[ul][li]Faucet Box has a nice collection of faucets for both Peercoin and Primecoin: https://faucetbox.com/en/list/PPC, https://faucetbox.com/en/list/XPM[/li]
[li]Tentative schedule of peercoin v0.5 for next couple weeks:[/li]
[li]Week 1: Code complete, review[/li]
[li]Week 2: Review and testing[/li]
[li]Week 3: Release candidate and testnet deployment[/li][/ul]
I don’t believe he’s ever responded to questions in his weekly updates, though I could be wrong. If he doesn’t answer back, at least it seems like we’ll find out soon.