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      • Bon Voyage
        06/30/08



        It's always hard to go away on a trip and leave the ketzela behind. But Luna will be in good hands while I am gone, with our new cat sitter.

        And this trip is very necessary. There has been a lot of fun, excitement, love, playfulness and beauty in our new life, b

      • Pride 2008
        06/29/08
        Today was big Pride Parade here in San Francisco. And with the recent marriage ruling here in California, it was an even bigger celebration than previous years.

        Of course, Zip was there for the festivities:



        The parade is on Market Street, our main thoroughfare, whi

      • Weekend Cat Blogging: Playfulness
        06/28/08
        A moment of play at CatSynth HQ:



        This orange mouse is currently one of Luna's favorite toys:



        Often, it ends up knocked off the balcony to the floor below.

        Indeed, we have a favorite game now where I throw toys, such as balls or mice, up o

      • Math Cats
        06/26/08
        In search of my next mathematics topics, I stumbled upon the Math Cats, a site that uses cats to explore a variety of mathematical topics, from the very basic to the more esoteric. The emphasis is really on "exploration" rather than a series of lessons or tutorials, though there is a coll

      • Wordless Wednesday: Fog or Smoke?
        06/24/08










      • CatSynth pic: Cats love the Virus
        06/24/08
        Another from Jacksin Music featuring Diggy:







        Check out more Cats on Tuesday.




      • Midnight Monday: Scratching
        06/23/08




        Check out more Midnight Monday on House Panthers.




      • Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos #50
        06/22/08


        Welcome to the 50th Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos! Summer is now officially here, and we have been celebrating the solstice. We are also (yet again) experiencing a bit of a heat wave.




        Nothing says summer heat like the desert. And that is where Chey find

      • Garden of Memory 2008
        06/21/08
        I had to the opportunity to attend the Garden of Memory, a walk-thru performance to celebrate the summer solstice at the Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland.

        The Chapel of the Chimes is a columbarium, a building dedicated to the placement of cremated remains. It is an exquisite building both

      • Happy Summer Solstice
        06/20/08
        We at CatSynth wish all our friends a happy summer solstice.

        It's a day to enjoy light, such as the late evening sun against the city skyline:


        [click to enlarge]

        or a warm spot by a window:






      • Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos coming to CatSynth
        06/20/08


        We will be hosting the Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos this weekend. The optional theme will be summer as the season is officially upon us. We also want to celebrate diversity with cats of different colors, geography, ages, histories and lifestyles.

        To participate, please u

      • Wordless Wednesday: Dolores Park
        06/17/08

        [click to enlarge]




      • CatSynth Pic: Meng Qi - moog 51
        06/17/08
        From Meng Qi on flickr, via matrixsynth:



        "Me, Voyager, MuRF, Xiaodaner"




        Check out more Cats on Tuesday.







      • In the shadow of the bridge
        06/16/08
        When nothing else is happening on a quiet weekend afternoon, I will often go for a walk through our neighborhood, South of Market (SOMA) and South Beach. Our neighborhood is in many ways more like New York than the rest of San Francisco, with its old industrial buildings, dilapidated piers on the w

      • CatSynth pic: scribble synth and fin
        06/16/08
        From KittyL at flickr, via matrixsynth






        Click here for more scribbles by KittyL. Some of the others also include cats.




      • Weekend Cat Blogging: Father's Day
        06/15/08
        Luna's Gotcha Day usually comes within a week of Father's Day, so that, too, becomes a day to mark and celebrate here at CatSynth.

        Fatherhood involves so many responsibilities.

        Adoption:



        Providing a wonderful loving home:



      • Carnival of Mathematics #35
        06/13/08


        We at CatSynth are delighted to be hosting the 35th Carnival of Mathematics.

        The date "Friday the 13th" of course evokes many superstitions. And perhaps that is why we have so few entries so far this weekend. That having been said, we at CatSynth take a dim view of

      • The Furry Fighter
        06/13/08
        We are joining many of our friends in remembering Storm this morning.



        Please read her story.



      • Carnival of Mathematics coming to CatSynth
        06/12/08
        Tomorrow, Friday the 13th, we at CatSynth will be hosting the Carnival of Mathematics. To participate, you can contact us, or use the carnival submission form.

        Given the date, it would be cool to have some entries that focus on the number 13...




      • Luna's 3rd Gotcha Day!
        06/09/08
        June 10 is Luna's Gotcha Day, or the anniversary of her adoption.

        Here is her official adoption photo from Santa Cruz County Animal Services, back in 2005:



        This photo had not yet been posted when I went to the shelter on June 9, 2005. I was browsing the ken

      • Weekend Cat Blogging: Sunshine
        06/08/08
        A very busy weekend, in the midst of a very busy and tumultuous couple of weeks. But we take a few minutes to relax in the sunshine that comes in the studio window:



        And what is even better than relaxing in the sun? Getting pets and scritches at the same time!


      • Dona Nobis Pacem
        06/03/08





      • My kitten plays better keyboards than me
        06/03/08
        YouTube via hamsterdunce, posted at matrixsynth:



        An outtake of a recent video interview I made for SonicState.com when my Himalayan kitten (Dusty) steals the show and starts playing synth music behind me that actually sounds pretty friggin' good. That jerk. It's bad

      • Primary Highways: Montana and South Dakota
        06/01/08
        Well, this long process is nearly at it's end. And this time, we really mean it, there are only two states left, Montana and South Dakota. I had an opportunity to visit both as a kid in 1988. It was only as I prepared to write this article that I realized this was twenty years ago!
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