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  • Weekend Cat Blogging #333: Works of Art

    Weekend Cat Blogging #333: Works of Art

    Luna contemplates the sculpture Pierced Screen by Joshua-Tree-based artist J Michael Smiley.

    She has a good sense for how to contrast her natural shape against stark geometric lines. Actually, given our art and decor, she doesn’t have much choice in the matter.

    I bring the outdoor sculptures inside every winter. This month has been rather volatile, ranging from a heatwave to violent rainstorms and now to more typical crisp autumn weather. We were caught completely by surprise with the storms, with both heavy rain and winds. A particularly strong gust of wind one of the outdoor sculptures crashing to the ground.

    Fortunately, it was not damaged, perhaps a few scratches but nothing worse than usual wear and tear. I consider the rust sculpture more sensitive to rain, so that one came indoors for storage. Luna has been fascinated by it ever since.

    I would like to clean it and fix the rust surface a bit, but I don’t have much expertise in this despite owning multiple rust sculptures.

    Our friend Parker of Perfectly Parker has received some very sad news this past week. Our thoughts are with Parker and her family.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #333 is hosted by Billy Sweetfeets.

    Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

    Weekend Cat Blogging will be here for Hallowe’en next week!

  • CatSynth: Play Your Kaoss Pad with a Kitten

    Another from vlern (one of or most prolific contributors) submitted via our facebook page. This one features the kitten Roberta on a Kaoss Pad.

  • CatSynth pic: Diabolicos

    CatSynth pic: Diabolicos

    Submitted by Cesar Ulloa via our facebook page.

    “CatSynth diabolicos.. — with korg X50, cat.korg and Madre.cat”

  • CatSynth pic: Theo’s Lullaby

    CatSynth pic: Theo’s Lullaby

    Another from Julian Dreißig via our facebook page.

    “Since Theo made it right into the blog, here’s another picture featuring his favorite musical activity: practicing Lullabies :).”

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Talking and Heatwave

    Weekend Cat Blogging: Talking and Heatwave

    Luna is often quite talkative in the morning. Recently, she started launching into a long monologue while I had my iPhone handy to capture it.

    Of course, she gets some scritches at the end. I am always curious what it is she is trying to say.

    It has been quite warm the last few days in San Francisco, and CatSynth HQ always tends to run a bit hotter than its surroundings.

    Luna tries to balance lying in the sun while trying to stay a bit cool in her fur suit.

    Tomorrow (October 16) is National Feral Cat Day (who knew?).

    Alley Cat Allies launched National Feral Cat Day on our 10th anniversary in 2001 to raise awareness about feral cats, promote Trap-Neuter-Return, and recognize the millions of compassionate Americans who care for them.

    Events will be taking place around the United States to demonstrate compassion and support humane treatment of all cats. Follow the link to the map to see if there is an event near you. I also like the poster.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #332 is hosted by Jules and Vincent at Judi’s Mind Over Matter. Jules is looking very Luna-like in his black-and-white portrait 🙂

    The Carnival of the Cats will be up this Sunday at iMeowza.

  • CatSynth pic: Thor, Korg and Nord

    CatSynth pic: Thor, Korg and Nord

    Submitted by Jack Hertz via our facebook page.

    “My cat Thor makes a good synth module too.”

  • CatSynth pic: Stella meets the Monotron, Part 1

    First of two videos submitted by vlern via facebook. It looks like he has a new kitten, Stella. Looks like she’s a bit wary of the Monotron, though.

  • CatSynth pic: Theo

    Submitted by Julian Dreißig on facebook.

    “Scales exercises for four paws.
    Theo from Berlin says Hello.”

  • Weekend Cat Blogging: Luna and Apple

    The influence of Apple and Steve Jobs extends deep into this site and into our lives at CatSynth HQ. For today’s Weekend Cat Blogging, we look at a few of the many photos of Luna with Apple computers and devices:

    This last photo is one of our many taken with the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone.  Indeed, most of the photos, even those not taken with an iPhone, are processed on a MacBook or Mac Pro.  Nearly all of the writing is done on a MacBook, and occasionally on an iPad.  The technology of Apple has become ubiquitous, even down to blogs featuring cats.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #331, is hosted by pam at Sidewalk Shoes, where Smudge says Happy Fall to everyone.

    Carnival of the Cats will be up tomorrow at Meowsings of an Opinionated Pussycat.

    And the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth video: circuit bent doomsday device analog synth

    From SuperRoss007 on YouTube, via matrixsynth:

    Warning: the sound from this circuit-bent device is quite loud and high-pitched. But the cat seems quite nonchalant about the whole thing, casually cleaning herself/himself during the performance.

    Luna is a bit like that as well when I fire up even the more esoteric musical gear.