I just don't get it

Wheatgrass! Wheatgrass!

Feline self-defense

Is the placebo effect working on cats ?

So today's question is: Is the placebo effect working on cats ?

I confirm that it indeed works and here's a faithful account of a story which happened with my cat a few years ago (some dramatisation added).

A proof that cats fall for the placebo effect

Cat studies I

Studying cats - part 1 

Today is dedicated to studying cats. All inspired by none other than my in house cat.

A soporific property of cubic NURBS surfaces

 

Cubic NURBS surface are ideal for a good nap

In my last post where I casually mentioned NURBS surfaces (causing a great deal of boredom), I completely forgot to say a word on one of the most useful and probably least advertised properties of these surfaces (specifically the cubic ones): they are absolutely ideal for a good nap !
I won't bother to show you the proof, just look at the equations, which speak for themselves.
I'll go take a nap now.
See you later

About cats and curiosity

The guy on the phone is into some nasty business

La Bande des Trois

La Bande des Trois

La Bande des Trois en route

Au café, la bande des Trois regarde le temps passer

The stressful life of cats

Stress !

Squeak is dining out

Our cat, whose name is Squeak, is a great hunter, I mean, a dangerous serial killer. Her murder instincts developed at the tender age of less than one year. One day, as I was watching the news (although this doesn't have any direct implications for the rest of the story), I saw an orange furry object trying to get through the terrace window. It was her first big catch: a stuffed furry animal that she had snatched from I don't know where. This was probably for training purposes. After that she went for real preys.

I haven't kept any statistics but she must have slaughtered hundreds of ex-living creatures. Her palmarès includes everything that is alive and smaller than her. Here's a non-exhaustive list:

• mice


• rats


• geckos


• cockroaches


• various unidentified insects


• squirrels


• birds


• bats


• rabbits

Regarding rabbits, she brought five of them. They were coming from our neighbours who were raising them. We told them to keep the rabbits in cage at night. Now there are no more rabbits and the neighbours are raising pigeons instead.