Category Archives: pets

awww!

Posted on Wednesday, 2007 September 05 by Anton

I was awakened by a voice: “How cute!” I opened my eyes to find the Little Demon perching on my chest.

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my bad

Posted on Sunday, 2007 March 25 by Anton

Last Sunday we found evidence that Pillow had accidentally been locked out the night before (though I thought he could get in by another way). He hid under the bed all that day. Monday he emerged, still nervous. Wednesday I … Continue reading →

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better late than never

Posted on Sunday, 2007 January 07 by Anton

Guess what I got for my birthday? Hint: It’s not in these pix.

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without questions there can be no answers

Posted on Saturday, 2006 June 24 by Anton

Is there a standard Unix shell command to pause for a given amount of time? One wouldn’t use this from the prompt, of course, but it might have its uses in scripts. Mine is to open a large number of … Continue reading →

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fixin to rumble

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 April 11 by Anton

Pillow can generate a remarkable volume of purr when he puts his mind to it. I thought of asking him, “Is that a frog in your throat or are you just happy to see me?” but it could so easily … Continue reading →

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you got to have a dream

Posted on Thursday, 2006 March 09 by Anton

Pillow has a new ambition: to liberate the thick white string that crosses the space between two bookcases — i.e. my Ethernet line.

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keep the customer occupied

Posted on Monday, 2006 February 13 by Anton

I have an idea for an automatic cat-teaser. (Too bad I haven’t tried to build anything since childhood.) It consists of a double pendulum driven by two perpendicular oscillators.

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