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Thought for the day It's cold... On the first day the white flakes started drifting down, much to to consternation of the cats. Stephen remembered this from last christmas, and he remembered he didn't like it. After failed attempts to persuade me to change the weather and turn the thermostat on the world outside up, he sulked. Matilda took one look, decided it was a) cold and b) wet and went to sleep by a radiator. The second day. Stephen stared out of the window all day, ears flat back. He... Read Full Story

A pair of elderly gents currently in the Caterham Cats Protection have been brought to my attention. At 11 and thirteen they've got years ahead of them (cats can live to over twenty) and are sadly with CP because their owner died. Tommy , age 11, who loves the outdoors, catnip and tickles, and Panther , age 13, a little on the shy side who would like a garden and sun. These two charming black cats are looking for somewhere to spend their retirement. I was surprised to hear people overlook... Read Full Story

Dear Matilda, We are aware of the loose floorboard in the bathroom (after you hid prawns under it) and have filled in the gap under it. This should mean that it is of no further interest to you. Instead, it means that throughout the day we are intermittently treated to thwap-wappawappawappa as you try out your new musical instrument. Sitting on one end, hooking your claws over the other and pulling up until the claws slip and the floorboard snaps downwards and vibrates must be fun, from the... Read Full Story

Down with tonsillitis, so my coding is slower, and blogging much vaguer. (After fifteen years of this, I have tendons like piano-wire anyway so a slowdown might be a good idea). The hatchery will be getting an automatic adult remove after I finally figured it out last night. 3am fever dreams are good for something :) The Smashwords Reader in php may end up being the real one, since the next bit of feedback was "What have you sent to T? He's sitting in front of the computer clicking and... Read Full Story

Dear Stephen, We went to the trouble of getting you a kibble ball for "environmental enrichment" and, let's be blunt, exercise. The idea is that we put kibble in it and you roll it to get the kibble. You weren't supposed to look at the kibble that fell out, trot across to your empty kibble dish and raise a furry eyebrow at us. Attempt two with catnip treats worked well. However, pushing it slowly with your nose while holding your mouth open so the food just drops in is rather reminscent of... Read Full Story

I could blog about Stephen and Matilda, but after this week, the Koosh ball solution, and the catnip emergency I don't want to think about it. Those stories are coming up soon. Menahwile, if anyone's interested in their own pair of moggies, the local CPS has two in. Maisie and Monty are currently looking for a new home. Just like Stephen and Matilda, one is outgoing while the other is quiet and shy. Maise is a beautiful outgoing Tuxedo cat aged 4, while her companion Monty is a tabby-and... Read Full Story

I haven't been blogging recently because I've been too busy coding. My major project has been a lightweight php e-reader that takes Smashwords samples and displays them. It's now up and running and I've got feedback, ranging from " cool!" to "I can't fault this." The tricky bit was the launcher - since I wanted it to open from a link and run whethre or not the user had javascript, be useable by Wordpress users and others whose hosts were locked down, and run at a reasonable speed. And it had... Read Full Story

One of our local Cats Protection charities has been selected for a possible £5,000 prize (that's about $7,750 at the current exchange rate). As a small branch entirely run by volunteers, the prize would make a real difference to them. The competition is run by "Animal Friends", a pet insurance company on Facebook. If you are a Facebook user, please vote for them - more details are available here Cats Protection Caterham . or just go straight to the competition at FeelGoodPark: The Competition... Read Full Story

Back in August I mentioned a World of Felix offer to donate to Cats Protection in exchange for tokens. I duly sent off my 120 tokens the day I placed the order, glued neatly to the order form so it could go as standard letter. Two months later and they were still "Waiting for tokens". Oh well, I thought, they must have got lost in the post, and in September (on 10/3/2011 at 10:11:27 AM) placed another order and sent off my next 168 tokens, glued neatly in place... Well, it's been three months... Read Full Story

Link - Widgets for Smashwords A blog about the unofficial widgets for Smashwords being written by a team of authors to help promote books and ebooks. Read Full Story