I always had this nagging feeling that something was wrong, that I was missing out on something. Turns out I was right. Kittens and a roomba are all that lie between me and a life fulfilled.
I’m not sure if this is an old April Fools joke or not, but Thinkgeek has the Control-a-Cat Remote Control (“No batteries required – powered by wishful thinking”). The big button in the middle is “Here Kitty-Kitty”, but I think the “Remain Aloof” button would be more successful in day-to-day use.
Now, this is from several weeks ago, but in case you missed it, there’s this Youtube video of a German weatherman doing his forecast, when the studio cat walks up to him. Without breaking his stride, he picks up the cat and continues his discussion of the weather.
I just like how at the beginning you see this cat tail coming across the screen at the bottom, like a shark fin in scary movies, but cute. That cat is damned comfortable, walking around with its tail high and curled, and letting that weather guy hold it that long (I’ve never had a cat that let me pick it up for more than 15 seconds before drawing blood). I wonder if it’s drugged.
I guess you could say my cat’s turned into a studio cat too, since I’m self-employed and working from home. I think she’s become used to the arrangement, though she still doesn’t approve of me putting so much of my attention on not her. Here you can see she’s perched behind my laptop, planning her next distraction attempt. Those often involve getting between me and the computers, or possibly dancing on a keyboard while I’m coding PHP or emailing a client. Not that the latter ever happened and I had to apologize to the client or anything for the odd salutation of “asddddddddddddddddddddd
iooooooooooooooooooooocvxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”.
Reminds me of the office dog we have at my work. He’s a tiny little white poodle looking dog which is small enough to let run around on our desks. Most of our desks ( there aren’t very many of us ) are arranged in a square, so he can visit just about any one of us if he really feels like it.
It’s kind of entertaining to be coding and then all of a sudden there’s a dog licking your face and wanting you to pay attention to it. Also funny is watching your co-workers try to shoo the dog away because he stepped on their keyboard and launched several programs.
I like the way your cat is peering around your computer. Real. Cute.