If you’re running recent builds of Mozilla (20030116 or later) with the Spellchecker XPI, you’ll find that it crashes on spellcheck. That would be bug 2916 and, fortunately, the issue is known and a fix should be out soon :).
Month: January 2003
OpenOffice.org 1.02 Released
As mentioned on the OpenOffice.org announce mailing list, OpenOffice.org 1.02 has been released:
OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 is available for download. It is a “micro” release and does not include new features. Rather it incorporates many bug fixes. Reports indicate that it is faster and more robust. For a full report, please read the Release notes. […]
As mentioned, this is a maintenance release, so the changes are just in the way of bug fixes. Looking over the list of bugs-fixed, it appears that the fixes are mostly for the Calc component or Max OSX-based. And, I’m curious as to whether this release (1.02) is more current than the current “Developers Release” :-/.
SXSW – Need a Roommate?
I’ve signed up for SXSW, including the discount for the DFW Bloggers (South by Southwest is a film, music, and technology festival in Austin). However, I now need to find a room. So, if you’re looking for a roommate, let me know.
I'm looking forward to so many of the panels there:
- Joe Clark will talk about “High Design, High Accessibility” [Sat, March 8th]
- Lawrence Lessig will elaborate on the Creative Commons Project. [Sun, March 9th]
- Katherine Parrish will discuss barriers to participation in Internet communities. [Sun, March 9th]
- Davezilla will school you on how to make your site funny. [Mon, March 10th]
- Eric Meyer, Tantek Çelik and Jeffrey Zeldman will de-mystify CSS. [Mon, March 10th]
- Ben and Mena Trott will lead a discussion titled “Beyond the Blog.” [Tues, March 11th]
- Josh Ulm will dissect the latest trends in web design. [Tues, March 11th]
SimCity 4
I see that SimCity 4 has been released. Ahh, such memories of youth, playing that game (and its silly code-key on that red paper). I’m curious whether the game logic has changed much since the original, or whether the graphics are the primarily updates. Oh, I see that IGN has a review:
For the most part, gameplay follows suit with the earlier SimCity games, but this time around you can build on slopes and hills, which is a necessity for a landscape like San Francisco. Slopes have their drawbacks, though. While residents like the view from hills, industrial complexes won't locate on hills because they prefer flat, wide-open spaces.
Another nice feature is the addition of automatic roads when you built a block. Since all buildings must have street access, the game automatically builds side streets around your defined blocks. This really saves you time since you don't have to plot out your road system before laying down blocks. […]
Canyon Club – Getting There?
I’m going to a concert this evening (Sunday) at The Canyon Club, part of the Bronco Bowl Entertainment Center. Their site offers these directions from Dallas:
- Take I-30 west to Hampton Road exit
- Exit Hampton Road South
- Turn Right (west) on to Fort Worth Avenue at the first stop light
- Bronco Bowl Entertainment is located half a mile from Hampton Road on the left (south) side of the street.
For those that have been to The Canyon Club before, do those directions make sense? Or, is there anything else I should know about getting there?
Oh, the bands — almost forgot about that part ;). The headliners are Nile and Napalm Death, but my main interest is in Dark Tranquillity.
I don’t have any Napalm Death albums, but that's primarily because other albums have taken purchasing precedence. My non-deceased friend Brian Wagner quite liked them and I don’t recall disliking the band when he played them for me. Well, I’ll just have to give them a listen and try to form an opinion.
Before reading about them on the show annoucement page, I hadn’t even heard of Nile (which is a bit surprising, since they’re the headliners). However, a quick search of the reviews at Metal-Rules.com turns up some positive results:
While hard-core death fans, particularly those into complex pay-attention, you�ll-be-tested-on-this kind of metal, will probably take to this CD immediately, the album will probably grow on just about everybody given enough listens. The intricate secrets locked within the music will take a good number of listens to unlock. […]
— Metal-Rules.com review of Nile’s Black Seeds of Vengeance with rating 4.5/5.0
Hmm, so I don’t quite know how to take that. I enjoy some death metal, though there are metal subgenres that I prefer even more (such power metal, in particular). Well, since Dark Tranquillity are not the headliners, at least they won’t be playing last. So, if any of the post-DT bands aren’t good, I can just go home without guilt.