More helping paws

[Silk]

Well as I was downloading the images from the web-cam. I also thought these might bring a smile.

Again it is Felia, who we also call 'The Dali cat', due to the liquid like way she manages to fall asleep on almost anything:

Here she is, showing that her comfort is far more important than whatever it is I'm doing. She was out cold, when I took this, in fact I have NEVER known a cat that can sleep as soundly as her. (mind you, it does help when you can't hear any noise )

Meanwhile her twin brother Drizzt is hard at work trying on a new shoe:

Mark

[Silk]

As an addition to this: (Although I don't yet have photo's of her doing it)

Felia also has a new game, to help me through the day. Called 'Let's change the radio station!'

Now I don't know what it is about the one I listen to, (especialy as the girl is deaf) but it is becoming quite a habit.
Two to three times a day, she will jump up on top of the hi-fi, then pretend to climb down over the front, and in the process 'accidentaly' use a paw to push the button to another station and usualy to the same one.

[Lesley]

mark, great shot.
i think the dali reference is great! she is rather liquid.
its funny that she changes the radio station for you - she must enjoy seeing your reaction.

lesley

[tutsmom]

From her point of view, I'm sure she thought she was being more than fair--after all, you did get to have most of the screen. Just be careful that she doesn't fall head first onto the keyboard and erase important files!

(I didn't let my cats see these photos--I don't want them getting any ideas. For some reason, so far they have been staying off the monitor.)

Also, watch out for cat hair in electronic equipment--it can be a fire hazard if it builds up too much. It can also keep things like VCRs from working if too much gets inside the machine.

Sharon aka Tutsmom

[Silk]

tutsmom said:

Just be careful that she doesn't fall head first onto the keyboard and erase important files!
Sharon aka Tutsmom

She's already been there and done that
Wiped out a whole days work with a combination keypress that locked the machine totaly, giving me one of those pretty blue screen errors, I know we 'Windows' users are oh so fond of.
I know she looks good against blue (it matches her eyes) but I do wish she would find other ways to show herself off.

Mark

[Ann]

Mark,

I feel it's only a matter of time before we find ourselves with a new Board Member.

Ann

[tutsmom]

Silk,

You might find this information from the June 6 New York Times of interest. At the end of it, there is information about a shareware program that detects cats typing and locks them out! I've check out their web site and it's for real.

The Cat, The Mouse, and The Keyboard

June 6, 2002
By J.D. BIERSDORFER

Q. Will excessive amounts of cat hair in my keyboard hurt it?

A. Excessive amounts of anything in a keyboard will
probably affect the response and recoil of the buttons on the keyboard. If your cat regularly sheds fur on the keys or if you are prone to snacking over the keyboard while working, you should clean out the keyboard frequently.

Before cleaning it, turn off the computer and disconnect
the keyboard from the PC. You can blow a lot of the cat
hair, dust and crumbs out with a can of compressed air
(available at computer stores for less than $10) or use a special vacuum cleaner designed for keyboards (like the one available for $19.99 at www.etravelergear.com
/keyvacclean.html). Wiping the keys with a lint-free rag or towel that has been sprayed with a mild household cleaner can further tidy up the keyboard.

Errant pet fur could get inside your computer through the floppy or CD drive and cause problems like skipping CD's or unreadable floppies. So it is a good idea to use the can of air to blast out detritus from the computer's CD and floppy drives as well as its air vents.

Like their biological namesakes, computer mice can also be prone to cat woes, so if you are experiencing erratic mouse behavior, clean the rollerball or optical lens on the bottom of the mouse as well.

Finally, if you find that Kitty is tromping across your
keys and accidentally editing your documents while you are away from the computer, a $20 shareware program for Windows might help: PawSense is available at bitboost.com/pawsense.


Sharon

[Silk]

Sharon

I clean the PC out every few months, but thanks anyway.

Also looked at that program a while back too. It works by detecting unusual keyboard combination presses, but I never bothered to download it as it again works in the background and I try to keep that kind of program to a minimum.

As for a certain white fluffy thing, finding her way here Ann.... Perish the thought, she has her paws into enough things as it is, without taking over my mail and messages too