[TriLUG] How to use Linux to feed your cat

[William Sutton]

Either that or you'd soon have a computer full of hair-balls...

:)

William

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Aaron S. Joyner wrote:

> Joel Ebel wrote:
> 
> > ...I think you'd notice a drastic change in affection from your cat 
> > when they realize you have been replaced with a much more reliable 
> > computer...
> 
> In the interest in converting my young, frolicking, ankle-pouncing 
> kitten into a large, lethargic, lap-cat (1), my wife and I purchased an 
> ever-feeder.  Essentially, it just drops as much food from a large 
> cylinder as the cat can possibly consume.  We fill it maybe twice every 
> three weeks.  He still seems to love us, although he is not progressing 
> towards fat and happy as quickly as I might like.  :)  So hopefully the 
> automatic cat feeder would at the least, engender a sense of love of 
> computers in your cat.  Perhaps he'd learn to hack python in order to 
> get more food?
> 
> Aaron S. Joyner
> 
> (1) For the comfort of those who might be overly concerned for my cat's 
> welfare, the actual motivation for this purchase originally was an 
> out-of-town trip over the weekend.  The fat-cat mentality occurred to me 
> later.  :)
>