It's absolutely appalling!
Sega Toys has been selling life-like (well, almost) robo-cats in Japan for about 3 years now. The latest model is Venus - designed like a Norwegian Forest Cat.
The robo-cat is equipped with touch sensors that let it engage in such real-life feline behaviour as purring, moving its legs when people rub its belly and …
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Replace me not with a Robot Cat
August 25, 2009 by 2 Comments
In which I give advice
March 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Why are people so slow on the uptake? At least they know enough to ask my opinion. For example, this arrived for me today ..
Dear Vladimir,
Lately, when I come home from shopping my cat is laying in wait for me. She hides herself and somewhere between the front door and the kitchen she jumps out and bites my ankle. What can I do?
Feel …
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In which I ponder human treachery
February 20, 2009 by 2 Comments
Sometimes I totally fail to understand the workings of the human mind - the illogic and inconsistency.
Take the woman, for example.
When I was first liberated from the travails of the animal hospital, she kept me inside for a week. I was reduced to staring through the window at the invading sparrows who took the opportunity of my forced …
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