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Caturday: headphones kitten

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:11:05 +0000

"little cat enjoying music," shot by Viktoria Vitkovska of Kiev, Ukraine, and shared in the Boing Boing Flickr Pool.

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.

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.

Zumi plays with video of Zelda playing with iPad

Mark Frauenfelder — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:33:17 +0000

Here's Mike Outmeguine's kitten Zumi playing with the video I took of my kitten Zelda playing a game on the iPad.

Zelda the kitten plays with the iPad

Mark Frauenfelder — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:14:23 +0000

We got a couple of kittens a few weeks ago. Louis doesn't pay much attention to Game for Cats, but Zelda (above) loves it.

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."

Cat and Ram are pals (photo)

Xeni Jardin — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:46:07 +0000

A reader photography contest at National Geographic yields this photograph by Sarah Deutsch, of "a magical moment of love between a cat and a ram." If interspecies love is not your thing, try this trio of dancing ostriches.

(thanks, Marilyn Terrell)

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.

Caturday: Sleep mode (photo)

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:58:36 +0000

Photo contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by MightyWomble.

Caturday: watch these live nude kittens on the internet (video)

Xeni Jardin — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:06:04 +0000

Livestream video link. Do you know what I'm going to do this weekend? Sit here and watch ALL OF THE KITTENS, for ALL OF THE WEEKEND. Sometimes the mommy cat is there, sometimes not. The cute little squeaky kitten sounds are the best part. (thanks, Antinous!)

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!

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

[Video Link]

Look at that!

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

Canada: Prime Minister Stephen Harper likes posting cat pictures to Google+

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:59:48 +0000

Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has figured out what Google+ is good for: cat pictures. Apparently he has a history of using kitteh as political props... (related Google+ thread)

Cute zombie kitten eats brains

Xeni Jardin — Tue, 17 May 2011 09:29:27 +0000

[Video Link]. A lot can happen in 22 seconds. (Thanks, Joe Sabia!)

Three medina kittens waking up in Marrakech, Morocco

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:55:18 +0000

Hugo Van Tilborg, a Boing Boing reader, pal of mine, and an avid photographer, shares this image of three kittens waking up today in Marrakech. Hugo lives and works in Morocco. What did the kittens look like last night when they were sleeping? Why, so glad you asked...

Ultimate Kitten Snuggle

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:37:54 +0000

Stay with it 'til the reveal. Video Link (thanks, Tara McGinley!)

Sam the Cat, at his computer monitor (photo from Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

Xeni Jardin — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 05:26:02 +0000

"Sam," a photograph contributed to the ever-expanding Boing Boing Flickr Pool by BB reader Brett O'Connor (blog) of Denver, Colorado.

Glamourpuss: The Enchanting World of Kitty Wigs

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:42:06 +0000

Humans love putting stuff on cats. There's stuffonmycat, there are image macros (LOLcats) with text on cats. Now, there's a new book about putting wigs on cats.

The photos in this book are equal parts cute, funny, and creepy (in that "obsessive cat lady" way), and the combination is most enjoyable. The book is well-designed for casual flipthroughs and kitteh-obsessive pageturners alike, with vivid color reproduction with which to faithfully present all those technicolor wigs. I may buy several copies for teenage, female cat-fanciers on my holiday list. Something about the brand of humor here seems particularly fitting for that age group, and I do not say that with the intent to condescend (although, hey, if the wig fits...). It's sweet, ridiculous stuff.

Glamourpuss: The Enchanting World of Kitty Wigs (by Julie Jackson, photographs by Jill Johnson / Amazon)

Here's the project website, with out-takes from the photo shoots and more about the "making of." Oh, and -- they're selling the cat wigs.

Embedded above, a video trailer. (Thanks, Monkey!)

Surprised kitten is surprised

Xeni Jardin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:07:56 +0000

As Sean Bonner tweeted over the weekend, this may well be the best 17 seconds of your life.