Computers, Society, and Nature

ancient cat; young human.

Here’s a nice cat in the town of Deventer in the Netherlands. I like the reflection in the window.

our dearly departed Lisa and Robert’s ‘children’ now in Indiana.

Zoe and the new Sideris-Crouch offspring. Safely ensconced in Indiana.

(Great pic, Robert. I can just hear the other parents screaming at the Internet. Keep that cat away from the baby! Let me assure everyone: that thing Zoe does with baby dolls, she’d never do with real babies 😉 )

Mr Evil and Ms Clam wish you a Happy New Year.

Also, Happy Birthday Blog! It’s been one year.

Couldn’t resist this “flying fox”.

A well-travelled animal, even if it was unintentional.

Mr Evil demands to be fed!

(and for the more literal minded, no I don’t feed Mr Evil at the table or the counter. And it took forever to get him to pose.)

Sharpen the claws, spare the furniture.

Clammy being pensive.

Here is a photo of Jackie’s mother’s cat, MR BIG, who has just returned from the vet where he had his spring shave (it being spring in Australia)….

From our former colleagues, Lisa and Robert, who are now ensconced in Indiana.

Update: Lisa and Robert are the owners and not the cats. The cats are Love-ums and Zoe. Zoe has been featured in previous Friday cat blogging posts (here and here).

From a B&B I stayed at in County Clare. Which explains the lack of blogging as I’ve been on holiday to Ireland. But I’m baaaack. Now to spruce up the content.

lazy days at the end of summer

He’s alternately fascinated and horrified by it.

Presented without comment: Cat got your keyboard?

Are you worried that your cat is trying to delete your operating system? Does the report you stayed up all night writing contain literary gems like “ffeswwa” and “jlkikkjikiklkuh”? Has your cat made purchases on eBay?

Then you need PawSense, software that identifies and blocks your kitty’s keyboard tap-dancing. When it senses little cat feet on the keyboard, PawSense brings up a screen that says “Cat-Like Typing Detected.” Should you accidentally engage in catlike typing yourself, the screen has a box where you can type in “human” and the computer will let you proceed. PawSense was invented by Chris Niswander after his sister’s cat crashed her computer. He was awarded the IgNobel Prize for Computer Science in 2000 for his invention.

Shouldn’t you be at work?

A mouse’s-eye view of Billy.