Amazon's old Kindle 3G devices will lose internet access in December - Liliputing

 Today, Panzer was shaken from his nap on the back of the couch by crying and screaming coming from the Catosphere. Hopping in the Panzermobile,, our brave kitty boy followed all the chaos to the Liliputing site. There he found a post about Amazon Kindles.

 

Let's see what happens.

According to Brad Linder's post, Amazon is notifying owners of its older Kindles that the devices won't connect to the internet after December. The older Kindles use the 3G network which is being shutdown. The post lists the Kindle devises which are affected.The post contains links to information about the 3G shutdown and links to new Kindle device pages at the Amazon store.

 

Panzer says, "Hmm ... Mom gave What's His Name her old Kindle. I wonder if he's going to lose internet access."

 

Note:This is a long-medium post. Bring a large glass of lemonade for today's reading selection. If you follow the links included in the post, bring your credit card to purchase a new ereader.

 

To read the post tootle over to Amazons Kindle 3G devices

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

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

I signed up for T-Mobile's $50 unlimited home internet service. Here's what happened - CNet

 Today Panzer found a post at the CNet site about a replacement WiFi service for Comcast and other internet service providers. While this has nothing to do with writing, our little kitty boy thought you might be interested in learning about the service.

I looked everywhere. but it's not here.

According to the post by Rick Broida, T-Mobile has a new home internet WiFi service. The service is called T-Mobile Home Internet Service (surprise!). T-Mobile provides you with unlimited internet access with all fees included for $50 per month when you sign-up for automatic payments. The company supplies you with a modem/router. The post is an explanation and review of the service. There are links included in the post which is where Panzer discovered the service is currently available in selected cities in twenty-seven states. It's not available in our state yet, so we can't test it out ourselves, but we did get on the email list to be notified when it does become available here.

Panzer says, "Saving money on anything else means more money for kitty treats."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of cocoa, a muffin and a brownie for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, bring a thermos of tea and three more muffins.

To read the post tootle over to T-Mobile

Finding the Best Creative Writing Blogs On the Internet - Jerry Jenkins

I'm always looking for interesting stuff.

Today, when Panzer was cleaning out the glove box on the Panzermobile's dashboard, he discovered a post in there under his forgotten ereader. Flattening out the post, our fastidious kitty boy found it was from author Jerry Jenkins blog site.

Included in the post are Jerry Jenkins 13 favorite creative writing blogs. Each of the blogs listed is followed by a description of what the blog covers and includes a link to the blog site. Be advised, there are popup ads at the site.

Panzer says, "There are blog recommendations for both fiction and nonfiction writers."

If you're looking for some educational/entertaining reading for writers, tootle over to Creative Writing Blogs

10 Tips to Avoid Leaving Tracks Around the Internet - The New York Times

What's His Name is still sick and Panzer has been helping Mom with her nursing duties, so his trip into the Catosphere was a quick one. Our speedy kitty stopped in at The New York Times site. With a little digging in the posts, he found one about protecting your privacy online.

According to David Pogue, the post is a collection of privacy ideas submitted by Crowdwise readers. There is a total of ten ideas to avoid or at least cut down on the ads, cookies and tracks that follow us around the Internet. Included are the usual culprits Google and Facebook. plus eight more. This is a followup to the Google privacy post Panzer told you about earlier this month. There are links to ad blockers, privacy settings pages and other helpful sites included in the post.

Cookies are bad for you? Say it isn't so!

Panzer says, "Why does The New York Times tell how to avoid cookies? Sometimes here, Mom says to eat chocolate chip cookies, so I know she likes cookies."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow all the links in the post, also bring a gallon of tea and a dozen muffins. Oh yeah, bring six chocolate chip cookies too.

To read the post tootle over to Internet privacy

To read Panzer's post about Google privacy from last week, tootle over to Google data

MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The Quicksand on Your Desk

Help! It's got me!

Panzer checked in at the Make Mine Mystery blog. Your intrepid feline traveler found Janis Patterson's post there very enlightening.

My bad boy never knew about the quicksand on our desk. And ... he didn't know ... that's why we've been having such a hard time finishing the rewrite on our new project.

Janis says if we're not careful, we'll all be sucked right down into that quagmire called ... the Internet. There. Panzer said it. The name of the evil pit. The Internet. Go anywhere near it and it'll suck you in and not let you go!

Panzer says, "We've got to save our friends! We lost too many already!"

If you're interested in protecting yourself from the quicksand, tootle over to MAKE MINE MYSTERY: The Quicksand on Your Desk: by Janis Patterson