August 08, 2005
gollum and the ring
As if you needed any more reasons not to be a cat person:
gollum and the ring
Originally uploaded by fubuki.
We likes it, oh yes. And we likes fubuki for taking it and lia for telling us, we does.
posted by selva at 02:54 AM
February 25, 2005
ikea for pets
I have a great appreciation for IKEA's cheap pretty furniture (I'm typing this from the Queen-sized Malm bed I purchased from them last year) but I have a special place in my heart for their pet section. It's not very big but they do have really nice things for pets and their owners for really low prices.
I regret not picking up this whimsical dog butt wall hook the last time I was there, it's a steal at $1.99 and it would've been the perfect thing to hang Jarvis's retractable leash and collar off of near our front door!
This stainless steel dog bowl for $7.99 is well-priced and attractive. If you're lucky enough to have a yard it would be perfect for keeping it outdoors; even the most rambunctious dog is unlikely to find munching on a stainless steel bowl fun, never mind trying to toss it around like a frisbee.
If you've ever been in an upscale pet store (I realize most call themselves "boutiques", but whatever) you know that dog bedding can cost an insane amount of money, far more than people beds even! IKEA's pet bedding options are all cute and straight-forward, but my absolute favorite thing has got to be that their cushion for dogs takes the form of a squished cat:
Too funny!
If you also have a cat, their cushion for kitties is a squished mouse! I guess if they had a mouse line, the corresponding cushion would be squished cheese.
Lovely as all these things are unfortunately you can't buy them online just yet -- only in person at an IKEA store. So make a note for the next time you go, or ask a friend to pick them up for you!
posted by lia at 11:26 PM
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February 01, 2005
a call to arms
Something in Daniel Terdiman's recent Wired piece, "Folksonomies Tap People Power", really bugs me and if you're reading this I suspect it might get you too:
If the photo-sharing site Flickr is any indication, the world of digital photographers is dominated by cat people.
Dog owners would probably object. But because of Flickr's tagging system, which allows the photographers or other users to assign identifying tags to most photos on the service, we know that Flickr hosts 23,081 images tagged with "cat" or "cats" and only 17,463 with "dog" or "dogs."
As both the dog person and avid Flickr user that I am, these numbers make me feel sad, perhaps even sadder than Jarvis in a t-shirt:
Clearly, Flickr's system was not set up to motivate a feline-canine supremacy contest.
Excuse me, but I beg to disagree.
Fellow dog-loving Flickrers, this is a call to arms! Take, upload and tag as many photos of dogs as you can! At least one a day if that's possible, but more is always better. We might've lost the battles so far, but together we will win the war.
[ via Waxy.org ]
posted by lia at 05:08 PM
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