the HTML(I prefer using the HTML to shuffle stuff around, but I'm sure many others don't feel the same way.) and labels(Labels allow you to define and organise entries in categories. Wordpress has this feature, I think.

Цан анзωнη рηад θис?

2006-08-29T05:58:00.000Z

Нижюукюу Εлωкуу Нисηнрωкунηн Ωнη ωф θη θингс θат хас интηрηстηд μη фωр θη паст тњω зηарс хас бηηн ηасз тω рηад «ηнцрзптиωн». И усη љуωтηс бηцаусη θис исн'т рηаллз ηнцрзптиωн. Анзωнη њиθ халф а браин анд а бит ωф њиллпωњηр цан рηад θис. И жуст хаппηн тω ликη тзпинг ликη θис бηцаусη пηωплη њωн'т бη аблη тω пηηк ат ит. Њхат И'вη дωнη ис такη θη Сηрбиан кηзбωард анд μωдифз ит а бит тω алсω усη а

Oops, DMCA

2006-08-24T23:03:00.000Z

24 Elokuu 2006 It seems that all my files at Filefront have been deleted due to a DMCA violation. E-mail (Embedded base-64) I think it was because I started uploading CD music. Rayman was probably the file that triggered whatever it was, since it's actually not abandonware. Ah well, too bad. I think I'll come back to Filefront when I actually create something of my own. That'll take a while,

OPL Music

2006-07-26T18:27:00.000Z

26 Heinakuu 2006 For the past few weeks, I've been extracting music mostly from various DOS games. This is mostly because I can't find the music to most of them in an easily playable form anywhere. The music from KGB, for instance, is rather hard to search for. What I have found, on UnExoticA and MirSoft, is quite different(And inferior to, in some ways) from the in-game DOS music. Since the

Some music on the FileFront

2006-07-12T05:24:00.000Z

12 Heinakuu 2006 I uploaded some music to FileFront. It's all from various DOS games in Adlib form. For some reason, I tend to prefer some of the music in Adlib form, rather than MIDI or otherwise. Maybe it's a sense of nostalgia or something. So far, I've uploaded the music to: Covert Action(Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there's only one real song in this game. It's a catchy, though a

A rewritten periodic table

2006-06-20T00:21:00.000Z

19 Kesakuu 2006 I took a periodic table I wrote a while ago and rewrote it. Since I hadn't touched it in about five years, I found the HTML quite sloppy and primitive. Now, it's a bit neater than before. I'm using CSS this time so that it's easier to customise the appearance, among other things. Needless to say, it won't work properly in Internet Explorer 6. New periodic table The link also

Setting up KInput2 as a dummy

2006-05-12T03:53:00.002Z

12 Toukokuu 2006 I recently figured out how to setup KInput2 in Linux. It took a little while, so I'm jotting it down here so that I won't have to figure everything out from scratch in the future. Anyway, one first needs to setup(I have Debian, so I apt-get all that stuff.) the kinput2-canna and canna packages. Once those things are up and running, one also needs to set the environment

URW Charts, based on Thoth's stuff

2006-03-24T21:19:00.000Z

24 Maaliskuu 2006 I was browsing through the URW forums a few days ago when I came across Thoth's announcement for his new UnReal World site. For anyone who plays The UnReal World, it's quite the perfect guide to shaping the best character and living a happy, healthy life in iron-age Finland. The only thing is that all the charts are pictures, but that's just me being nitpicky. So I took the

I Command Blobs

2006-02-20T04:11:00.000Z

20 Helmikuu 2006 I recently found an open-source game that I quite like. It's a real-time strategy game called Globulation 2. It sets itself apart from most of today's games by its use of indirect commands, which is a style that is seldom used in any RTS games(I can name a few though: Dungeon Keeper, Populus, Darwinia, Evil Genius, Majesty.). This means that there are no direct orders to

Chicken trees and other odd ideas

2006-02-08T01:53:00.000Z

7 Helmikuu 2006 I was just thinking, since we've got all this bioengineering stuff like green pigs and anti-cancer broccoli, what about growing meat on trees? Some of the reasons against eating meat are that it's cruelty to animals and that it's a drain(When a cow eats corn, or any other agricultural produce, the cow uses the nutrients and energy for itself. The energy used by the cow is lost

X11 forwarding by a dummy for dummies

2006-01-26T20:19:00.000Z

26 Tammikuu 2006 I finally figured out how to get X11 forwarding stuff to work. I am using a computer on which I installed Knoppix 3.2 three years ago. During the time I used it, I could never get it to open a window from one of my dad's other computers. Like, I'd ssh into a computer and start something, like Firefox, and it would always say, "GTK warning: cannot open display", or something

2006-01-19T15:58:00.000Z

19 Tammikuu 2006 I just felt like talking about procedural content generation. I've just been reading a lot about it lately, first by reading about Spore, and then reading through Wikipedia about various things like mods, demoscene, and then .kkrieger. Procedural content generation isn't really a new thing, it's just something I only noticed recently. It's been used in old games like Rogue and

Just testing

2006-01-17T05:18:00.000Z

17 Tammikuu 2006 Testing. Alright, Blogger seems to support a number of things I like: Full layout control Embedded base64 stuff CSS Anonymous comments Completely free I still wonder what the upper size limit on entries is, though. I've tried out LiveJournal(Full layout control and CSS costs money. ~64KB size limit.) and MySpace(Very little layout control, though it supports CSS, but