Fiona L. Woods's Blog, page 225
June 9, 2021
Amazon devices will soon automatically share your Internet with neighbors - ARS Technica
Panzer was shaken awake from his afternoon nap by booing and hissing coming from the Catosphere. Hopping in the Panzermobile, our brave kitty followed all the noise to the ARS Technica site. There with a digging at he found a post about the new Amazon Sidewalk was causing all the noise.
According to the post by Dan Goodin, Amazon's new Sidewalk is a wireless service which allows your neighbors' Amazon devices to share your wifi service and your devices to do the same with their wifi. Not heard of Amazon Sidewalk before? Well, if you live in U.S., your Amazon devices got automatically added to the service on June 8. This is what is called an Opt-out Service which means you are responsible for opting out of the service even if you didn't know you were added to it. The post has information about what devices are included in Amazon Sidewalk and what you need to do to remove your devices from the service.
We've got your back.
Panzer says, "One of our neighbors is a big, ugly, slobbering pitbull. I don't want him using our wifi. Oh, wait. We don't have any of those Amazon devises, so he can't use our wifi."
Note: This is a long post. Bring a huge glass of lemonade and a big chocolate cupcake for today's reading selection.
To read the post tootle over to Amazon devices
According to the post by Dan Goodin, Amazon's new Sidewalk is a wireless service which allows your neighbors' Amazon devices to share your wifi service and your devices to do the same with their wifi. Not heard of Amazon Sidewalk before? Well, if you live in U.S., your Amazon devices got automatically added to the service on June 8. This is what is called an Opt-out Service which means you are responsible for opting out of the service even if you didn't know you were added to it. The post has information about what devices are included in Amazon Sidewalk and what you need to do to remove your devices from the service.
We've got your back.Panzer says, "One of our neighbors is a big, ugly, slobbering pitbull. I don't want him using our wifi. Oh, wait. We don't have any of those Amazon devises, so he can't use our wifi."
Note: This is a long post. Bring a huge glass of lemonade and a big chocolate cupcake for today's reading selection.
To read the post tootle over to Amazon devices
June 8, 2021
Fastly outage: Why it just broke Amazon, Reddit, Paypal, Twitch and much of the internet - CNet
This morning as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere, the Panzermobile was suddenly violently shaken by crying, screaming and the gnashing of teeth outside. With the Panzermobile barely able to make any headway in all the chaos, our brave kitty boy finally made it to the CNet site. There he found a post about the morning collapse of the internet was what was causing all the angst.
Definitely an interesting morning.
The post by Katie Collins explains the internet crash was caused by Fastly. Since numerous sites use the Fastly cloud computing service, its outage was the cause of all the 503 error pages this morning. It took about an hour for Fastly to start getting things straightened out. The post goes into extensive detail explaining what happened and why.
Panzer says, "Did you have any problems getting here this morning?"
Note: This is a huge post. Bring a thermos of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.
To read the post tootle over to Fastly outage
Definitely an interesting morning.The post by Katie Collins explains the internet crash was caused by Fastly. Since numerous sites use the Fastly cloud computing service, its outage was the cause of all the 503 error pages this morning. It took about an hour for Fastly to start getting things straightened out. The post goes into extensive detail explaining what happened and why.
Panzer says, "Did you have any problems getting here this morning?"
Note: This is a huge post. Bring a thermos of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.
To read the post tootle over to Fastly outage
June 7, 2021
A New Panzerism
Panzer on democracy:
She's so funny.*
Mom and I both get to vote on stuff around here.
What I'll do.
Where I'll go.
Isn't it cute how she thinks her vote counts?
* From Cat Wisdom for humans
She's so funny.*Mom and I both get to vote on stuff around here.
What I'll do.
Where I'll go.
Isn't it cute how she thinks her vote counts?
* From Cat Wisdom for humans
June 5, 2021
International Booker: David Diop, Anna Moschovakis - Publishing Perspectives
Tonight Panzer discovered the 2021 International Booker Prize was announced on June 2.
According to Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives, At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop and translated by Anna Moschovakis won the 2021 International Booker Prize. The post includes quotes from the novel, information about why the novel was chosen as the winner and explanations about the prize.
That's it for today.
Panzer says, "If you go all the way to the end of the post, you can watch the ceremony."
Note: This is a very long post. Bring a big mug of tea and a large muffin for your reading. If you plan to watch the ceremony at the end, bring some more tea to drink.
To read the post tootle over International Booker Prize
According to Porter Anderson at Publishing Perspectives, At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop and translated by Anna Moschovakis won the 2021 International Booker Prize. The post includes quotes from the novel, information about why the novel was chosen as the winner and explanations about the prize.
That's it for today.Panzer says, "If you go all the way to the end of the post, you can watch the ceremony."
Note: This is a very long post. Bring a big mug of tea and a large muffin for your reading. If you plan to watch the ceremony at the end, bring some more tea to drink.
To read the post tootle over International Booker Prize
An Interview With Terrie Farley Moran - Writers Who Kill
After some adjustments on the Panzermobile's rockets today, Panzer took a short trip to check out his handiwork. Our mechanically inclined kitty found an interesting post at the Writers Who Kill blog.
Jessica? Is she real? How do they collaborate?
Grace Topping has an interview with Terrie Farley Moran about the her involvement with the Murder, She Wrote books. Terrie Farley Moran is the new collaborator with Jessica Fletcher on the books. In the interview Moran explains how she was offered the writing opportunity, the number of books in the contract and when they will be published.
Panzer says, "If you're a fan of the cozy mystery series, this will be interesting to you."
Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for your reading pleasure.
To read the post tootle over to Murder She Wrote
Jessica? Is she real? How do they collaborate?Grace Topping has an interview with Terrie Farley Moran about the her involvement with the Murder, She Wrote books. Terrie Farley Moran is the new collaborator with Jessica Fletcher on the books. In the interview Moran explains how she was offered the writing opportunity, the number of books in the contract and when they will be published.
Panzer says, "If you're a fan of the cozy mystery series, this will be interesting to you."
Note: This is a medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and a muffin for your reading pleasure.
To read the post tootle over to Murder She Wrote
June 4, 2021
The British Book Awards - The Booksellers
Today Panzer went to The British Book Awards post(s) at The Booksellers site.
The site has videos of the program for the presentation of the British Book Awards for the Book of the Year and Trade Awards. There's a link in the Welcome message to view individual author and illustrator interviews in the Nibbles Studio. Below the first 2021 program video is the author and illustrator interviews as one video. After the second 2021 program video is The Winners section. If you click on either the "Book of the Year" or the"Trade Awards," you'll be taken to the finalist list with a description of each one.
Okay. Where's my tuna popcorn?
Note: Since this is a collection of videos, it's a very l-o-n-g post. However, since it is videos, you can take a break whenever you want. Bring popcorn, pop, your slippers, a blanket to get comfortable and enjoy the videos..
To watch the videos tootle over to British Book Awards
The site has videos of the program for the presentation of the British Book Awards for the Book of the Year and Trade Awards. There's a link in the Welcome message to view individual author and illustrator interviews in the Nibbles Studio. Below the first 2021 program video is the author and illustrator interviews as one video. After the second 2021 program video is The Winners section. If you click on either the "Book of the Year" or the"Trade Awards," you'll be taken to the finalist list with a description of each one.
Okay. Where's my tuna popcorn?Note: Since this is a collection of videos, it's a very l-o-n-g post. However, since it is videos, you can take a break whenever you want. Bring popcorn, pop, your slippers, a blanket to get comfortable and enjoy the videos..
To watch the videos tootle over to British Book Awards
June 3, 2021
The 2021 Shamus Award Finalists - The Private Eye Writers of America
Mom is under another deadline so Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today was a short one. Our speedy kitty boy stopped in at the Private Eye Writers of America's site. With no digging at all he discovered a post about the Shamus Awards.
According to the site's news post, the finalists for the 2021 Shamus Awards have been announced. The awards are presented each year for novels and short stories with a PI as the main character. The four categories for the Awards are Best PI Hardcover, Best Original PI Paperback, Best PI Short Story, and Best First PI Novel. The finalists in each category are listed in the news post.
Mom said it will end. I believe her.
Panzer says, "Let's hope that Covid-thingy is in the rubbish bin by this Fall for the winners announcement."
Note: This is a short-medium length post or a long-short length post, depending on what you think. Bring a cup of tea and half a muffin for today's reading.
To read the list of finalists, tootle over to Private Eye Writers
According to the site's news post, the finalists for the 2021 Shamus Awards have been announced. The awards are presented each year for novels and short stories with a PI as the main character. The four categories for the Awards are Best PI Hardcover, Best Original PI Paperback, Best PI Short Story, and Best First PI Novel. The finalists in each category are listed in the news post.
Mom said it will end. I believe her.Panzer says, "Let's hope that Covid-thingy is in the rubbish bin by this Fall for the winners announcement."
Note: This is a short-medium length post or a long-short length post, depending on what you think. Bring a cup of tea and half a muffin for today's reading.
To read the list of finalists, tootle over to Private Eye Writers
June 2, 2021
June Is Flaming Murder
Panzer's trip into the Catosphere today was a productive one. Our inquisitive kitty boy discovered June is National Crime Reading Month in the UK. In honor of that there are crime reader and writer events planned throughout the month of June and on July 1. They are:
June 3 - Reading Party with Greg BuchananJune 5 - Crediton Literary Festival (with a crime focus)
June 15 - Crafting Compelling CoppersJune 24 - Crime ScenesJuly 1 - Crime Writers Association Daggers Awards live presentation All are online. Although they are free, you must register and have a ticket to attend.
I'm going. Are you?
Go to the Events page, read through the descriptions and pick which you're interested in attending. On the left side of each event description is a button for more information. Clicking this will take you to another page. Scroll to the bottom of that page and you'll find registration information there.
To go to the Events page tootle over to Events
June 3 - Reading Party with Greg BuchananJune 5 - Crediton Literary Festival (with a crime focus)
June 15 - Crafting Compelling CoppersJune 24 - Crime ScenesJuly 1 - Crime Writers Association Daggers Awards live presentation All are online. Although they are free, you must register and have a ticket to attend.
I'm going. Are you?Go to the Events page, read through the descriptions and pick which you're interested in attending. On the left side of each event description is a button for more information. Clicking this will take you to another page. Scroll to the bottom of that page and you'll find registration information there.
To go to the Events page tootle over to Events
June 1, 2021
A New Panzerism
Panzer on things to think about:
If the shoe fits, ... a cat won't wear it.
Shoes don't look good on cats, not even sandals.
And ...
Just stating the obvious.
If you ever see a cat wearing socks And ... sandals, ...
You might want to back off on the catnip a little.
If the shoe fits, ... a cat won't wear it.
Shoes don't look good on cats, not even sandals.
And ...
Just stating the obvious.If you ever see a cat wearing socks And ... sandals, ...
You might want to back off on the catnip a little.
