Ask The Expert: What is the Best eReader for PDFs? - The Digital Reader

PDFs?

When Panzer was washing the Panzermobile this morning, he found something stuck in the wheelwell. Pulling it out, our busy kitty discovered a post from The Digital Reader site about PDFs and ereaders.

The Digital Reader site owner Nate Hoffelder gives advise on ereaders and tablets for reading PDFs. The post is in answer to a question he received in an email about ereaders and PDFs. It's a short post.

Panzer says, "Mom doesn't get many PDFs, but when she does she reads them on her laptop."

Note: This is a short post. Bring a cup of tea if you want something to drink while you read.

To read the post tootle over to best ereader for PDFs

Heard of VUDU for Streaming Movies and TV Series?

Today as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere, he remembered something Mom said. Our inquisitive kitty boy heard Mom telling What's His Name about this streaming site she found online called VUDU and he wanted to check it out. About a week ago Panzer told you about another site Mom found called Peacock TV.

Mom says, "When in doubt, go with free."

Mom said the VUDU site has two memberships. One is paid and one is free. Mom signed up for the free one so she could test how it works and what's offered. With the right equipment and cables the site can be streamed on to your TV. Rather than do that, Mom just watched some of the offerings on her laptop. The site has movies and TV series. Mom didn't check everything there, but in the free section it doesn't look like there's current movies or TV series, but there are some interesting mystery movies and TV shows. The paid section where you "rent movies" has the newer selections.

Panzer says, "This little kitty isn't sure if this is available outside the U.S., because Mom only found U.S. movies and shows there."

To try it out tootle over to VUDU
To read Panzer's previous post about Peacock TV tootle over to Peacock TV

Heard of Peacock TV?

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere when he heard clapping and cheering outside the Panzermobile. Following all the hullabaloo took our brave kitty to the Peacock TV site.

This isn't a regular stop for publishing news; instead, it's a site for tv shows and movies. The site has two memberships. One is free and the other is paid. The paid membership is $4.99 per month. With the proper equipment or certain cable TV boxes  you can steam shows and movies to your television. You can also stream to your computer or tablet. Mom signed up for the free membership and is streaming it to her laptop to see how it works and what's offered. So far, she's found shows from the 1950's all the way up to today in the free section. If you move the cursor over the show icon, it tells you how many episodes are available to watch. There's a bunch of movies there too.

Bored? It's worth checking out.

Panzer says, "This little kitty doesn't know if Peacock TV is available outside the U.S. because Mom only found U.S. shows and movies there."

To try it out tootle over to Peacock TV

Two Text Only News Sites and One Regular Weather Site

Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere, when he heard on the radio about all the flooding and storms happening in the southern and eastern states here in the U.S.

From personal experience in snowy winter weather your friendly kitty boy knows that in stormy weather the electricity can stop working. That means there's no television news.

Here two text only news sites he uses that you can access with your phone. These sites cover national (not local) news.

Hope this helps.

The two sites are:

 CNN

NPR

 This one is not text only; but, if your laptop has battery power, check the weather forecast here:

Weather

Coolest Cat Toy Computer

Human thumbs are overrated.

Panzer doesn't usually post on Sundays, but he found a new cat toy. Our big bad boy just couldn't resist telling you about a cat toy review by Bonnie Burton at CNET.

It's a kitty laptop computer!

Panzer can hear you say, "Wait a minute. Cats can't use computers. They don't have thumbs, so they can't type."

Well, that's the beauty of this new kitty laptop. It's made of corrugated cardboard. Panzer can sit on it, lay on it, and ... scratch on it.

To read the review, tootle over to cool computer cat toy