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  • CatSynth pic: shadows

    Submitted by Lisa Stoneberg:

    Anyone want to guess the synths?

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  • Weekend Cat Blogging and more: "Light"

    This weekend we have some interesting “bright” photos:

    It is amazing how the diagonals in both photos seem to line up.

    In the first we have Luna peering off one of the balconies, as she is wont to do . The second could be an “easy like Sunday” photo, but one can also see the bases of Luna's paws, which is the theme of this weekend's Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos. No chaos here, of course.

    Some sad news this weekend from our friend's at What Did You Eat. Upsie has being diagnosed with cancer. Her prognosis is pretty grim. She does at least get to go off of her diet and enjoy some of the pleasures of life for last few months. We at CatSynth extend our thoughts to Upsie and to our friend sher – they also lost Sundance last summer.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #145 will be held at the The Cat Blogosphere.

    The Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos will be hosted this weekend by Pet & The Bengal Brats at Pet?s Garden Blog. The optional theme this weekend is “toes and claws.”

    Carnival of the Cats will be on this Sunday at This, That and The Other Thing.

    And of course Friday Ark #182 will be at the modulator

  • Midnight Monday: Sick days

    A few weeks ago, Luna had a feline upper-respiratory infection. Lots of sneezing and distress, but also a lot of time sleeping on comfy blankets:

    This weekend I seemed to have a particularly nasty bug, which means being in a lot of physical distress (with fevers, aches and a runny nose), but also some time to just curl up with a blanket and rest.

    It's amazing to see how similarly we deal with illness. It's a reminder that we share a lot of basic traits, despite our obvious anatomical and behavioral differences. On that note, there is a book Your Inner Fish that I am quite curious to read – and of course this would have been a good to read it, being as I have very little energy for anything else. It describes the many mundane and bizarre traits we share with other animals. For example, we have traces of fish anatomy and physiology like gills. Reading about things like this, and observing our own animal companions, it is hard too see how we don't share a common heritage, as some “anti-evolutionists” suggest.

    For more black cats on Midnight Monday, visit our friends at House Panthers.

  • Weekend Cat Blogging and more: Art and LOLs

    The theme for this weekend's Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos is LOLcats. We at CatSynth enjoy LOLcats, though I have never really had Luna as the subject of one. But we could really use a laugh this weekend, so here's our contribution, based on Luna's V-Day photo:

    funny pictures
    moar funny pictures

    I guess more “sweet” than “funny.” But still, it works for us.

    I also created a cubist mod of the same photo:

    I felt like doing something nice for Luna by creating this images, but I think she would probably prefer a “cheezburger.”

    The Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos is being hosted this weekend by Astrid and the “cat boys” Kashim and Othello. It's the LOLcat Edition.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #144 is being hosted by the bengals at Pets Garden Blog. Happy Birthday to Tigger and Pet!

    The Carnival of the Cats will be at Artsy Catsy this Sunday. How appropriate for our attempt at feline art.

    And of course the Friday Ark is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Oliver and Arp 2600 controller keyboard

    From Josh Langberg of Josh's Chaos Theory:

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  • Midnight Monday: After-dinner snack

  • Weekend Cat Blogging and more: Studio

    Luna looks out the window, as the new studio starts to take shape.

    We see a side rack here, with a couple of colorful E-MU modules, and a couple of classic Yamaha FM modules. Near the window is a non-electronic instrument, a large bell made from a spent CO2 cartridge.

    Of course, the main attraction is Luna with her perfectly groomed fur and sharp pose. This might be one of my favorite photos of her to date in our new home.

    We saw Luna playing hide-and-seek in the studio last weekend. And that is the theme of this weekend's Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos, hosted this weekend by Chandra & Samantha at New Tuxedo Gang Hideout.

    Weekend Cat Blogging #143 is being hosted this weekend Meowza at Mind of Mog.

    The Carnival of the Cats is happening this Sunday at Grace & Kittens. And of course the Friday Ark #180 is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic

    From Andrea Marutti on flickr:

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  • Weekend Cat Blogging and more: Peek-a-boo!

    Luna has always enjoyed playing “peek-a-boo.” But now she has many more places to play. She is quite fond of this balcony, for example.

    Of course, she also enjoys hide-and-seek. Where's the kitty?

    There's the kitty!

    Weekend Cat Blogging #142 is being hosted by Zed Monster and Burkowski and the rest of the gang at the Bad Kitty Cats. There's always something going on there, like dreams or fun with Graphire pens.

    Speaking of “bad kitty cats,” the Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos will be hosted this weekend by Mz. Mog & Kitty Cats at Mind of Mog. The Carnival of the Cats will be on Sunday at House of the (Mostly) Black Cats – and we at CatSynth of quite fond of mostly-blackness. And of course, the Friday Ark #179 is at the modulator.

  • CatSynth pic: Mimì and DX200

    From our friend polynominal, some new photos of Mimì:

    This time Mimì is posing with a Yamaha DX200. This was one of the last of the Yahama FM synths, and the first one to add filters, a built-in sequencer and rhythm, and other features we usually associate with a modern stand-alone synthesizer instrument.

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