I wish I could take credit for this caption on this Scooter picture, but props goes to r_k_ologist from Fark for the caption. I just changed the font.

I posted this picture of Scooter in the Fark thread about the Time magazine article "Cashing in on Cute Cats". This article is also in the print edition (p. 62 in the July 23, 2007 issue titled "I Can Has Cheezburger"). I guess lolcats are officially mainstream.

Some people on Fark bitch and complain about lolcats being stale. I think as long as there are people taking pictures of the silly and weird stuff cats do, lolcats will never go out of style. We may be anthropomorphizing our cats, but come on, they are quirky creatures. We'll take Scooter for example. The cat loves the tabs used to break the seal on milk cartons. No telling how many he's brought me just for me to throw them so he can catch. He also like to play with beanie toys. He's got this annoying habit of getting next to me when I'm on my laptop. From there, he reaches over to the display and bites on it He'll still do things even after I reprimand him for things I don't want him to do. He may be a cat, but you can't deny his purrsonality.

In other news, I hate computers. I tried to get this new laptop set up with the things I need for school. I took off Vista and put on XP. I installed all the software needed for school. Everytime I needed to access a file via IIS on either Visual Studio or via a connection to localhost, I'd get the Blue Screen of Death. I thought IIS was the cause. Well, I later tried to use Dreamweaver 8 on the computer. Blue Screen of Death for that as well. So no telling what was the cause! I ended up replacing XP with Vista again. Now that I've had more time with Vista, it's not too bad. It has its issues, but so does XP and all the other Windows platforms I've used. I guess this laptop is my design laptop. My Linux laptop is my server laptop.

At least I have the bulk of the AASU ACM site completed. I finished it yesterday. I have a few things to change, but it's good to go for launch. I have the calendar configured for PHP 4, not 5, like I have on my Linux laptop. Aric told me he had trouble finding a host that supported PHP 5, which is what we want to use. Now, just to see what Chris discovered server wise for me at the ACM retreat. At least I can say I have the site ready.

Oh, yesterday, Beth got the gerbils a new, bigger cage. They seem happy. At first, they were scared. Now, each found an activity in the cage to do. One loves the wheel; the other one climbs up and down the tubes. They are so fun to watch.

[♪ Listening to: "Believe" - Amy Grant]

Posted by Shawn at July 14, 2007 6:31 PM in Geek, General.