Great to have all news in one place! There is so much development going on in Peercoin, I never regretted buying at higher prices that where PPC is now.
I think also that the fixed minting reward, which Sunny plans for PPC 0.5, will be a big improvement for small PPC holders like me. Anybody with less than 1000 PPC or so will profit from the upgrade, and receive a higher reward for running the client 24/7. That should make the network even more secure than it is now.
Yes, there is really a lot of development going on in Peercoin. In addition to the fixed minting you mentioned there is Peershares, Peerunity, Peerbox, Nubits, cold-locked minting and sidechain research - not to mention some secret projects.
Peercoin is the most innovative of the established cryptos.