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Skinning Christmas....

Skinning Christmas....

I have just been given the task of making a new Christmas Suite. (In 4 days)  And I have decided to Blog a "Makeing Of". Hopefully it will be educational, and fun. So check it out.

http://mormegil.joeuser.com


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Reply #26 Top
Looking very nice!
It'll be released after the American Thanksgiving? When is it?
Reply #27 Top
Thanksgiving is on Thursday the 27th this year. It is always on the last Thursday in November.
Reply #28 Top

Ok so I went MIA for a few days, but the blog is updated,

http://mormegil.joeuser.com/


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Reply #29 Top
mormegil, that is simply BEAUTIFUL!



Reply #30 Top
Unbelievable!!!...An animated user pane, very cool.

Those Icons are just plain awesome!!! You are da man mormegil

Thank you for putting in the time...Can't wait for this
Reply #31 Top
It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

Bravo, Master Mormegil!
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#27 by Keila - 11/22/2003 3:24:10 PM
Thanksgiving is on Thursday the 27th this year. It is always on the last Thursday in November.

Thought that is typically true, actually, it's always the 4th Thursday in November.  For instance:

Calendar for November 2006 


Drat...that just won't line up right.... Anyway, there are 5 thursdays in that month- 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
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Reply #33 Top
OMG That is truly spectacular!
Maybe once Xmas is over, it could be adapted to a "winter" theme, so it could be used during that entire season.
I, for one, would. Beautiful Mormegil.



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Reply #34 Top

You are right of course Karma. I knew that but was not thinking about if there were 5 Thursdays.

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Reply #35 Top

Keila, it probably only happens about every 7 years or something. 

Does anyone know how they determine Easter?  That one still baffles me.

So, Paul, where is my "beta" of this?

I really like this skin

Reply #36 Top
Absoutely delicious & GORGEOUS! Xmas is sweeeeeeeeeeeeet holiday.
Reply #37 Top
Wow... that is awsome! Also... you letting us see this in progress is awsome! Thanks.


I thought I was the only one baffled by Easter.
Reply #38 Top
Thanx, mormegil.
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KG: easter is the Sunday following the Pascal full moon, which may happen between March 21st to April 18 inclusively. 

Calculating it is another story though, since you must calculate the cycles of the moon.
Here is the algorythm if you're familiar with integer maths:

In the text below, / represents an integer division neglecting the remainder, while % is division keeping only the remainder. So 30/7=4 , and 30%7=2 . 

        a=year%19
        b=year/100
        c=year%100
        d=b/4
        e=b%4
        f=(b+8)/25
        g=(b-f+1)/3
        h=(19*a+b-d-g+15)%30
        i=c/4
        k=c%4
        l=(32+2*e+2*i-h-k)%7
        m=(a+11*h+22*l)/451
        Easter Month h+l-7*m+114)/31  [3=March, 4=April]
        p=(h+l-7*m+114)%31
        Easter Date=p+1     (date in Easter Month)

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What's that smilie doing there?
OK, here it is again, hopefully with no smilie:

        a=year%19
        b=year/100
        c=year%100
        d=b/4
        e=b%4
        f=(b+8)/25
        g=(b-f+1)/3
        h=(19*a+b-d-g+15)%30
        i=c/4
        k=c%4
        l=(32+2*e+2*i-h-k)%7
        m=(a+11*h+22*l)/451
        Easter Month = ( h+l-7*m+114 )/31  [3=March, 4=April]
        p=(h+l-7*m+114)%31
        Easter Date=p+1     (date in Easter Month)

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Note that the above is valid for any year in the past or in the future.
But there is a simpler method, Doggett's modification of Oudin's algorythm, that is valid only for years after 1583. It goes like this :

Again, the divisions are integer divisions, in which remainders are discarded, while the % operator is used to signify the modulo or remainder operator.

century = year/100
G = year % 19
K = (century - 17)/25
I = (century - century/4 - (century - K)/3 + 19*G + 15) % 30
I = I - (I/28)*(1 - (I/28)*(29/(I + 1))*((21 - G)/11))
J = (year + year/4 + I + 2 - century + century/4) % 7
L = I - J
EasterMonth = 3 + (L + 40)/44
EasterDay = L + 28 - 31*(EasterMonth/4)


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Mormegil I am leaving for afghanistan very soon. My wife and son are to be alone for Christmas. Is it possible to have this suite available for download by the evening of the 3rd DEC? This may make her Christmas brighter without me.



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Reply #43 Top
Thanks for the explanation, Paxx.


Godspeed, The Rated PG. My thoughts and prayers and gratitude for people like you will be with you.....
Reply #44 Top
so does the Master get more time to do the skins because of the server failure? he can't upload it so he gets more time?

I hope more time translates into more skins, I'm hungry.


Lets eat!

Give me skins to make my computer look like christmas snow in the winter with holidays of joy and laughter and all that good stuff.
Reply #45 Top

Any new blogs mormegil?
Tree up and presents bought (had hell to pay for those)
All I need for Xmas now is This Beautiful Xmas Suite.
Thanx again mormegil for that night before xmas feeling.
Reply #46 Top
Wow the theme looks great! I can't wait to see the final result.
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Wow, if Old Crab has nothing but nice things to say about it, it must be great. And, for once I agree with Old Crab. What is this world coming to?

Great Work Mormegil, can't wait. I guess I'll wait at least a couple of weeks afterwards to release my new skin. I don't dare try to compete.