Tag: CATS

The Internet has mostly made our lives better. We love Google for putting piles of information at our fingertips, and, without the Web, there would be no Switched. That being said, it's undeniable that the Internet has ruined some good things, as well. The blog OMG Lists has compiled a list of nine good things ruined by the Internet (one of those things being lists). So, what good things in ...

Cats are often labeled as lazy, manipulative and generally useless by the cat-hating portion of society (dog lovers). We choose to think of them as efficient, evil geniuses obsessed with shiny/noisy objects and sunlight absorption. Whatever your take on the subject may be, you will no doubt find this video provocative. We assume most of you will use it as evidence in your case for, or against, ...

Two Lawton, Oklahoma teens have been arrested in connection with the now-infamous YouTube videos that showed two cats being beaten and tortured. The two brothers, ages 14 and 16, are believed to be responsible for the videos and are facing charges of animal cruelty. As part of its coverage of the story, the local news station KSWO featured clips of one of the videos (both of which have been ...

Every time we turn around (literally and figuratively), everyone is talking about a new "funniest video ever." Most of those videos come nowhere close to warranting such lofty praise, but every once in a while a true contender comes along and rears its slightly disturbing, fluffy little head. This week's nominee for "funniest video ever" is called "Kittens, Inspired by Kittens" (check out the ...

We're not really sure why this is so interesting. It's no Puppy Cam, that's for sure, but Cooper, the Cat Photographer is oddly irresistible. Michael and Deidre Cross embarked on a project about a year ago in which they strapped a light-weight digital camera to neck of their orange tabby, Cooper, once a week. The camera snaps a new pic every two minutes and the Crosses post them on a blog and ...

Mary Hodder, a jack-of-all-social-media-trades, has successfully married her love for Twitter and her love for her cats, the Bits Blog on NYTimes.com explains. Having launched Twitter pages for each of her four felines (CalibanTheCat, MimiTheCat, Pantherthecat and arielthecat), Hodder ghost-Tweets (that's right, you read it here first) for them, discussing everything from the weather, to ...

Cats like to drink from everywhere but the places they're supposed to drink from, and for that they offer no excuses and just walk away, tails in the air. This independent spirit, though, means that we're often stuck turning faucets on and off for thirsty felines because heaven forbid they drink from a dish. One crafty soul has solved this gripping conundrum with an IR detector, valves, some ...

If you've been using the Internet lately, you've surely come across pictures of cats in various states of preposterousness. But how do the photographers coax such absurdity out of their pets? Not easily. As anyone who has tried to snap photos of their cat wearing a hollowed-out grapefruit half on his or her head can surely understand, furry creatures can be just as difficult on the runway as a ...