Caturday: Sleep mode (photo)

By Xeni Jardin at 10:58 am Saturday, May 12 • Comments • Share

Photo contributed to the Boing Boing Flickr pool by MightyWomble.

A new Japan export: "cat cafes" come to Austria

By Xeni Jardin at 4:14 pm Tuesday, May 8 • Comments • Share

REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

Cat 'Luca' sleeps in his basket as a waitress serves some food to customers in Vienna's first cat cafe May 7, 2012. After three years of negotiations with city officials over hygiene issues, Austria opened its first cat cafe last Friday. 'Cafe Neko', "Neko" meaning cat in Japanese, was opened by Vienna resident Takako Ishimitsu, 47, from Japan. Customers can stroke and interact with their five feline hosts, named Sonja, Thomas, Moritz, Luca and Momo, who all came from an animal shelter and now freely roam about the cafe and take naps. There's a slide show with more photos here.

Dude "inflates" dog as if it were a balloon

By Xeni Jardin at 2:34 pm Monday, May 7 • Comments • Share

Video Link. How does this work? Your theories welcome in the comments. (via Arbroath, thanks Tara McGinley)

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

By Xeni Jardin at 2:06 pm Saturday, May 5 • Comments • Share

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!)

Cat vs. Fish, or Fish vs. Cat? (video)

By Xeni Jardin at 2:18 pm Wednesday, May 2 • Comments • Share

Video Link (thanks, Tara McGinley!)

Dog hunts wolf (video)

By Xeni Jardin at 1:05 pm Sunday, Apr 29 • Comments • Share

[Video Link] Stay with it. "Rasta the Vizsla slowly stalks down a wolf on a golf course. This is real time, not slowed down." From YouTuber LifeIsQuick. (thanks, Joe Sabia!)

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

By Xeni Jardin at 10:08 am Thursday, Apr 26 • Comments • Share

[video link] As featured previously.

Room with a View

By Xeni Jardin at 1:20 pm Tuesday, Apr 24 • Comments • Share

Photo: Xeni Jardin

The view from an ocean-facing window at the home of Boing Boing publisher-at-large Jason Weisberger, improved by his 5-year-old daughter with stickers. We had a Boing Boing meeting here.

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Lamb and girl butt heads

By Xeni Jardin at 6:05 pm Saturday, Apr 21 • Comments • Share

[Video Link] But neither the lamb nor the young woman are buttheads.

More at Camels and Friends, and here's their YouTube channel. I liked this video a lot, too.

(via Clayton Cubitt)

Kids narrate the lives of wild animals for "Planet Earth" promo (cutest. video. ever.)

By Xeni Jardin at 4:36 pm Thursday, Apr 19 • Comments • Share

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Director Joe Sabia, who co-curates the Boing Boing in-flight television channel with me on Virgin America Airlines, has created this adorable spot for BBC America's natural history series Planet Earth (also available on DVD). In the promo, a series of 4-7 year old children take the place of series narrator David Attenborough—or, as he is known here, "Dabud Abunburble." You may well die of cute. Kids: Do not feel bad. I have been known to struggle over the pronunciation of Attenbooger's name, and the placing-on of headphones, too.

Alarm Clock Cat

By Xeni Jardin at 9:58 am Tuesday, Apr 17 • Comments • Share

[Video Link, by YouTuber GarrulousCrap]. Lonely cat is lonely. (via Tara McGinley)

Puppyday

By Xeni Jardin at 9:58 am Saturday, Apr 7 • Comments • Share

"murlin, buttercup," shared in the Boing Boing Flickr pool by beckitten. Says the photographer, "My mother is documenting her pup at murlin.net if you're interested in more photos and videos of murlin."

Caturday

By Xeni Jardin at 9:45 am Saturday, Apr 7 • Comments • Share

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

Master Dog Grooming Tools

By Cool Tools at 8:00 am Tuesday, Apr 3 • Comments • Share

I've used this tool, for about 6 months on a long-haired Chow/Labrador mix and on a Corgi. They both shed like crazy and the undercoat is a serious challenge with the Chow. This grooming tool takes care of the undercoat like nothing I've ever used. It's also apparently less painful for the dogs, as it doesn't have the tendency to dig straight in like the previously reviewed Furminator, which I liked well enough before trying this one. I have the 16-blade version. It gets down deep and pulls the undercoat and dander OUT. The blades are much more robust than the Furminator, and there's no chance of bending. It's a VERY well-built device, and the rubber handle looks weird but feels good in the hand. I can't think of a single improvement I'd make.

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Caturday: cat vs. printer (video)

By Xeni Jardin at 11:27 am Saturday, Mar 10 • Comments • Share

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