The following announcement is reported not just because it's great news, but also because it will serve as a test of how frequently Eldest Child reads this blog:
Freeciv 2.0.0 has been released and is available for download.
Changelog is somewhat slashdotted, so I've reproduced it below:
Firefox issues another security update. See the Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 Release Notes or just download the latest version.
The world needs this: The indefatigable Ed Bott explains how to Protect yourself from unwanted ActiveX controls. (Although, in fact, cautious folk like me have already done the equivalent by manipulating our settings manually.)
Meanwhile, the really paranoid, will be worrying about persistent cookies set by Macromedia Flash applications. And will be turning off the persistent 'Local Shared Objects' with a fix from Macromedia. There's even a neat Firefox extension called objection, which will allow you to control these in Firefox for Windows.
Firefox on steroids. Nothing the advanced user will not have done already, but a very nice step-by-step guide for the rest of the world.
While waiting for Mozilla Sunbird to at least get to a more advanced beta stage, I'm still relying on my old trusty calendar program, Sidekick 98. And I really rely on my calendar because while I have a head for figures I have no head for dates.
Sidekick 98 has been temperamental lately, especially on my office computer, and I've wondered if that might be because that machine has less memory than my home machine, I run lots of things at once including memory hog wordperfect, and my calendar file must be enormous. If that's right, possible solutions are to start a new file with less data (but that means a lot of manual copying of annual events and all of my life for the next N months) or move to the still-pretty-beta Sunbird (ditto on the copying) before it feels robust and full-featured enough to rely on.
Jotwell Blenderlaw