Random cat-related Internet stuff

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NEWS UPDATE: Beavers have invaded New York City.

Dynamics of Cats - The stupid thing about linking to this on my blog is that I can’t view it myself, the computer here bring allergic to video footage. Which is a pity, because who doesn’t want to see cats confronted by zero gravity?

UPDATE: The “Dynamics Of Cats” blog now also has footage of a dog in zero gravity. Finally, the question of whether dogs or cats are better suited to outer space has been answered.

UPDATE: I have now managed to watch both videos, on a different computer of course. Funny stuff. The dog wins, hands down.

You have probably been wondering “When is this stupid cat website series going to deal with quantum physics?” That day is today.

Schrödinger’s cat (click for nice pics) refers to a thought experiment from mad scientist Erwin Schrödinger. The experiment is run as follows: a radioactive substance is hooked up to a Geiger counter. If the Geiger counter senses decay, it releases poisonous gas. This contraption is then placed inside a box with a live cat. There is a 50% chance that the radioactive substance will decay within an hour, thus releasing the poisonous gas and killing the cat. (If you have ever done this experiment for real, let us know.)

Clearly Schrödinger needed to be locked up in a padded cell.

Hear is where it gets interesting: according to quantum theory, after an hour the cat is both alive and dead simultaneously. Yet, we only see one or the other, not both. Why is this? My theory is as follows: Quantum theory does not apply to cats!

Someone nominate me for a Nobel Prize.

Do cats belong on planes? What do you do if you hear a “Mroaw” coming from someone’s on-board luggage? That has been the question on everyone’s minds lately, including that of Eric D. Snider, who relates his encounter with a cat on a plane as part of an epic journey across the United States, in one of his always-interesting “Snide Remarks” columns.

Also today, Pete Aldinovovic, for whom one blog just isn’t enough, has handballed a project to me. On a friend’s inactive blog, I repeatedly posted nonsense comments in order to get him to post again. After 58 comments and assistance from Sarz, this actually worked. Pete found that inspiring enough to try it with ghost blog I’m Going To Eat Everything At McDonald’s.

Can we resurrect I’m Going To Eat Everything At McDonald’s? Can I’m Going To Eat Everything At McDonald’s be rescued from oblivion? Is I’m Going To Eat Everything At McDonald’s worth saving? Does anyone even care? Dear reader, only you can answer these questions.

ANOTHER VEXING QUESTION: I went for a long walk today and got sunburnt. Who can I sue?

NEWS TO US: Farts are funny.

VIRGIN BIRTHS ARE EVIDENTLY MORE COMMON THAN WE THOUGHT: Last week, it was a Komodo dragon. This week, it’s a chimp.

There has been a lot of talk about eating cats here recently. Be careful what you wish for, for here it is - Cat Recipes. The site claims: so many recipes, so few cats. Actually, the site does not have that many recipes. It needs more, but it’s still a good laugh.

The site includes tips on where to find the tastiest cats and seasoning suggestions.

My Cat Hates You - Cats hate everyone but they don’t always show it. Here are some photos where they do. Good evidence to use if the RSPCA come calling.

Guiness Book Of Records got the world’s largest cat and the world’s smallest cat together for a photo op, but it turned disastrous. Joey has compiled all the info any sane person could possibly want on this tragic, tragic incident of cat cannibalism.

Rate My Kitten - View photos of cute little kittens and rate them out of 10. On what criteria? That’s up to you.

I tried to upload Cyclops the one-eyed kitten onto their site, but they didn’t like the file format. Kitten War didn’t want him on their site either.

The following is a real conversation I had with my dad:

Me:  There is this site called Rate My Kitten, and -
Dad: That’s disgusting!
Me (confused): But - they’re kittens!
Dad: It’s still disgusting.

What did he think I said? It wasn’t “Rate My Kitten”, that’s for sure.

One-Eyed Cat - The Age reports on a kitten born with only one eye. With photo.

Do not click that link if you’ve just had breakfast.

Infinite Cat Project - Now this is trippy. A photo is taken of a cat looking at a computer screen. This is then uploaded to the Internet. Next, someone else takes a photo of their cat looking at the photo that has just been uploaded. They then, of course, upload it, so someone else can take a photo of their cat looking at their cat … ad infinitum.

The result - cats looking at cats looking at cats looking at cats looking at cats.

Words cannot describe.