Strong coffee brewing past the witching hour here in Los Angeles. Beginning to peel the eyelids open during the peak of the Lyrids meteor shower for what portends to be an interesting two days of talks at #OERxDomains21.
Statuses
Tuesday on the NewsHour, we get national reactions as a Minneapolis jury convicts Derek Chauvin on all counts for the murder of George Floyd. Then, efforts to create electric planes and cleaner jet fuel become more urgent as the climate emergency intensifies. And, former vice president Al Gore remembers the late Walter Mondale and how he helped transform the highest level of American government.
Such a good day in the news.
Some in Los Angeles are still recovering from last night’s clubbing, but others are still going strong in the online KaraOERke at https://ds106.tv/live/
We will be having a social mixer the day before the conference starts to get folks familiar with discord using karaOERoke as an excuse. Drop by between 6 PM – 9 PM BST to get a sense of Discord before the event starts and karaoke one of your favourite songs live on ds106.tv Keep in mind that singing karaoke is not required to join, but having some fun and mixing with other attendees before the big event is!
Check your joining instructions for further details… and join us #OERxDomains21.
Discord Server Online
April 20, 2021 at 10:00AM - April 20, 2021 at 01:00PM
Lacking any beer in the house, I’m happy to report that substituting a bit of milk and a shot of Jack Daniels managed to be a happy substitution in the Welsh rarebit for lunch today.
Given Google’s history of killing Reader in a possible attempt to help empower their G+ product, does anyone else see their getting rid of email subscriptions from FeedBurner as a play at an upcoming Newsletter service/app/feature?
It’s suspicious that in a time with increased interest in paid Newsletters, they’d be giving this sort of love to an old project.
Context from a recent Google email:
FeedBurner has been a part of Google for almost 14 years, and we’re making several upcoming changes to support the product’s next chapter. Here’s what you can expect to change and what you can do now to ensure you’re prepared.
Starting in July, we are transitioning FeedBurner onto a more stable, modern infrastructure. This will keep the product up and running for all users, but it also means that we will be turning down most non-core feed management features, including email subscriptions, at that time.
For those who use FeedBurner email subscriptions, we recommend downloading your email subscribers so that you can migrate to a new email subscription service.
For many users, no action is required. All existing feeds will continue to serve uninterrupted, and you can continue to create new accounts and burn new feeds. Core feed management functionality will continue to be supported, such as the ability to change the URL, source feed, title, and podcast metadata of your feed, along with basic analytics.
Useful post-pandemic Welsh: Dw i ddim yn hoffi gwethio mewn swyddfa.
Browsed through their annual sale. Today was the last day and it was pretty slim pickings. Got a few dragon books for Evie.
My new favorite pandemic related store sign seen in the restroom:
Tribe won 9-2.
Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez brings his fiancée home to Fair Isle, a birder's paradise, where strangers are viewed with suspicions and distrust. When a woman's body is discovered at the island's bird observatory, the investigation is hampered by a raging storm that renders the island totally isolated. Jimmy has to find clues the old-fashioned way, and he has to do it quickly. There's a killer on the island just waiting for the chance to strike again.
This didn’t have quite as slow a start as some of the others.
A painful but solid ending. Best of the series so far, though perhaps because of knowing the characters so well now.
The ending was a bit of a gut punch even though I’d seen much of the end of the tv series, though I don’t think that Fran figured in any of it and Cassie was played as a teenager rather than a 6 year old. The writing was solid enough to rush us through some action pieces that might not have otherwise played out as logically looking back at things in a more quiet manner. In particular several characters could have blurted out some facts in the final minutes to prevent additional deaths.
Again Cleeves leaves us in just an interesting spot in the closing paragraphs to push us to read the next book.
Rating:
Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez brings his fiancée home to Fair Isle, a birder's paradise, where strangers are viewed with suspicions and distrust. When a woman's body is discovered at the island's bird observatory, the investigation is hampered by a raging storm that renders the island totally isolated. Jimmy has to find clues the old-fashioned way, and he has to do it quickly. There's a killer on the island just waiting for the chance to strike again.
Finished reading
This is the first time I’ve been here in a year where customers are actually eating inside! They’ve got every other booth roped off and unavailable, but they had about 8 different groups of people inside eating. I’m hoping that the pandemic stays quiet despite things like this opening back up.
Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez brings his fiancée home to Fair Isle, a birder's paradise, where strangers are viewed with suspicions and distrust. When a woman's body is discovered at the island's bird observatory, the investigation is hampered by a raging storm that renders the island totally isolated. Jimmy has to find clues the old-fashioned way, and he has to do it quickly. There's a killer on the island just waiting for the chance to strike again.
Finished through chapter 32
