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A cat-meme I can get behind

Cory Doctorow — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:46:27 +0000

My feelings about cat memes are on record. But then there's this: a cat in a shark-suit riding a Roomba chasing a baby duck.

TODOCAT: a cat-meme-based to-do-list manager

Cory Doctorow — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:43:26 +0000

Soma of the Brooklyn Brainery created TODOCAT, a to-do list manager based on the elegant cat meme. I fucking hate cat memes, but I love to-do lists. I love this cat meme to-do list manager.

TODOCAT (via Waxy)

Camera Bag Cat is watching you pack for your trip

Xeni Jardin — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:20:07 +0000

From the Boing Boing Flickr pool, a wonderful photo by Kai Teoh, a Boing Boing reader and photographer based in Minnesota who is available for editorial and special occasions booking.

A cat encounters snow for the first time

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:51:38 +0000

Oh, my goodness this video is sweet. Uploader "jefcharles" explains,

After being sent home from work the first thing I did on getting home was to check outside the back door to see if there were any cat paw prints. There weren't, so I thought I'd introduce Fletcher to the snow and film the results..

(thanks, Joe Sabia!)

Here's a photo of an adorable kitten playing with paper

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:54:47 +0000

A photo of a kitten named Wheatley captured and shared by Boing Boing reader Beckitten in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool.

Cat lady paints with poop

Xeni Jardin — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:19:46 +0000

The New York Times Local East Village blog points us to Siobhan Meow, an artist and cat-hoarder who at one point kept 100 cats in her home.

"Since the mid-nineties, the artist has rescued felines and used them as muses for paintings, ceramics, and photography," writes Andrea Huspeni. "She even collaborated with one of them, Jupiter, by combining his organic material — fur, urine, and yes, poop — with her paints. After his passing this October, she is dedicating her current collection to him."

Her feces- and urine-enhanced cat paintings start at about $1,500. In this New York Times video, the artist talks about her beloved Jupiter and his talent for “thinking out of the litter box.”

You can view more of Siobhan's work on her Facebook page, and on Flickr.

Cats free-falling from space

Xeni Jardin — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:55:51 +0000

Created by combatcameraman on b3ta. Felix the cat! (Via: crackajack.de. Thanks, Tara McGinley)

Inflatable Unicorn horn for kitties: "Cats love it"

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:17:30 +0000

Happy Caturday. (thanks, Tara McGinley)

Collective Soul cat (video)

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 21:42:43 +0000

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(Thanks, Tara McGinley!)

Caturday: kitten is hogging the TV remote

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:42:06 +0000

Boing Boing reader Benjamin G. Levy, a Mac computing consultant based in Los Angeles, shot and shared this photo in the Boing Boing Flickr pool. Happy Caturday.

OMGCATSINSPACE

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:20:53 +0000

A Tumblog of Greatness: OMGCATSINSPACE.

(thanks, @sbethm)

Caturday (photo)

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:54:08 +0000

Muaz Mohamed shot this lovely photo of a kitteh wishing you a happy Caturday, with a high-five paw. Shared in the Boing Boing Flickr pool.

Caturday

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:02:21 +0000

A wonderful photo contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool by Ben Lepley, who explains that this is his cat Yoshimi Minski, "sleeping in the semi-mummy position."

Caturday

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 26 May 2012 17:43:52 +0000

Benjamin G. Levy

Boing Boing reader Benjamin G. Levy shares this image in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool and says,

Today's Kitten of the Day is Helen, named for Helen Keller because she's had troubles with her eyes. Helen moved in last Sunday! Helen would rather that I not send email.

Japanese beatbox princess Aibo gives a shout-out to Boing Boing, with her cat Nao

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:08:28 +0000

[video link] As featured previously.

Caturday

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:45:28 +0000

"Martini," by photographer JKG III (web), shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool.

Caturday: cat vs. printer (video)

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:27:41 +0000

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An internet classic from 2010 by Chris Cohen. (via @nytjim @janinegibson @bengoldacre)

Joy Division's "Atmosphere," accompanied by slapped cats

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:14:17 +0000

[Video Link]. Yes, this remix video is months old, but you probably missed it—and it's not like stuff this weird ever grows old. The song is here. (Thanks, Tara McGinley!)

Kitties and Titties (NSFW)

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:36:01 +0000

A Tumblog of Greatness: kitties and titties (NSFW). Contains nudity, both female and feline. Not for kids, or for adults browsing the web while at work. BB mod Antinous points out that they omitted one obvious image (that one's safe for work). (thanks, Tara McGinley)

Video: Kittens in Space, by Jonathan "Song A Day" Mann

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:49:19 +0000

[Video Link]. I'm recovering from yesterday's chemo infusion (my fifth!), and feeling kind of lousy. Jonathan Mann asked me this morning if he could write a song for me as his daily song project, and if so, if I had any theme requests. I was like, duh! Kittens, and space. And like a beautiful internet miracle, bam! Just hours later, he created the wonderful video above: "Kittens in Space."

More about Jonathan: YouTube channel, Facebook, Downloads, Twitter, mailing list, Soundcloud, blog, G+, app.

Lyrics follow.

Lyrics:

Maybel and Jeremy
They put their space helmets on
Many months of training are about to pay off
They are feeling excited
And proud to be representing all the Kitten race
Maybel and Jeremy are going to space

Fuel gauge!
CHECK!
Banana!
Double CHECK!
Laser pointer!
Ahhhh CHECK!

Kitties in space!

We're getting close to Mars
Send a message back to base
One small step for kittens
One giant leap for kittens in space!

Video: The Pinky Show, "The Desert is Quiet"

Xeni Jardin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:56:07 +0000

[Video Link] Hard to explain this web series, and this particular episode. Cats. Philosophy. Emptiness. Best to just watch. (via Andrea James)

Nyan Cat orchestra: composer creates classical music variations on a meme theme

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:54:42 +0000

[Video Link].

Craig Davis Pinson, a composer who is a Boston Conservatory student, writes in the liner notes for the video embedded above:

This is a set of variations written on the melody heard in the Youtube video Nyan Cat. It is an experiment, in which I tried to find the limits of how far I could transform the melody before it begins losing its identity. The theme is known as Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!, originally posted by username daniwellP on the Japanese video sharing website, Nico Nico Douga. The Nyan Cat phenomenom has become ingrained in popular culture, and amazes me both in its sheer absurdity and its freakishly colossal popularity. However, fascinating as they are to me, the origins of the theme are not played upon in this composition. Instead, I treated Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya! as pure musical material from which to generate music. The motivation to use this theme came from my repeated viewings of the video, and slowly realizing that it is a strangely alluring melody. Therefore, this is my tribute to Nyan Cat. Credit goes to daniwell-p for creating this theme, prguitarman for creating the gif animation, and saraj00n for joining them. Theme used for non-commercial purposes as per daniwell-P's request.
On a large scale, the work is structured along a simple alternation pattern. The theme and its variations alternate, similarly to rondo form. However, the theme is progressively dissolved, meaning that each time it returns it contains less percentage of the source material. This chipping-away continues until there's nothing recognizable left. In the variation episodes, more tools are employed to change the essence of the theme, especially, pronounced changes of duration, texture, harmonic character, and of the intervallic makeup of the melody. Each of the variations has its own defined character, and they contrast sharply with one another in mood and technique. Despite of the contrast of its sections, the piece exploits a long-scale narrative arc, playing on the contrast between the theme's duration - which remains essentially consistent at each iteration - and the durations of the variation episodes, which seem to grow out of control as their proportions become subverted.

This is a recording of the Juventas Ensemble performing the premiere of the work, on the Composer Recital Series 12, February 9, 2012 at Seully Hall in The Boston Conservatory. Many thanks go to this amazing ensemble for valiantly performing a very demanding score! I really appreciate it!!  
Juventas New Music Ensemble:
Lidiya Yankovskaya, Conductor
Zach Jay, Flute
Marguerite Levin, Clarinet
Julia Scott Carey, Piano
Yohanan Chendler, Violin
Drew Ricciardi, Viola
Rachel Arnold, Cello

(thanks, @parches!)

Do big cats purr?

Maggie Koerth-Baker — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:07:11 +0000

U xpect adorabulness. U gets it. But kittehs also gives u edukashun n' sientific nuance.

That's all the LOLcat speak I can muster in one go. Seriously, watch this video from Big Cat Rescue. It's fascinating. And, you should know, at the end, they link you to a slightly less educational feature about ocelots and lynx chasing laser pointers. Just sayin'.

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Via Icanhascheezburger

Thanks, Andrew Balfour!

Caturday: Alfalfa Haz a Hungry

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:34:59 +0000

Image: Alfalfa, a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2.0) image contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by photographer David W. Oliver.

Cat is hat

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:36:22 +0000

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Look at that!

(via @joejanecek+@popurls, video by Katie Westlake)

HTTP status cats by GirlieMac: classic server error codes, now with cats

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:55:14 +0000

GirlieMac, aka Tomomi Imura (Twitter) just won the internet with her deftly conceived and Photoshopped series of HTTP status message "motivational poster" images, featuring cats. A bunch of them are featured above and below. The full set is here at Flickr. She's taking suggestions for more, if you can think of any she missed. (thanks, Bonnie Burton)

Puppy gives cat a massage (video)

Xeni Jardin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:41:38 +0000

[Video Link, thanks @kaepora]

What's the fallout for pets abandoned in Japan's Fukushima hot zone?

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:40:52 +0000

PBS NewsHour's Jenny Marder wrote a really interesting feature about the abandoned pets inside the Fukushima evacuation zone in Japan. I encountered some of them when I traveled to the area with Safecast and PBS NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien (our resulting PBS NewsHour report video is here).

Jenny digs into what happened with the volunteer effort to rescue and adopt the abandoned pets, and talks to scientists about the effect of fallout on animals (including intergenerational and genetic changes, like what the world saw within bird and wild animal populations after Chernobyl). Snip:

At the tail end of Miles O'Brien's latest NewsHour report on radiation in Japan, a golden dog with a thick red collar trots into the street of the abandoned town, Katsurao, and weaves along the center divider.

Miles asks, off camera: "Do we have anything to feed him?"

The piece, which airs tonight, reports on the group Safecast, which has measured, mapped and crowdsourced data on radiation levels in locations throughout Japan, particularly in the hot spots near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The dog was one of several scrawny, undernourished dogs and cats they encountered, most likely abandoned by their owners during rapid evacuation.

Read more: What's the Fallout for Dogs Near Fukushima? (The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour)

(Photos in this post by Sean Bonner: all iPhone snapshots of abandoned pets we encountered in the evacuation zone, shot during our drive from Tokyo to Fukushima in August, 2011)

Plants and Animals, a photocollage series by Stephen Eichhorn

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:33:59 +0000

More here. Artist Stephen Eichhorn lives and works in Chicago, IL, and is represented by EBERSMOORE gallery.

(via Susannah Breslin via @superanne)

Caturday: Bodhi

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:20:51 +0000

Bodhi, a photo by TomorrowGirl contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr Pool. Boing Boing's Caturday cover-kitten of the week is available for adoption at Friends of Animals Los Angeles.